Chapter 261 Kuwait Crisis
The news of the establishment of the Central Bank of Eastern Europe has only been popular for a week, and it was immediately overtaken by another shocking news. Thousands of miles away in the Persian Gulf, Kuwait, a small country in the Middle East guarding Iraq's estuary, broke down negotiations with neighboring Iraq on the oil issue, which led to a fatal disaster. Because of the huge debt owed by the Iran-Iraq War, Iraq has almost become the poorest country in the Middle East. The arms debt owed to the United States and the Soviet Union alone is as high as 40 billion U.S. dollars. Now the Soviet government is also facing serious economic problems. It is no longer a strategic choice of the Soviet government, so demanding debts from Iraq has become a helpless choice for the Soviet government.
Faced with a huge debt of up to 70 billion yuan, the Iraqi government, which has spent all its foreign exchange reserves, has only two choices. Either sell the oil fields on which Iraq relies for survival to foreign capitalists in exchange for foreign capital support, or choose to renege on the debt. Saddam naturally refused to hand over domestic oil resources to those greedy foreign capitalists, so he chose to renege on his debts, but he did not dare to renege on superpowers like the United States and the Soviet Union. Kuwait, a small country on the estuary of Iraq, is naturally Saddam's best choice.
Kuwait is one of the few rich countries in the world. Although it has a small land area, it has astonishing oil reserves, low mining costs, and high-quality oil. The most important thing is that Kuwait’s foreign exchange reserves are as high as 100 billion U.S. dollars. The tens of billions of dollars in Western heavy industry stocks, not to mention the huge amount of foreign exchange reserves, is more than enough to repay the arms debts of the United States and the Soviet Union.
The ill-intentioned Iraq simply did not do anything, launched an attack without warning, and occupied the entire territory of Kuwait in just one day. Prince Fahd, the younger brother of the Emir of Kuwait, was seriously injured and killed in the battle, and five members of the royal family died in the battle. The Emir himself led some members of the royal family to flee to Saudi Arabia. The weak Kuwait has almost no power to fight back in front of the Iraqi army. Relying on one's own strength to try to restore the country is simply wishful thinking. Not to mention the small Kuwait, even Saudi Arabia, the overlord of the Middle East, is not an opponent in front of the Iraqi army.
A negotiation on foreign debt has led to a war. I am afraid that the Kuwaiti government has now even regretted it. Now both the Kuwaiti government and the Saudi government are afraid that the Iraqi army will continue to move southward and invade Saudi territory. For these wealthy Arab countries, the only hope at present is the United States. Only when the United States sends troops can Kuwait have the possibility of returning to the country.
Want the US to send troops? How can it be so easy, how many Americans died in the Vietnam War, and the Vietnam War has only passed a few years? The common people in the United States have not forgotten the grand occasion of the whole people's anti-war. The Kuwaiti ambassador to the United States was quickly received by President Bush. The two communicated about Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. The United States promised to help Kuwait restore the country, but whether to send troops still needs to be approved by Congress. The Kuwaiti ambassador, who is a member of the royal family, could not help but feel desolate when he heard such a perfunctory reply from the United States.
Originally, this matter had nothing to do with Seryozha, but Seryozha was very willing to intervene in it. Seryozha knew that the United States would eventually choose to send troops, and that this war would not sink the US military in the same way as the Vietnam War. Judging from the experience of the previous life, the first Gulf War was not difficult at all. However, the Americans have not yet realized their strength, and they do not know that they can completely rely on the air force to dominate the battle situation. Because before the emergence of the first Gulf War, military scientists in most countries in the world did not realize that wars can rely entirely on air power to determine victory.
The United States is unwilling to send troops. The biggest concern is that it is afraid that ground operations will cause large-scale American casualties. The International Risk Consulting Company established by Seriosha a few years ago has been in a state of loss because of no business. If the International Risk Consulting Company replaces the U.S. military to help Kuwait win the restoration war, then the International Risk Consulting Company will definitely leap forward. Become the world's largest security company.
In addition, international risk consulting companies can not only get the support of the United States, obtain large defense contracts from the U.S. government and the Kuwaiti government, but also obtain advanced weapons from the United States. The most important thing is that Kuwait is located in the core of the Persian Gulf , The location is really important. Once the international risk consulting company can recover Kuwait in the ground battle, it is no longer a luxury to station a unit in Kuwait under the orders of Sergey Sha. The Persian Gulf is an important route for oil transportation. Strengthening the military presence of the Gorky Group here is definitely a key move. More importantly, the United States will definitely believe that international risk consulting companies are safeguarding American interests.
After figuring out these key issues, Seryozha was moved by the Kuwaiti royal family. How can this news be conveyed to the President of the United States? Seryozha thought of Eva. Although Eva was a businessman, but as the world's richest man and a contractor of the Pentagon's global satellite communication service, it would not be a big problem to introduce an international risk consulting company to the military. Moreover, Yuri and Ivankov, the bosses of the International Risk Consulting Company, are not only diplomats of the Vatican, but also senior advisers to the new Polish government. Bureau member.
Seryozha quickly sent his plan to Yuri in Poland, and notified Eva to arrange the matter. Almost as soon as Yuri put down the phone, he flew directly to Washington on a Columbia Bank commercial jet. And Ivankov, who is at the headquarters of Juarez International Risk Consulting Company, also asked his subordinates to make bidding plans overnight. Yuri moved very quickly. It took him 10 hours to fly back to Washington from Warsaw. As soon as he got off the plane, he met Ivankov who had been waiting here for a long time.
Eva's stature in the business world gave her unrivaled leverage, which remained effective even in Washington's political circles, and Ivankov and Yuri quickly got the Pentagon and replies, and their international exposure The consulting firm's proposal to contract Kuwait's ground warfare was very interested, and Kuwait had reservations about it. However, the Kuwaiti ambassador has received a reply from the emir, and is willing to contact the international risk consulting company on cooperation.
Early the next morning, Yuri and Ivankov came to the Pentagon in Arlington County under Eva's recommendation, and met the person in charge here. Eva told Sergesha about the progress of the matter. Sergesha was not worried about whether the international risk consulting company could get the contract, because the plan he proposed was definitely the most suitable at present. The United States only needed air strikes and ground combat The matter should be handed over to the international risk consulting company. Unless there is a plane crash, there will be no casualties in the United States. As for the war expenses, the rich Kuwait can afford the money. At that time, the international risk consulting company can definitely replace the gun with a shotgun, thank you Liao Sha will not save money for Kuwait.
However, it is better to ask Mark Rich of Glencore about this matter. Perhaps Iraq will become Glencore's second major customer after Iran. 18132