The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 1082 Chaos
The United States' influence in the Middle East is limited to Israel.

In addition, because the United States has no military bases in the Arab countries in the Middle East, the influence it can exert on the Arab countries in the Middle East is actually very limited.

Moreover, the United States also has to take OPEC and the Arab League into consideration!

OPEC now has 13 member countries, most of which are Middle Eastern Arab countries, especially Saudi Arabia!
The Arab League now has 12 member states, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar and Palestine, and is also led by Saudi Arabia.

The Arab League has the Arab Joint Forces, which currently has a total of 50 troops equipped with a large number of tanks and armored vehicles. It is a mechanized force. It also has an air force and navy, making it the most powerful armed force in the Middle East.

The EU does not have an army of its own, but the Arab League does.

In addition, the Middle Eastern countries have a large number of armed forces.

The combined military strength of the Middle Eastern countries exceeds two million. In case of emergency mobilization, it is estimated that four to five million troops can be mobilized.

Moreover, the Middle East involves too many interests. The Suez Canal is a golden waterway, and the Red Sea, Arabian Sea, and Persian Gulf are the lifelines of oil transportation. Coupled with the importance of oil, there is no need for anything. If OPEC imposes an oil embargo on Europe and the United States again, the entire Europe and the United States will have a hard time, and inflation will take off.

If OPEC abandons the petrodollar system, it will be a fatal blow to the United States.

So after the meeting, the United States decided to send two waves of troops to the Middle East. One wave, led by National Security Advisor Rice, would go to Israel to demand that the Israeli army withdraw to the pre-war borders; the other wave, led by Powell, would go to various Arab countries in the Middle East to express the United States' attitude and appease the Arab countries in the Middle East.

In addition, an aircraft carrier fleet in the Mediterranean went to Israeli territorial waters, and an aircraft carrier fleet in the Indian Ocean went to the Arabian Sea.

The United States launched diplomatic maneuvers in an attempt to cool down the Israeli-Palestinian war.

Then George Walker visited the Polar Bear, and the two sides signed a treaty on the reduction of offensive forces and a declaration on a new strategic relationship between the two sides, as well as six statements on the Middle East issue, anti-terrorism cooperation, etc.

George Walker then left Polar Bear and headed for Europe, visiting major European allies to discuss issues such as the Middle East and anti-terrorism cooperation in an effort to win the support of his allies.

European countries are also full of resentment towards the United States and Israel due to the sharp rise in oil prices during this period.

After the United States was attacked on September 9 last year, a large amount of capital flowed out of the United States, and at least tens of trillions of dollars flowed into Europe, which helped Europe recover some of its losses. The overall economic development was also quite good. The euro was officially circulated in the 11 countries of the euro zone, taking a substantial step towards integration.

Although the Afghan war broke out, extremist organizations were dissatisfied with European countries joining the Afghan war and retaliated against European countries, causing European countries to suffer considerable losses and facing severe social security problems. The people's sense of social security has dropped significantly, but it is still acceptable compared to what they have gained.

However, the outbreak of the war between Palestine and Israel has pushed up oil prices, which will have a huge impact on Europe.

Although Europe followed the deindustrialization of the United States, it did not mean that Europe had no industry. On the contrary, Europe still had a lot of industry. Oil is the blood of industry. Rising oil prices mean rising production costs and consumer prices will follow suit. It is inevitable that Europe will be at a competitive disadvantage in the international market.

Although they have many opinions about the United States and Israel, in order to suppress international oil prices, European countries have no choice but to cooperate with the United States and put pressure on Middle Eastern countries.

The attitude of Europe and the United States undoubtedly made the Arab world very dissatisfied. They felt that it was because of the favoritism of the United States that Israel became lawless and easily provoked war. The two sides were engaged in a war of words, but the war between Palestine and Israel continued.

Israel's powerful air force suffered heavy losses and lost its power when faced with the air defense missile system.

Whether it is the air defense positions in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon, the air defense positions in Syria, or the air defense positions in other directions, the Israeli Air Force has suffered a lot.

In just less than a month, Israel's air force was almost completely destroyed.

The U.S. military's active aircraft were flown into battle by active Jewish pilots and belonged to the Israeli Air Force.

The loss of more than one hundred aircraft almost wiped out the air forces of Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon and Syria, causing the air forces of the four countries to pay a heavy price.

The Afghan coalition forces were extremely angry about this and mobilized 100,000 troops to the border, with an obvious threatening posture.

Some people were also extremely angry about the favoritism of Europe and the United States, and launched "unrestricted warfare" in European and American countries. Some even went to Afghanistan to join the Afghan guerrillas.

Just as the war in the Middle East had not yet subsided, the operation planned by the CIA in Venezuela ended in failure.

On April 4, some Venezuelan soldiers launched a coup and detained Chavez. In the early morning of the 11th, Chavez returned to the presidential palace and regained power.

This was a major blow to the CIA's intention to turn Venezuela into a pro-American country. Chavez accused the Americans of doing no good and always doing such despicable things, and his attitude was very tough.

Chavez nationalized Venezuela's oil, and the people who suffered the most were the Americans, because originally most of Venezuela's oil companies were controlled by Americans, and now all of them have been nationalized by Venezuela, which made the Americans very unhappy.

Moreover, Chavez was very tough on the United States and became the most famous anti-American fighter in South America.

Now that international oil prices have soared, Venezuela's oil export revenue has also soared, and the economy has improved rapidly, which has made the Venezuelan people have a very high support rate for Chavez.

In addition, Colombia, which is currently ruled by a left-wing power, has also nationalized oil and other products. This policy has caused considerable losses to the Americans, who are furious and have been criticizing Colombia since 2000, and have even stopped importing Colombian oil.

But in fact, the world's demand for oil is constantly increasing, and as long as there is oil, there is no problem selling it. The amount of oil exported by Colombia to China increases year by year, and the trade between the two sides increases year by year, constantly creating history.

The political, economic, military and cultural exchanges are becoming increasingly close. The trade between the two sides can be settled in US dollars, euros or RMB. Even China can provide almost all the goods that Colombia needs.

According to the original CIA plan, it would first complete the transformation of Venezuela and then support the right-wing forces in Colombia to come to power, thereby changing the situation in Colombia.

The United States has always regarded the entire Latin America as its own backyard. Now that the backyard is becoming unstable, it is also a headache for the United States.

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