As a matter of fact, Bush's thinking is also correct in some places: As a country with strong national strength and pursuit of world hegemony, its own land will be attacked by such unskilled terrorists. This is undoubtedly a bruising of the face of the United States, which has always boasted of being the number one military power on the earth, and people in many countries around the world gloat over the attacks on the Americans, regardless of whether they feel that the Americans deserve it, but the United States, which usually brags that it can guard against any external harm and has the highest level of air defense in the world, was in a hurry when facing several hijacked planes, and even after discovering that the planes had been hijacked, they did not find the exact route of these civil planes for most of the day. This is questioning the extent to which the capabilities of the United States strategic air defense are really high.

Therefore, the United States must return this time, and it must be ruthless, in order to deter those who are sneaky and want to threaten the United States, and also to silence those who gloat. Under such circumstances, regardless of whether the target erected is guilty or not, and whether or not there is a real connection with al-Qaeda, as long as the United States bites them to death, they will only be pressed to the ground and beaten.

It's just that Bush's way of thinking and dealing with problems, which has a limited IQ, is too simplistic, and the Afghanistan he picked out really does not have much operability, and is also opposed by almost all members of the cabinet. However, Rumsfeld's plan to send troops to Iraq again was endorsed by many people.

George W. Bush's current Republican Cabinet, from the president and vice president to the secretary of state and secretary of defense, is basically a well-known hawk and a representative of the interests of the domestic military-industrial complex and oil conglomerates.

In addition to producing expensive wool and other small amounts of minerals, Afghanistan is a landlocked country that is too shallow for the American capital community. And the Middle East, which has been entangled in the US oil circle for many years, is obviously more worthy of the United States' hard work and creation. Just a few days ago, the Chinese supported the Shiites to fly the flag of independence in the southern region, and the Shiite Arabs established the Republic of Babylon in the original southern region, taking the name of the country in order to revive the splendid ancient civilization of thousands of years ago.

Moreover, it was clear that Babylon would not continue to allow the Iraqi regime to continue to exist, and the Babylonian army marched into the central Sunni region and began to strike at the forces of the central Iraqi government, with the intention of capturing Baghdad. It would have been impossible for Babylon to make such a move without the instructions of the Chinese masters. Clearly, there is a group of hawks like George W. Bush in China, who are equally unafraid of a war with the United States and are actively expanding Chinese interests around the world.

Supporting Babylon to eliminate Iraq has several advantages for China, directly alleviating the dangers that Babylon has been facing in the north; strengthening its most reliable allies in the Middle East; to alleviate some of the military pressure on Kurdistan, which has gradually drifted to the side of China; More crucially, it is necessary to strike at and compress the influence of the United States in the Middle East. Moreover, many analysts and commentators believe that the reason why China so bitterly instigated Babylon to destroy Iraq is that it secretly wants to teach the United States a lesson, retaliate against the United States for closing its domestic market, and treating Chinese enterprises and Chinese goods unfairly.

The dividends of the United States' second invasion of Iraq are also very clear, and Rumsfeld analyzed them in front of everyone: The chaos in Iraq has indeed bred a lot of terrorists, and it is indeed an important stronghold of al-Qaeda, and the fight against al-Qaeda can be regarded as an explanation to the American people, and it can be regarded as a bad breath; By the way, the Americans could help Iraq wipe out Babylon, recapture Iraq's rich lower reaches of the Two Rivers Valley, and regain control of the rich oil resources of southern Iraq for the benefit of the American oil giants.

By taking advantage of this dispatch to Iraq, the US military can enhance the strength of the Fifth Fleet in Bahrain in a high-sounding manner. After 1995, the United States reorganized the Fifth Fleet, as an important force to support its own forces in the Middle East and the Arabian Sea, the fleet is also huge, but it is still somewhat thin compared with China's Indian Ocean First Fleet deployed in Gwadar. China has deployed one aircraft carrier and two amphibious assault ships in Gwadar, with more than 20 main combat ships. Not only that, but China has a powerful air force in the Middle East that can support its navy.

The biggest problem with the Fifth Fleet is that its main bases and facilities are in the Persian Gulf, while China's overseas bases are outside the Persian Gulf, and it can blockade the Americans if necessary. Moreover, in this sea area, the Chinese have a large number of military facilities, while the US military lacks so many ports and airports to balance the resistance of the Chinese military.

