The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 1061 Powder Keg

When the British's dream of an empire on which the sun never sets was shattered and they packed up and left, they played the role of troublemaker to the fullest, laying mines everywhere.

After World War II, faced with the fact that India was about to become independent, the British did not want to see the emergence of a powerful Greater India (British India at that time included India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh later) that was not under their control. Therefore, they directed the "Partition of India and Pakistan" in 1947, making the contradictions between the two sides almost irreconcilable. The subsequent conflicts and wars between India and Pakistan were all continuations of the influence of the "Partition of India and Pakistan".

The 'partition of Palestine and Israel' is also a big bomb planted by the British.

The Jewish people can be said to be one of the smartest peoples in the world. They have made their way around the world with their brains. Even the most powerful country in the world, the United States, is dominated by Jewish elites. Many people on Wall Street are Jewish elites. Back then, the British came up with the "Israel-Palestine partition" and created a Jewish state "Israel" on the 2.7 square kilometers of Palestinian Arab territory. The territorial demarcation line between the two sides is extremely unreasonable.

The Jews were ecstatic at that time. A large number of Jewish immigrants, with the support of countries such as Britain and the United States, created the state of Israel on the land of Palestine.

According to the 1947 two-state solution, 2.7 square kilometers of the 1.52 square kilometers of Palestinian land were allocated to the "Jewish State" and the remaining 1.115 square kilometers were allocated to the "Arab State". At the same time, Jerusalem was designated as an international city, directly managed by the authorities established by the United Nations.

When the Israel-Palestine partition resolution was passed, the Jews, who made up a minority of the total population, obtained 55% of the land, and all of it was the best land; while the Arabs, who made up the majority of the total population, only got 45% of the land, and the territory was divided into three parts at the beginning and end, which naturally made the Arabs dissatisfied.

As soon as the partition resolution was passed, Palestinian Arabs and Arab countries held demonstrations to oppose the partition, and the Arabs launched fierce resistance movements in Jerusalem, Jaffa, Tel Aviv and other places.

As a result, the first Middle East war broke out.

Since the partition of Palestine and Israel, the conflict between the Jews and the local Palestinians has been irreconcilable, and the war between the two sides has been ongoing. The Jews firmly hold the initiative and have the firm support of their own sons. In the first four Middle East wars, the Jews were the winners and the Arabs were the losers.

That was the fifth Middle East war. The situation changed suddenly, and the Palestinian and other armed forces, which received a lot of support, finally defeated the Israelis.

If the Americans had not intervened to protect Israel, the Jews would have even been destroyed and exiled in the Fifth Middle East War.

This is the 'little bully of the Middle East' Israel, which can only win and cannot lose. If it fails even once, the country may be destroyed.

Later, moderates came to power in Israel and were determined to establish friendly relations and peaceful coexistence with Palestine. They even redrawn boundaries and made concessions in the hope of achieving lasting peace.

However, giving up part of the land has also made the opposition within Israel very dissatisfied, believing that this is a sign of weakness. They believe that Israel should be tough on Palestine, and even expel the Palestinians and monopolize this piece of land.

But this power has been suppressed.

Now because of the attitude of the Americans, this force is growing rapidly and has ignited this powder keg.

On the other hand, there are also a large number of dissatisfied people within Palestine. After all, these 2.7 square kilometers of land originally belonged to the Palestinians. Why should such a large piece of land be given to the Jews?

This time, the Jews carried out such a vicious explosion in Jerusalem, which also ignited the anger of the Palestinians, and the hard-line forces grew rapidly.

This makes the Palestinian moderates feel helpless and they feel they can no longer control the hardliners.

Palestinian moderates do not actually want war, but rather want to achieve lasting peace between Palestine and Israel through negotiation and diplomatic means.

The Palestinian region is rich in resources, with 5000 billion cubic meters of natural gas, more than 2 million barrels of oil, more than 2000 billion tons of coal, more than 5 million tons of iron, more than 1 million tons of bauxite, and a large amount of chrome ore, marble and gemstones. After years of hard work, Palestine's energy income is still very considerable. A large amount of oil, natural gas, coal and iron ore are exported to Europe in exchange for a large amount of foreign exchange, making the life of Palestine much better than before. Even the military strength of Palestine is not weak, with 13.5 regular troops and 40 reserve troops. Palestine's military equipment is not weak either, with a large number of air defense weapons, a large number of tanks and armored vehicles, a large number of artillery and rocket launchers, and even a navy.

Palestinian moderates are content with the present day.

But now, due to the vicious bombing in Jerusalem, the internal situation in Palestine has directly spiraled out of control.

The exchange of fire between the two sides has caused great concern around the world.

Saddam was dancing happily at this time, cursing the Americans and the Jews.

In the Gulf War, the Westerners, led by the Americans, bombed Iraq recklessly, causing great trauma to Iraq, which made Iraq hostile to the Americans. If we talk about the most anti-American countries in the world, Iraq is definitely in the top three. If we talk about the most famous anti-American fighters in the world, Saddam is definitely in the top three.

During the ten-year period, Saddam was only low-key in the beginning, but even then, he cursed the Americans a lot.

As time went on, Saddam cursed the Americans more harshly.

Even Iraq is the first OPEC member to adopt non-US dollar settlement.

As Iraq resumed oil production and exported oil continuously in recent years, its military strength is also recovering rapidly.

Although Iraq’s oil revenue has been greatly reduced due to the low international crude oil prices, with the same amount of oil exported, Iraq no longer has as high social welfare as before.

On average, Iraq invests more than 400 billion yuan in military power every year.

Although Iraq now has fewer tanks and armored vehicles than before the Gulf War, the performance of its tanks and armored vehicles is more advanced.

Although Iraq does not have as many aircraft as before the Gulf War, its aircraft are also more advanced.

Then there is the Arab League and the Arab Coalition Forces. Although Saddam is very dissatisfied with this, it has to be said that they are his backers.

Therefore, Saddam is still alive and well today.

As the situation between Palestine and Israel spiraled downward, Saddam jumped out and cursed the Americans, saying that Israel would never dare to do such a thing if it were not for the support of the Americans.

Saddam even announced loudly that Iraqi missiles were already aimed at major cities in Israel, and that as long as war broke out, these missiles would teach a painful lesson. Moreover, Iraq's powerful army would participate in the jihad.

Coincidentally, violent activities against Jews broke out in Syria, Jordan, Egypt and other countries, and they demanded help for their Palestinian Arab brothers.

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