Chapter 173: The Middle East is not simple
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---------------------- current situation in the United States is not optimistic, and Bush, who has just survived the fate of being impeached, is again facing domestic economic problems. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ infoββ
The Middle Easterners are hateful, and until now, the Americans have not done anything with their economy, such as freezing their funds, however, the Middle Easterners have made it first, and they have begun to throw off the US national debt!
U.S. Treasury bonds can be circulated in the market, that is to say, anyone can buy and sell U.S. Treasury bonds at will, but it is also compulsory, for example, if someone, especially some countries, sells U.S. Treasury bonds in large quantities, it will definitely be a challenge to the U.S. economy, and the United States will absolutely not tolerate it.
If they only throw out billions or tens of billions of dollars in national debt, the United States will grit its teeth and admit it, but the total amount of more than 100 billion dollars in national bonds will be thrown out by the Middle Easters, and this will be unacceptable to them.
If you want to issue treasury bonds, you must have good credit, and the United States guarantees its national credibility, and no matter how many treasury bonds it issues it, they are not afraid, although in fact there is a ceiling on national bonds.
And now, the situation is different, it is difficult for them to find buyers of a large number of national bonds, originally in the Middle East, they could digest a lot of their national debts, and now, those countries, all shamefully, began to dump US Treasury bonds!
Isn't this an attempt to mess up the American economy? The United States will never tolerate such behavior!
"Mr. President, we are not in a good situation right now. "Our fiscal deficit this year is expected to be about $150 billion, and in order to stimulate our economy, we plan to issue more than $100 billion in government bonds, but now it seems that our government bonds will not only be issued less, but also have to take out some funds to absorb the treasury bonds sold in the market." β
"By doing this, the Middle Easterners are disrupting our financial order, and we will never allow them to do so!" Bush said. He wasn't really interested in the economic side, but he also knew that Nicholas's words were telling him about a crisis, and if it went on. The U.S. economy is going to have a crisis.
So. He was outraged by what those people in the Middle East were doing.
"We want to put pressure on the Middle East, especially Kuwait, which was originally not their business, and now they are also involved, we must not tolerate this!" Cheney said.
"What do you want to do?" Secretary of State James asked. ββ He thought that Cheney would say the words of force, but now, those words are really not good.
Arab. If they had been able to bow their heads in the face of the absolute force of the United States, there would have been no such thing as this, and the Middle Easterners have now become incompatible with the United States. And if force is really used, they do not have enough excuses, after all, the other side throws US Treasury bonds. It's just a market action.
"We will unite Western Europe and work together to suppress the countries of the Middle East and make them abandon this behavior!" Cheney said.
Cheney also knows that in this case, the Americans want to launch a strike, there is not enough reason, however. Western countries are very supportive of the United States, especially economically, when the United States demanded a depreciation of the dollar. They all come up with funds to support it.
This time, unite Western Europe and give the Arabs an economic blow!
Hearing Cheney's assumptions, Nicholas said: "Western Europe would never do that, and now they are very welcoming to the actions of the Middle Easterners." β
"Why?"
"Because, according to the flow of funds, we can analyze that the Middle Easterners, after selling our national bonds, bought the national bonds of Western European countries. βββ
Damn it! Cheney immediately figured it out. The Middle Easterners are stirring up a wedge between them and Western Europe!
Although politically and militarily interconnected, economically, the competition between the United States and Western Europe is very fierce, and the people of the Middle East use this trick very poisonously! Western Europeans will definitely not stand on the same front as the Americans, and if the United States suppresses them, it will only arouse their disgust.
"Then we will freeze the funds of people from all countries in the Middle East in our United States!" Cheney said. They want to engage in intrigues, no way! The United States is in dire need of funds now, so it is better to freeze their funds first.
"If we had done this a year ago, it would have worked, but now, the funds of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other countries are constantly flowing into Western Europe, and the funds left in our country are less than half of the original, and we have no reason to freeze their funds now, so it may inspire them to take new measures." Nicholas said.
A new countermeasure? What can they do?
Bush asked, "Nicholas, tell me about it." βββ
"They're just selling our Treasury bonds, which is a very small part of their money, and if we freeze their money, they're likely to react in a new way, in addition to continuing to sell our Treasury bonds, they may also sell our currency on the international market, and then our dollar will depreciate too quickly and seriously damage our economy, and possibly, they'll use other currencies to settle their oil." Nicholas said.