Two years ago, during the one-day war in Kosovo, a total of six aircraft carriers of China and the United States confronted each other in the Adriatic Sea, and the grand occasion was unprecedented; if the US military really wanted to "strike at al-Qaeda elements in Iraq," then at least several aircraft carriers would be dispatched, and China would certainly not be outdone, and then it would be another scene of aircraft carriers against aircraft carriers.

After the plan was decided, the US war machine began to rumble, and Bush Jr. announced that he would make the criminals pay the price, but on the other hand, he prepared the weapons of the large army to fight, and it was obvious that it was not ordinary terrorists, but the regular army.

China has also recently proposed to the United States that international cooperation in the cause of counter-terrorism should be strengthened, so that more countries can use their resources and strength to fight terrorists and terrorist organizations that pose a great threat. However, the US side reacted coldly to it, and the White House spokesman even arrogantly said that the United States cannot share important intelligence with countries that do not trust, and that US international cooperation in counterterrorism will mainly focus on the European and NATO allies of the United States.

The Bush administration also put forward the concept of "war on terror" at this point, and Bush Jr.'s popularity also rose with the tide, and the Americans, ignited by anger, supported a war to eliminate the terrorists who brought them great pain and painful memories. It's just that ordinary people don't think about the deep meaning of the Americans sending troops, and counter-terrorism has not been the main concern of Americans from the beginning. Terrorists can only do much harm to the United States, but their main competitor and enemy, China, can directly pull the United States down and reduce the United States to a second-rate country.

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Qi Yiming touched his chin that was not prickly, and whispered: "It seems that history is still changing, the United States did not choose Afghanistan, but Iraq......" No matter how strong the inertia of history is, it cannot break the logic, obviously any general with brains will not agree to fight Afghanistan for the sake of counter-terrorism, because the US military lacks the conditions for comparative advantage.

Iraq, on the other hand, has a lot of pragmatic value. Today, the United States does not have the technology to break through shale gas, so the vast majority of oil is imported from abroad, and the Middle East is a very important source of oil. However, with China's infiltration into the Middle East in recent years, Chinese companies have begun to master a large number of oil fields with their own skills, and at the same time, the Indian Ocean Fleet of the Chinese Navy also controls the entire shipping route, which makes Americans feel even more restless.

The strategic chain of controlling the Middle East, controlling oil, and controlling oil transportation is very clear. In addition to setting foot on Iraqi soil again this time, the United States has also set out to obtain fulcrums from Oman, Yemen, Socotra and other places to counteract the blockade of China's Indian Ocean First Squadron in Gwadar.

Ye Yaozi, who is a senior cadre of the Strategic Bureau, sighed lightly: "Obviously, Bush Jr. is the kind of person who is reckless and can only use violence to counter violence, and his current administration is full of this kind of aggressiveness and proposition. It seems that the countdown to the outbreak of our war against the United States has begun. ”

Qi Yiming smiled seemingly lightly and said, "We've been waiting for this day for a long time, haven't we?" We had envisioned a lot of possibilities for the outbreak of war, and this one was among them, and everything was done according to the plan. When the American fleet came, we let them into the Persian Gulf, and then our fleet blocked them in the bay from the Strait of Hormuz. Since the Americans are willing to fight, we will accompany them to the end! ”

Ye Yaozi said again: "We are fighting against the United States, and those countries in the Middle East who have always been on the wall will not easily choose either side, and they may even ask us and the United States to withdraw our troops from their territory, so that they can remain neutral and themselves will not be attacked by major powers." ”

Qi Yiming opened the electronic map, looked at it for a while, and then said: "The navy will inevitably send more of our warships to the Indian Ocean before the United States makes a move. In addition, we need to strengthen the Babylon side with the Red Alert Force, since we want to put the US aircraft carrier battle group into the Persian Gulf, it is obvious that Babylon's defense capability has been challenged, and we need at least 20 sets of Hongqi-9 air defense systems to carry out intensive air defense protection for the entire territory of Babylon. ”

That is, when the United States was wholeheartedly preparing to regain its own strength in Iraq, and Qi Yiming was waiting for a good fight with the Americans in the Middle East to detonate a real world war, no one thought that China's first shot was really not fired in the Middle East, but in its own border area.

Nearly 40 years ago, China briefly reclaimed this land, but in the end it was abandoned because of its poor actual control ability, leaving future generations full of regrets.