Chapter 1082 Chaos
The influence of the United States in the Middle East is limited to Israel.
In addition, because there are no military bases in the Arab countries in the Middle East, the influence that the United States can exert on the Arab countries in the Middle East is actually very limited.
And the United States has to take into account OPEC and the Arab League!
OPEC now has 13 member countries, and the majority of them are Arab countries in the Middle East, especially Saudi Arabia!
The Arab League now has 12 member countries including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar, and Palestine, also headed by Saudi Arabia.
The Arab League has the Arab Coalition Army, which currently has a total of 500,000 troops, equipped with a large number of tanks and armored vehicles. It is a mechanized force, and it also has an air force and a navy. It is the most powerful armed force in the Middle East.
The European Union does not have an army belonging to the European Union, but the Arab League does.
In addition, the armed forces of the Middle Eastern countries are numerous.
The military forces of the Middle Eastern countries combined are more than two million. If they are urgently mobilized, it is estimated that four or five million troops can be mobilized.
Moreover, the Middle East is related to too many interests. The Suez Canal is a golden waterway. The Red Sea, the Arabian Sea, and the Persian Gulf are all lifelines for oil transportation. In addition, the importance of oil does not require 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 people to the Middle East. One wave was led by National Security Advisor Rice to Israel to demand that the Israeli army withdraw to the pre-war border; the other wave was led by Powell to various Arab countries in the Middle East to express the attitude of the United States 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 to reduce the fire of the Israeli-Palestinian war.
Then George Walker visited the polar bear, and the two sides signed the Treaty on Reducing Offensive Forces and the Declaration of New Strategic Relations between the Two Sides, as well as 6 statements on the Middle East issue and anti-terrorism cooperation.
Then George Walker went to Europe from the polar bear, visited major European allies, and negotiated the Middle East issue, anti-terrorism cooperation and other aspects to win the support of allies.
European countries are also full of resentment towards the United States and Israel because of the sharp rise in oil prices during this period.
Originally, after the September 11 attack on the United States last year, a large amount of capital flowed out of the United States, and at least trillions of dollars flowed into Europe, which made Europe recover a wave of blood, and the overall economic development was also quite good. The euro officially circulated in the 12 countries of the euro zone, taking a substantial step in integration.
Although the Afghan war broke out, the extremist organizations were dissatisfied with the 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 this time has pushed up oil prices, which has a great impact on Europe.
Although Europe has also followed the deindustrialization of the United States, it does not mean that Europe has no industry. On the contrary, Europe still has a lot of industry. Oil is the blood of industry. The rise in oil prices means that production costs will rise, and consumer prices will also rise. It is inevitable that it will be at a competitive disadvantage in the international market.
Although they are full of opinions about the United States and Israel, in order to suppress international oil prices, European countries have to choose 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 think that it is because of the favoritism of the United States that Israel is lawless and easily provokes war.
The two sides are fighting a war of words, but the war between Palestine and Israel is still going on.
Israel's powerful air force, facing the air defense missile system, suffered heavy losses and lost its power.
Whether it is the air defense position in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon, the air defense position in Syria, or the air defense position in other directions, the Israeli Air Force has suffered a lot.
In just less than a month, the Israeli Air Force was almost completely lost.
The active aircraft of the US military were driven by active Jewish pilots to join the battle and belonged to the Israeli Air Force.
The loss of more than 100 aircraft almost wiped out the air forces of Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon and Syria, and the air forces of the four countries paid a heavy price.
The Arab coalition forces were extremely angry about this and mobilized 100,000 troops to the border, with an extremely obvious threatening posture.
Some people were also extremely angry about the favoritism of Europe and the United States, launching "unrestricted warfare" in European and American countries, and some even went to Afghanistan to join the Afghan guerrillas.
Just as the war in the Middle East had not subsided, the CIA's operation in Venezuela ended in failure.
On April 11, some Venezuelan soldiers launched a coup and detained Chavez. In the early morning of the 14th, Chavez returned to the presidential palace to regain 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 biggest loser was the Americans, because most of Venezuela's oil companies were originally controlled by Americans, and now they are all nationalized by Venezuela, which makes Americans very unhappy.
Moreover, Chavez is very tough on the United States, and has become 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 quickly improved, which has made the Venezuelan people have a very high support rate for Chavez.
In addition, Colombia, which is currently in power, has also nationalized oil and other products. This policy has caused a lot of losses to the Americans. The Americans are angry and have been blaming Colombia since 2000, and even stopped importing Colombian oil.
But in fact, the world's demand for oil is increasing. As long as there is oil, there is no worry about selling it. The amount of oil exported by Colombia to China has increased year by year, and the trade between the two sides has increased 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 the goods needed by Colombia can be provided by China.
Originally, according to the CIA's plan, the evolution of Venezuela was completed first, and then the right-wing forces in Colombia were supported to come to power, thus changing the situation in Colombia.
The United States has always regarded the entire Latin America as its own backyard. Now the instability of the backyard is also a headache for the United States.