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    I talked for a long time, but it was the same as not saying anything.

    If Iraq has only one nuclear weapon, then everything will continue as usual. The United States can completely destroy Iraq's military power by using nuclear weapons. However, if Iraq has fifty nuclear weapons, then all this can no longer be solved militarily.

    Without the military, what would the United States have?

    "Our current economic situation is already quite pessimistic. We have suffered two military defeats, and these wars have completely consumed all our treasury savings." The Finance Minister said: "President, we have no money now.  "

    No money?  Needless to say?  Let the deficit be a deficit, Bush said: "We haven't started issuing national debt this year, so we can just continue to issue national debt."

    After Bush finished speaking, he saw the helplessness on the face of Henry Paulson, his trusted Treasury Secretary.

    "What?" Bush asked.

    "President, we are now issuing national debt, but I am afraid no one is willing to buy it. Even in our country, citizens are beginning to demand the redemption of national debt in advance." Henry said.

    "How is this possible?" Bush said: "Our country's economy has been developing rapidly in recent years, and our national debt is also highly sought-after in the international market."

    "President, the situation has changed a lot in the past few days. In the international market, our national debt has been sold off. Now, it may be difficult for us to find sufficient funds to receive our national debt."  Henry said.

    "Are they Arabs?" Bush asked.

    ¡°Not just the Arabs, we have seen that European countries have also begun to reduce their debt holdings.¡± Henry said.

    Europeans, Europeans, what do they want to do?  Bush was a little angry, but in his anger, he was already a little scared, which was something he had never felt before.

    The United States is not omnipotent. Under the current circumstances, if the Europeans do not cooperate, the United States will be unable to stand alone.

    ¡° Moreover, the Europeans now are not just uncooperative, they are simply causing trouble for the United States.

    "What's going on with the Europeans?" Bush said, "Have they forgotten the agreement we made?"

    "Europeans have actually long had a view that European affairs should be solved more by the Europeans themselves. Now, the Arabs have thrown out the idea of ??using euros to settle oil. They want to completely abandon us." Henry said:  "Your Excellency, we must respond as soon as possible, otherwise, our economy will risk collapse."

    Economy, like Bush Sr., Bush Jr. does not like the economy very much. However, he also knows that if he does not pay attention to this issue, he will be abandoned by the American people sooner or later. The American people do not want their pockets to be emptied.

    Is there a risk of collapse?  Bush asked: "Is it that serious?"

    "Yes, now, what supports our entire American economy is the dollar and oil system. If this system collapses, then our economy will also collapse." Henry said, it is impossible for the president not to see this.  Bar?

    "We in the United States have the most advanced technology and the most complete manufacturing industry. Even if we are not connected with oil, our economy may decline, but it is absolutely impossible to collapse, right?" Bush asked.

    The United States has been developed for so many years, and Bush will never believe that they can collapse without oil.

    "Mr. President, my current national debt is 10 trillion U.S. dollars. If we add up all the social security and other debts we owe, there will be 50 trillion U.S. dollars. Just these funds are beyond our ability to repay.  ." Henry said.

    The total global GDP this year is only 60 trillion U.S. dollars. The United States has only so much debt, and they really cannot afford it.

    "The reason why we dare to owe so much debt is because of the dominance of our US dollar in the world. For example, to purchase oil, we must use US dollars. But now, this situation has changed. Countries around the world can use euros and  If the American dollar comes to buy oil, then our U.S. dollar has no use value to them. We in the United States have issued so many U.S. dollars over the years, and other countries have stored a large amount of U.S. dollars, even if they don't care about trade deficits.  , use all these funds to buy things in our United States, can our American economy still survive?" Henry said with a serious face.

    This reason is very simple. It is just selling U.S. debt. This is the first step. If countries throw out their foreign exchange reserves, that is, dollars, to whom do they throw them?  It can only be thrown to the United States. Then, huge dollars will be flooded inside the United States. What will be the result?  It must be a devaluation of the currency!

     They only need to bring their own foreign exchange and come to the United States to buy things, and they can make the United States poor. But in the United States, apart from a pile of US dollars left as wiping paper, what else is left?

