After the independence of Kurdistan in northern Iraq under the leadership of Barzani, it did not unrealistically create a huge territory of its own future like the Islamic State (ISIL) in another plane, which attracted the hatred and hostility of almost all countries. While Barzani's goal is indeed to integrate Kurdish-populated areas of Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey into a unified state, Barzani also knows that it is impossible to challenge Syria, Turkey and Iran at the same time with a Kurdish population of about 5 million in Iraq's Kurdistan region.

Persimmon has to be picked and pinched, and Barzani and his fellow Kurds also understand this truth, so the first soft persimmon they found was the old Assad government in Syria. Kurdish-populated areas in Syria cover one-tenth of the country's territory, and there are only a little over a million Kurds, less than 5 percent of the entire Syrian population. And, like the lack of status of the Kurds in other countries, at this time these Syrian Kurds did not even acquire Syrian nationality and belonged to a group of "black households".

Long before Barzani declared the independence of Kurdistan, he set out to develop his own KDP in the Syrian Kurdistan region. Moreover, through the Iran-Syria border, which is difficult for Syrian government forces to defend, Barzani's KDP has secretly smuggled large quantities of arms and weapons into the Syrian Kurdistan region, enriching the strength of the local Kurdish forces.

It was not until Barzani officially declared the independence of Kurdistan that the Syrian Kurds were jubilant, and the Syrian Kurdish forces supported by Barzani also took up arms and declared their accession to Barzani's Kurdistan Republic, not recognizing their Syrian identity.

The elder Assad reacted quickly, and Syrian government forces immediately launched an eastward attack on Kurdish areas in an attempt to put out the rebellion and gain more firm control over the area. However, the Syrian government forces encountered unexpected resistance, and thousands of Kurdish fighters fought back fiercely against the Syrian government forces, although the Syrian government forces achieved some success, but suffered heavy losses.

Immediately afterwards, Barzani made a public speech, severely condemning the persecution of the Kurds in Syria, and at the same time demanding that Syria stop harming the local Kurds, otherwise Kurdistan, as an independent state and protector of the Kurds, will launch a "holy war" against Syria to defend the right of the Kurds to exist.

Annoyed and angry, the elder Assad sent his son Bashar to personally oversee the war, and continued to send government troops to the Kurdish settlements in an attempt to resolve the rebellion as soon as possible. And Barzani did not show weakness, and the Kurdish People's Defense Army, equipped with luxurious American-style weapons, swore in Kirkuk, the holy city of the Kurds, the art of war in Syria, and the Kurdish war officially broke out.

This whole thing is dizzying and overwhelming. Within a few days, the Iraqi Kurds declared independence, blowing a pool of spring water, and the Syrian Kurds rebelled, and in order to protect these fellow tribes, Kurdistan sent troops to fight Syria, which was four or five days before and after, and the originally peaceful Middle East was detonated again. There is no one who feels the most pain than the United States, which has gathered heavy troops in the Balkans to prepare for a fight with China, but as a result, the United States has made a mess of its own one-third of an acre of land.

The United States had to send diplomats to Erbil, the capital of Kurdistan, one after another, in the hope of grasping and controlling the situation. However, no matter what the US envoy says, the Kurdish diplomats are unanimous, hoping that the US side will understand the feelings and aspirations of the Kurds and that they will continue to develop bilateral relations with the United States.

Even the U.S. envoy threatened that if Kurdistan did not revoke its independence and withdraw its troops from Syria, the U.S. would stop supporting Kurdistan in favor of other neighboring countries to eliminate it, and that Kurdish autonomy would be difficult to maintain by then. But such arrogant remarks directly annoyed Barzani.

Barzani responded directly: "If the United States does not support our Kurdish independence movement, then we go and look for those who support us!" The implication is that there is not just one superpower in the world, and the Chinese, who have already controlled Babylon in the south, must also be interested in developing friendly relations with the newly formed Kurdistan.

This sentence directly blocked the United States, and now in the Middle East, the influence of the United States is on an equal footing with China. Through years of political and diplomatic maneuvering, China has drawn two major allies, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, both of which are not members of the SCO but are relatively close to China. Egypt had followed China in the Russo-Russian war, and since then has developed extensive and deep relations, and China has also been quite supportive of Mubarak. After experiencing an unhappy past with the United States, Saudi Arabia has gradually developed relations with China that have surpassed relations with the United States. The United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan, Syria and other countries basically maintain a balanced foreign policy between China and the United States.