"They would never dare, in that case, it would mean war!" Cheney said.
The issue of national debt has already made them a little big, and the other question has made them know even more that the problem in the Middle East is not so simple.
Palestine has declared statehood!
Originally, the United States did not have much opposition to the establishment of a Palestinian state, and it did not have the right to oppose it, and that was a matter in the Middle East. In later generations, the United States mainly played a coordinating role in helping Palestine and Israel achieve so-called peace. But now, when Palestine declares its statehood at this time, it is clearly a demonstration to Israel and the United States.
What the United States is most worried about is that it will immediately start a war in the Middle East, because the United States has just gained a foothold and is not ready for war. ββ
In later generations, when the United States launched the Gulf War, logistics materials and personnel were assembled and prepared for a whole month.
Therefore, after the proclamation of Palestinian statehood, they were highly nervous, and the Israeli army was ready to go into battle at any time.
However, after a few days of tension, they found out that the situation was not as bad as they imagined, and if war had broken out now, the armies of the Arab countries would have prepared a long time ago, however, the vacation of their troops continued. Soldiers were also not dispensed with live ammunition, and there were no signs of a mass build-up.
Therefore, the United States is gradually relieving.
However, they know that the Arabs must have a back-up move, and if the Arabs send troops, then the Arabs will have to resist the responsibility of provoking a war and firing the first shot, but if they don't, they must have other purposes!
At this moment, CIA Director William received a secret message and immediately had a happy face.
"President, the results of our investigation into the Lockerbie air crash are finally out!" William said.
The Americans and the British worked hard for a long time to investigate the Lockerbie air disaster, and finally, after picking up all the wreckage, they found a small piece of rag containing the residual explosives in the fibers, the blue babygro fragment contained explosives, indicating that it was contained in a suitcase in which the bomb was placed.
And part of the blue babygro label remains. Scottish agents traced the label back to a batch of babygro who had been sent to a clothing store in Sliema, Malta, "Mary's House". The owner of the clothing store recalled that two weeks before the bombing, he had sold the babygro to a man who looked like a Libyan, spoke with a Libyan accent.
After the investigation continued, they locked the suspects on two Libyan men, and at this time, they were both in Libya!
Hearing the results of the Lockerbie air crash, Bush's eyes flashed with a hint of cunning, and now, Libya and Iraq are also fighting hotly! The last bombing of Libya yielded no results, but now, for every reason, moreover, renting an Israeli air base, plus a Turkish air base, to strike Libya almost without sending out naval aircraft carriers.
This time, it can be regarded as enough excuses to see how Kusey picks up this time!
Bush quickly formulated a plan of action for the next step.
He did not know that at the same time, the actions of the Arab countries, in the UN, had already begun.
According to the original UN resolution, Palestine is now a state! Although the country has been founded for so many years, the resolutions of the United Nations are still valid!
So, Palestine needs to enter the UN, as a member state, and moreover, to file a complaint with Israel, ask the UN to rule, Israel needs to return Palestinian land!
When they first heard the news, the Americans had not taken it seriously, are the Palestinians crazy? Don't they know that there is no use in doing so? The United States will not give them a chance.
However, at the time of the vote, the United States suddenly discovered that the situation was not good.
At the UN General Assembly session, most of the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America voted in favor and only a few abstained, among them, France and China, both voted in favor.
A resolution can be passed with just a majority vote, so the United States, despite its strong opposition, cannot prevent the resolution.
Resolutions of the General Assembly have only political influence and are not legally binding. Therefore, the struggle in the Security Council at a higher level is even more intense.
The Council is composed of 5 permanent members and 10 non-permanent members. Each member has one vote, and a minimum of nine votes are required for procedural issues to be adopted.
Six of the 10 non-permanent members have already agreed to this proposal, and among the permanent members, the Soviet Union, France, and China all voted in favor of it, and Britain abstained from voting.
Although the resolution still did not have an effect, diplomatically, the United States and Israel completely failed, and the United States did not expect that the Middle East's purchase of European government bonds would be so successful, however, France had already contradicted the United States on some things, and Britain abstained from voting, but China, how could it vote in favor? ______________________