Babylonian Empire

"Maybe we can continue to increase our national debt," said Vice President Bush.

88 is an important year, because it is the election year of the US president every four years!Reagan has been re-elected for two terms, so it is the turn of the next candidate in the Republican Party, that is, Bush to run for the next president. This is a major event related to whether the Republican Party can continue to occupy the White House, and they attach great importance to it.

Originally, relying on the relationship of President Reagan, the Republican Party occupied more than half of the seats in Congress and had a high image among the people. However, if the economic crisis cannot be stopped, their prestige may be lost.

Bush is even more anxious about this crisis, which is very detrimental to his campaign.Therefore, after hearing what James said, I immediately thought of this method to alleviate the loopholes in funds and issue national debt.

"Then we have to find a country that is willing to accept our national debt." James said.

It is absolutely impossible to issue national debt by relying on the country. It is necessary to find a country that is willing to receive national debt.

Originally, Western Europe and Japan were potential recipients of U.S. treasury bonds. However, this economic crisis has caused more or less domestic problems in them, and their holding power has declined. The U.S. must find a new big head. .

"The countries in the Middle East have always been very rich." At this time, Weinberg said, "Just let those countries in the Middle East increase our national debt."

Those countries in the Middle East?This is a good choice!Reagan's eyes lit up.

Just received information that Iraq in the Middle East had detained two Soviet warships. Taking advantage of the conflict between Iraq and the Soviet Union, Weinberg had never had a good impression of that place, although he didn't know what the inside story was.And those guys in the Middle East are very rich, so sell them the national debt and see if they can take it.

Bush's eyes are also bright, which is related to his Middle East strategy.

The Jews have been a strong supporter in previous presidential elections. Regardless of whether they admit it or not, the strong economic capabilities of the Jews, coupled with their enthusiasm for elections, are an important bargaining chip in the election of the president.

Previously, because of the espionage incident, there was some unhappiness between the Republican Party and the Jews. So, will the Jews be pushed into their competitors?Bush is concerned.This time, suppressing those countries in the Middle East and letting Jews see the attitude of the Republican Party, especially Bush, will be very helpful to his campaign.

Moreover, in these countries, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait were originally completely pro-American countries, but now, their policies are slowly changing to Iraq. This is a bad signal. When necessary, the United States will use force threats Let them know that only following the United States is their best choice. However, there is no need to go this far. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have a lot of assets in the United States. Freezing their assets is enough for them to deal with this It's time for a crisis.

Besides, relying on the historical relationship between the United States and these countries, there should not be too many problems for them to increase their holdings of US treasury bonds.

As for Iraq, countermeasures must be taken. Iraq has risen too fast, and Israel may not be able to restrain Iraq. Let's see Iraq's reaction. If Iraq disagrees... Weinberg thought of the United States* It's time to reveal the strength of the * team.

When there is a domestic crisis, launching a war and diverting domestic conflicts has always been the favorite of politicians.

... After the announcement of the detention of two Soviet warships, Saddam's port was once again under martial law to prevent the infiltration of the KGB.

Of course, it is actually to prevent the infiltration of Western intelligence personnel.

The two warships have been refitted, mainly by installing the Iraqis' own data link system, which can be connected to the Iraqi C3I system, and can conduct real-time data transmission with the pre-warning aircraft, air fighters, etc., and the addition of satellites The communications antenna, now in Iraq, has partially leased the bandwidth of a communications satellite from OSEM Electronics.Moreover, electronic countermeasure equipment imported from Europe is adopted.

After completing the modification in about a month, the Iraqi Navy will learn the operation of these two warships with the help of the Soviets.

With the arrival of the Modern Class and the Dreadnought Class, the equipment of the Iraqi Navy has once again achieved a leap forward development, and they already have the foundation of a blue water navy.

At the shipyard in Iraq, a logistics supply ship with a displacement of more than [-] tons began to be built at the same time. The hull of this supply ship was designed by an eastern power. Equipment imported from Europe is used to make up for the shortcomings of the eastern powers in this regard.

Until Qusay left Saddam Port, the Iraqi naval personnel were still in a state of extreme excitement. The powerful combat effectiveness displayed by these two warships made them feel for the first time that even in the ocean, encountering When it comes to the U.S. Navy, they no longer have any countermeasures.

Supersonic anti-ship missiles, regional air defense missiles, and large anti-submarine helicopters are all Iraqi have never had.

The navy has organized the best crew, and most of them are transferred from active warships to learn the operation of these warships. However, they are only the first batch. The Naval Academy has trained a large number of skilled naval personnel. The second and third batches of crew members are all under preparation, and the task assigned by Qu Sai is to have at least five batches of students who are fully familiar with the operation of this kind of warship and can take over new warships at any time.

Nasser, the naval commander, was full of joy. President Qusay's meaning was very clear. Iraq will definitely buy large quantities of such large warships in the future.

At this time, on Qeshm Island, the navy's air force has already started normal combat readiness duty. In the past, the navy's air supremacy had to be assisted by the air force. Now, they can deal with low-intensity conflicts by themselves.