The United States has been inseparable from Iran for a long time, and Iran's most important diplomatic relationship now is to be close to China, and at the same time continue to challenge the regional hegemony of the United States with the help of China. And the United States can rely on Israel the most, but being close to Israel will naturally lead to the alienation of Arab countries in the Middle East from the United States, which is really a double-edged sword. In addition, the United States also has Turkey, a NATO ally in the region, but the relationship between the two countries is not particularly close, and there are differences on many issues.

The split Iraq is more crucial, and China has taken the southern special zone, and at the same time it has formed a relatively strong connection between Iran and Kuwait. Although the United States occupies two parts, it is slightly less able to form radiation, and at the same time, it feels very tricky because of the hot potato of the Kurds. If the Kurds do defect to China, although it may have an unnecessary impact on China-Iran relations, China will definitely be willing to end up in Kurdistan and suppress the United States.

So don't look at the US envoy daring to threaten Barzani, but he really doesn't dare to really give up Barzani. Of course, the means that the United States can use against Barzani at this time are also relatively limited, and militarily only a few thousand US troops stationed in Iraq will obviously not be able to shake Barzani, and if it intervenes on a large scale, it is likely to lead to even worse consequences. The implementation of the economic blockade will also speed up the process of Barzani's defection to China. It's really a bear child who can't be beaten and scolded!

Qi Yiming finally defused the US offensive in Yugoslavia through a combination of punches and successfully pulled the Americans to the Middle East. At a time when the United States has not yet mastered shale gas technology, the United States' paranoia about the Middle East has not yet been resolved. Other important oil producing areas, Siberia and Central Asia mainly supply China, South China Sea oil mainly supplies China, Algeria and Libya oil mainly supplies Europe and China, West Africa Nigeria oil mainly supplies China, and Venezuelan oil mainly supplies China......

When the United States looked around, it found that China's strategy of building its own strong influence by controlling energy production areas for so many years had become clear on paper. Although the United States also has a certain influence in these countries, it is an indisputable fact that the oil of these countries is mainly pinched by China.

China has surpassed the United States in 1997 to become the world's largest energy consumer, and as early as the eighties China began to diversify the layout of energy supply on a global scale, until the moment oil prices continue to rise, China with its stable oil source still maintains a dazzling rapid development, while the United States' energy supply has been relatively contained, oil from the Middle East is the main source of energy for the United States. If the Middle East is controlled by China, the United States will face a serious energy crisis, even if the United States has abundant oil reserves in the United States, and the oil of Mexico and Canada near the Caribbean Sea are also in its pocket, but this kind of passivity is by no means willing to experience by the United States.

So, to a certain extent, the importance of protecting the Middle East is much stronger than intervening in the Balkans.

On the other hand, China is struggling to find oil all over the world and try to protect its energy routes. However, in this plane, North Asia is China's backyard, and the oil fields of Siberia and Central Asia are directly connected to China by pipelines, which are generally the same as their own resources. The South China Sea was in full control of China early on, with CNOOC and Nanyang Petroleum rigs dotted across the sea. The Indian Ocean String of Pearls has been concluded, and the Chinese Navy, which has two carrier fleets there, firmly controls the oil lanes in the Indian Ocean and enjoys deterrence even from other countries. From Gwadar, Pakistan, and Ma Deshou in Myanmar, China's oil from the Middle East and Africa can be directly connected through pipelines from the western and southwestern routes.

In contrast, the energy security of the United States has been greatly constrained by China. Gwadar holds the periphery of the Persian Gulf, and Iran is stirring up trouble here. Mogadishu in Somalia and Port Sudan in Sudan hold the Red Sea, making the Suez route unsafe. Even if you go a long way past the Cape of Good Hope, there is also a Chinese naval base in Angola, which is also unsafe.

At this point, the U.S. can only increase its control over Mexican oil and Canadian oil to ease its dependence on oil sources further afield. However, Mexico and Canada alone are not enough to satisfy the oil appetite of the United States, so the Middle East is an important area that the United States has to compete for, and Kurdistan is still an important oil-producing region in the Middle East, and the United States has been counting on the construction of oil pipelines from northern Iraq to the United States through Turkey and the Mediterranean. And if Kurdistan defects, then the United States will not only lose an important strategic fulcrum in the Middle East, but also suffer huge challenges and losses to its own energy security.