    If people in other countries do this, the consequences will be very serious.  What Henry said just now is not an exaggeration at all.

    "We are going to propose sanctions on Iraq at the United Nations. If they dare to secretly develop nuclear weapons, they will be unanimously condemned by the international community. If other countries want to oppose us on this issue, then public opinion will definitely be against them.  Unfavorable. Also, we will freeze the funds of all Arab countries that support Iraq. If they dare to engage in economic war, we will take all these funds into the possession of the United States," Bush said.

    If the military war continues, there will be no results. For a country like Iraq that already has intercontinental ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons, destroying both sides at the same time is definitely not a good choice. Politically and economically  , there are still many battles to fight. If it cannot gain advantages in these aspects, the United States will be in danger.

    Freeze the funds of the Arabs. They have a lot of investments in the United States. Now, all those investments belong to the United States. In future negotiations, they will be regarded as their war compensation.

    This is a severe test.

    At this moment, Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld hurriedly walked in and said: "Your Excellency, I propose to carry out a devastating blow to Iraq. Otherwise, they will only become more rampant and will not put us, the United States, at risk."  In the eyes.¡±

    It was rare that Rumsfeld was so angry. Bush was actually thinking in his heart that if he could really carry out a completely devastating blow to Iraq, it would not necessarily be a bad thing!

    "what happened?"

    "Just two minutes ago, Iraq fired hundreds of rockets and attacked our military bases in Turkey," Rumsfeld said.

    ¡°Iraq fired a rocket?  Powell asked: "Does Iraq have rockets that long range?"

    From Iraq to the garrison base in Turkey, that is still far away.

    ¡°They attacked on the border with Syria.¡±

    The Iraqi army ran to the Syrian border, then fired rockets and attacked the Turkish military base. What did they want to do?

    "Iraq has made a statement that we sent B-2 bombers to bomb the Arab world without any reason. In order to prevent us from using the base there to continue harming the peace-loving Arabs, they need to  Hit our military bases."

    Yes, that¡¯s what Qusay said.

    Now, after the bloody battle in Iraq, the power of the United States has finally been completely expelled from the Arab world. If the American aircraft carrier battle group wants to hang out at their door again, they must first ask whether the Iraqi navy agrees.  .

    However, although they drove away the American aircraft carrier battle group in the Mediterranean and used Tu-22M bombers to escort them, they were already at the air force base in Libya, taking off two Tu-22Ms every day, carrying  Anti-ship missiles are showing off, but the Arab world is still unsafe.

    Because the United States also has military bases in Turkey, where Americans can still threaten Iraq at any time.  In a few years, after the American F-22 fighter jets enter service, they will definitely be deployed in Turkey as soon as possible, so that they can threaten Iraq at any time.

    In later generations, when Americans planned the Gulf War, they always used Turkish air bases.

    ¡°As long as the US troops are driven away from there, the Arab world will really be safe.

    ¡°Moreover, for Turkey, they are not friendly with the Arabs. When Iraq wanted to bring the aircraft carrier back from the Black Sea Shipyard, Turkey obstructed it in every possible way.

    Therefore, in Qusay's strategy, Turkey has actually been included in his sights for a long time. However, Iraq has always been a dirty trick. This dirty trick is the problem of the Kurds.

    The Kurds can be regarded as an important separatist force among the three countries. Iraq, Iran and Turkey all have large Kurds distributed in their territories. Among them, Turkey has the largest number of Kurds.

    During the Iran-Iraq war, both Iraq and Iran supported the Kurds in each other's territory and supported their secession. However, no matter how much the Kurds develop, they cannot confront the government forces.

    "However, if there is help from a big country, it will be different.

    So, Iraq helped the Kurds and told them that Iraq,Support them in establishing Kurdistan in eastern T¨¹rkiye.  Moreover, Iraq also provided them with weapons. Of course, Iraq provided them with light weapons.  Only a few eliminated tanks were provided to them.

    Now, the Arab world has become very powerful. It is absolutely impossible for the Kurds to split off a piece of land from Iraq or Iran and establish Kurdistan. Moreover, many Kurds have received the same treatment as the Arabs.  , live a prosperous life, and no longer raise the issue of Kurdistan.  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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