After completing the work in Saddam Port, Qusay took his special plane to Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, to attend a meeting held there.

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Riyadh, Saudi Arabian Palace.

Looking at the luxury cars parked outside the palace, Qusay smiled. Thanks to the rich oil resources in Saudi Arabia, the life of the Saudis is very rich. Their luxury cars and villas are an indispensable part of their daily life.

However, in Iraq, Qusay has always resisted this. The official vehicles of the zhèngfǔ have always been ordinary mid-level cars, and Qusay often takes the lead in donating his salary to the treasury.

Now, although Iraq has become a country with a high per capita income, there is still a long way to go to build and strengthen the country. In the process of Iraq's development, an important issue is to prevent corruption of the ruling class and become a privileged class.

Qusay must lead by example.

However, in the Saudi royal family, there are very few people like Prince Alwaleed who have worked hard to make a fortune on their own. Most of the princes live in gold pockets and only know how to spend their money.

However, these are Saudi Arabia's internal affairs, and Qusay has no right to interfere.

After Iraq gradually became stronger, Qusay's behavior became more cautious. Surrounded by Arab countries and his brothers, Iraq, as their leader, led the entire Middle East to become stronger together, but absolutely must not let the surrounding Some countries have the wrong impression that Iraq's strength will threaten them.

This is a choice of balance point.

Thinking of the purpose of his visit this time, Qu Sai cheered up again. After all, his proposal this time was shocking.

"President Qusay, you are very welcome." At the gate of the palace, Prince Sultan has come out to greet him in person.

"His Royal Highness, please come and greet me in person," Qu Sai asked.

Both of them are old acquaintances. The relationship between Prince Sultan and Qusay is very close. Prince Sultan patted Qusay on the back, and the two walked into the palace together.

"President Qusay is here, and I have to extend a warm welcome." Prince Sultan was very solid.

"About my letter to the king, has he read it?" Qusay asked as he walked.

"I've seen it, so this time, people from Kuwait are also here. We need to hold an internal meeting first." Prince Sultan said.

Came to a luxuriously decorated conference room in the palace, Qusay met the main personnel of the meeting, Saudi King Fahd, Saudi Finance Minister Daoud Abdul, Saudi Oil Minister Fahd Sali Prince He, Prince Fahd of Kuwait, Minister of Finance Mustafa Jahim.

And Qusay is his finance minister, accompanied by Hikmat. Their meeting will decide a major event in the entire Middle East.

"President Qusay, Iraq has achieved world-renowned achievements." King Fahd said: "Now, we have achieved peace in the Middle East. The war in Persia is finally coming to an end. The situation in Afghanistan will finally be resolved."

"This is what we in Iraq should do." Qusay said: "We in Iraq don't like war either. Peace is the best solution. With the tide of the world, war will become more and more difficult to fight. Even the Soviet Union Aren't they all trying to ease the situation with the United States?"

Now, the Soviet Union and the United States are both easing each other's situation. They are both facing economic problems, and neither of them has the strength to take care of each other. However, it does not mean that the Middle East is completely peaceful. After all, in the Middle East, there are still One is listed in sè.

"In order to promote economic development among our countries, I hope that we in the Middle East can use a unified currency," Qusay said.

Unified currency, although they had known about Qusay's proposal in advance, but it was quite shocking to hear Qusay say it from their mouths.

At present, only Europe has been struggling to achieve economic unity.

The emergence of the euro can be traced back to March 1969, when the Hague Conference of the European Community put forward the idea of ​​establishing a European monetary union, and entrusted Pierre-?Werner made specific recommendations on this.

After two years of preparation, the "Verner Plan" was passed, and the construction of the European single currency took the first step.This plan advocates the establishment of the European Economic and Monetary Union in three stages within 10 years.However, the ensuing oil crisis and financial turmoil bankrupted this plan.Ten years later, under the advocacy and efforts of France and Germany, the European Monetary System was established, and the European Currency Unit "Ecu" was born.

Two years ago, the European Community signed the "Single European Document", proposing to establish a unified market by early 1993 at the latest.It is divided into three stages: the first step is to fully realize the free circulation of capital; the second step is to establish the European Monetary Bureau (the predecessor of the European zhōngyāng bank); the third step is to establish and implement the Economic and Monetary Union and replace members with a single currency national currency.

Europe has been working hard without any results. Now, in the Arab region, should we also realize a unified currency?They all hold different opinions on this, or rather, hold a certain skepticism.

"Unifying our currency has great benefits, the most important of which is that the economic transactions between our countries eliminate the risk of exchange rates and reduce transaction costs between our countries. For example, carpets exported from Iran to In Riyadh, the price will drop by [-] percent," Qusay said.

In internal circulation, using a unified currency will avoid the losses caused by exchange rate changes between each other. Moreover, various commissions and other issues during currency exchange, therefore, the transaction price will drop, which is beneficial to the exchange rate between each other. Trade contacts are of great benefit.