The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 1105: Both Sides Suffer and Choose
At this point, both sides were exhausted and suffered heavy losses.

Too weak to fight on.

The Four-Nation Alliance suffered heavy losses and casualties and was unable to launch further attacks. It had to rest for a while.

The Afghan coalition forces were wary of the US military and did not dare to intervene easily. After the Israeli army retreated to the pre-war border line, they only deployed defenses along the border line and did not launch an attack on the Israeli army.

Israel also suffered heavy losses, not only losing a large number of tanks and armored vehicles, but also suffering heavy casualties and was unable to fight again.

Faced with the Arab and Iraqi forces that were very likely to launch an attack, Israel did not dare to stay on Palestinian land for long and chose to withdraw to the pre-war border line and rest as soon as possible.

Although Israel has the support of its own son, such a huge loss still makes it feel painful.

It will take Israel at least ten years to recover from this war.

This can only be achieved with the strong support of my son.

Since the war began, Israel has lost more than 2500 tanks, more than 4500 armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles, more than 9 Israeli soldiers have been killed, nearly 10, and more than 30 have been injured.

It can be said that this war has dealt a heavy blow to Israel!

This was even more so when the Jews flew active U.S. military aircraft into the war and shot down the fighter jets of the Four-Nation Coalition, causing the Four-Nation Coalition to lose air superiority as well. Otherwise, the losses would have been only greater, not less.

The two sides did not continue to engage in large-scale fighting, but small-scale shootings and artillery fire occurred every day on the border.

The two sides did not sign a ceasefire agreement, nor did they sign a ceasefire agreement, nor did they declare the end of the war.

Instead, they licked their wounds tacitly, accumulated strength, and switched from major battles to small-scale fights and artillery bombardments.

Israel hates what Iraq did very much. With its advantage in European and American media, it describes Iraq as a dictatorial country. Saddam is a dictatorial ruler who is cruel, greedy and extravagant. The Iraqi people live in dire straits.

These media outlets repeated the same old tune, exaggerating that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, and then used the fact that Iraq had banned the United Nations from conducting inspections on the prohibition of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq in recent years.

In the treaty signed during the Gulf War, Iraq not only had to compensate the coalition forces, but was also prohibited from developing weapons of mass destruction and was subject to regular inspections by the United Nations.

As a result, starting in 1998, the Iraqi government banned the United Nations from conducting inspections on the ban on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq on the grounds that the UN inspectors were spying for the United States.

This incident was exploited by the Jews.

Anyway, the media controlled by the Jews did not report the exact news, but used words such as "suspected", "rumored", "according to relevant sources", etc. to say that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction and was developing weapons of mass destruction.

Even worse, the Jewish-controlled media also insinuated that Iraq was colluding with al-Qaeda and supporting the Afghan guerrillas, and also speculated that Iraq might have been involved in the disaster that broke out in the United States on September 9 last year.

For a time, Iraq and Saddam became a stink in Europe and the United States.

It can be said that it has almost reached the point where everyone is calling for his death.

From this we can see the influence of Jews on European and American media.

11 month 1 day.

Cambodia, capital city Phnom Penh.

Phnom Penh is the largest city in Cambodia and the center of Cambodia's politics, economy, culture, transportation, trade, religion and other aspects. It is located in the delta between the Mekong River and the Tonle Sap River and now has a population of 300 million.

The Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Cooperation Leaders' Meeting, the ASEAN-China, Japan and South Korea (10+3) Leaders' Meeting, the ASEAN-China (10+1) Leaders' Meeting and the ASEAN Meeting were held in Phnom Penh.

Multiple meetings were held together for seven days, which attracted a large number of people.

After more than a decade of development, Cambodia has made great progress, with a population of 1980 to 2000 million in 1980, and now it has reached million. In , Cambodia was the least developed country in the world, but now it is a middle-income country.

There are many entrepreneurs, news media and scholars attending this event.

Entrepreneurs come here to look for business opportunities and cooperation. Entrepreneurs from China, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia come here to look for business opportunities and then cooperate.

Scholars include those in the field of political research and those in the field of economic research.

Regional economics and geopolitics research are very popular nowadays.

This time, scholars from all parties are exploring the entire regional economic integration, political integration and even military integration.

Among so many countries, only Annan seems very embarrassed.

Because Annan seems out of place and uncoordinated in this area.

Moreover, on the first day of the conference on November 11, many people went to the artificial canal section of the Mekong River, because after years of hard work, this artificial canal section was finally completed.

Cambodia chose this day to hold the completion ceremony, which was undoubtedly very unfavorable news for Annan.

This means that the tens of millions of dollars in transit fees that Annan has collected every year in recent years are gone!
Moreover, with the closure of the locks, the Mekong River downstream to Annan will face the terrible situation of flow interruption.

Not only that, if the upstream water is lost, the Mekong River in Annan will no longer be a freshwater river, but seawater will flow back. The entire lower reaches of the Mekong River will no longer be freshwater, but seawater.

This vast delta will no longer be Annan’s grain-producing area, but will become salinized!

It can be said that Annan’s fate was strangled.

Annan, who had missed several sessions, had no choice but to attend this time, put aside his attitude and discuss and communicate in a friendly manner.

How much water can be obtained depends on Cambodia.

As early as when the canal was being dug, people with lofty ideals realized that the importance of this canal was no less than changing regional power.

But Annan wanted to stop it, but he couldn't, because Annan didn't have the power.

The completion ceremony of the artificial canal section of the Mekong River was held. When people saw the first ship pass through the lock and then enter the sea, they realized that the shipping value of the Mekong River had increased significantly.

The shipping project on the Mekong River has not reached its limit so far. On the contrary, it is just a new beginning.

As the Mekong River's shipping projects continue to be carried out phase after phase, the Mekong River's shipping capacity will continue to improve, and the regions on both sides of the Mekong River will usher in tremendous development. Materials and commodities from both sides of the river will be continuously transported out through the Mekong River.

And therein lies huge business opportunities.

Whoever can seize the business opportunity will become rich!

China, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia are undoubtedly all beneficiaries and will all benefit from the development of shipping on the Mekong River.

For Annan, the situation has reached the point where he has to make a choice.

This will be your last chance to decide what to do next. If you miss this opportunity, you may never have another chance.

(End of this chapter)