Chapter nine hundred and eighteenth battle of attrition
"President Reagan, this request really makes me embarrassed!" King Fahdben Abdulaziz didn't raise his eyelids. He was wearing a white robe fiddling with the Damascus steel knife in his hand. Anyone could see that the knife was valuable and had many gems inlaid on it, which made it even more dazzling.
"Iran's turnaround has put a huge pressure on our country. If Saudi Arabia was not the guardian of the two holy places, it had the support of many countries, which made the Soviet Union dare not do anything randomly. I don't know what it looks like now." As he spoke, King Aziz suddenly drew his sword and cut the roast lamb legs placed in front of him. He was not a fool to become King Aziz.
He can also see that the US president and the Soviet Union's general secretary's international performance over the past year is that the United States has a slight advantage, but this advantage is not as great as Saudi Arabia joins rashly. Although the Soviet allies are not as scary as the former imperialist countries of the United States, they are close to us, and the Soviet allies are all taking the route of a military power. Why do you want Saudi Arabia to take risks in this situation? What's the use of having money but not having life?
"The king believes that the fate of the Nikola family will not come to Saudi Arabia, right?" President Reagan did not want to force the other party, but he must remind King Aziz that the Soviet Union did not necessarily only have money, but also the king's life. He took the opportunity to mention the Thai royal family's exile career in the United States, which greatly touched King Aziz.
King Aziz remained silent. The Soviet Union was of course the enemy of Saudi Arabia. Because of the Soviet Union's attitude towards religion and the Soviet Union's attitude towards aristocrats in various countries, naturally, no upper class in a country liked the Soviet Union. Many armed forces in the original peace religion countries were supported by Saudi Arabia. In order to make these countries have no time to take care of themselves and not cause trouble for Saudi Arabia. At the same time, Saudi Arabia also signed a treaty with the remaining Gulf countries, including Jordan, to protect itself.
However, King Aziz could still feel the pressure from the Soviet Union. It was so great that it was terrifying that before Reagan came to power, especially during the Iranian Revolution, Saudi Arabia had almost begun to consider whether to change the party. However, when considering the Soviet Union's solemn appearance and the complete inconsistency in its thoughts, it still dispelled this idea.
After Reagan came to power, Saudi Arabia had just gained a little breathing opportunity. South Yemen behind it was restrained by North Yemen, allowing Saudi Arabia to escape the threat of being stabbed in the back. In a sense, King Aziz must also thank President Reagan.
"Saudi Arabia's mining cost is the lowest in the world. The reverse oil shock weakens the strength of Iraq and Iran. Saudi Arabia can seize more shares and use its own money to support the anti-Soviet forces in these countries." President Reagan's face was unchanged and he was tempted by his side. If the other party did not agree, he would inevitably stage a father's return as if he was facing Japan...
"The Middle Eastern countries under control are no longer friends of Saudi Arabia, but our common enemy. When we want to defeat the offensives around the world, some immediate interests should be given up." President Reagan was silent for a moment and threw out the bombshell again. "In order to show sincerity, the United States is willing to let Saudi Arabia control some of its national debt assets, so that the United States and Saudi Arabia can be connected..."
"I need to convince many princes!" After a long time, King Aziz replied that Saudi Arabia is a monarchy, but not entirely, and many important princes also have great power.
Most of Saudi Arabia's territory is deserted and Gobi, and lacks development value. Once oil is exhausted, the local tyrant today will be quickly penniless. Saudi Arabia is of course aware of this. Therefore, it must take advantage of the support of oil dividends and seize the time to expand externally and control relatively high-quality geographical sectors nearby such as Syria and Iraq, so as to ensure that Saudi Arabia can still survive and develop after oil is exhausted. But the problem is that the Middle East is one of the few places that can develop, and they are all pro-Soviet countries. Not only are they pro-Soviet countries, but they also have the idea of peeking at Saudi Arabia.
If Saudi Arabia wants to expand its influence, it will naturally form a conflict with the Soviet Union. Therefore, Saudi Arabia must seize all opportunities and weaken the Soviet Union to the greatest extent, and even if it suffers some losses, it will be willing to do so. Otherwise, once the Soviet Union focuses on the Middle East, with Saudi Arabia's body, how can it be the Soviet Union's opponent?
No modern countries don’t know the importance of oil, but the methods used by the United States and the Soviet Union are different. The United States’ financial system is the strongest in the world, so the United States does not necessarily have to control the Middle East’s oil resources in its own hands, and it doesn’t even care so much about the oil pricing power. What the United States needs is simply to peg oil to the US dollar and then build its own financial hegemony based on the oil dollar.
The Soviet Union's financial system basically means nothing, so the method of using Middle Eastern oil is to take action personally and control the oil resources of Middle Eastern countries to check and balance the West. If Saudi Arabia can choose, of course it will choose the United States.
If the Soviet Union wins the oil pricing power, the dominance of the oil market will be taken away by the Soviet Union, but the United States can leave this right to Saudi Arabia. With this right, Saudi Arabia can be said to be lingering around the world. Moreover, the United States has very generous conditions and allows Saudi Arabia to own US government bonds and assets. At least in terms of its momentum in the past two years, the United States' economy seems to be very strong. If it is considered the economy of its allies, it will be even stronger.
Two days later, Reagan left Saudi Arabia with a smile. This visit was hardly noticed by anyone. The US president visited Saudi Arabia not once or twice, and his visit to allies was very normal. Except for Selov, who had been staring at Reagan, no one thought it was a big deal, and it was not as eye-catching as the development Siberian boom set off by the Soviet Union.
"One more pitfall!" The General Secretary, who was also playing with the Damascus steel knife, whistled easily. Reagan was right. The Soviet Union did not have the ability to expedition to Saudi Arabia. The Russian Empire had it. It was not that the Russian Empire was stronger than the Soviet Union. It was this modern society that saved Saudi Arabia's life. The Soviet Union could not repeat the conquest method before the 19th century.
The Soviet Union may defeat the Saudi government very quickly when he took action personally, but he will also encounter guerrilla warfare. He falls into endless attacks and counterattacks. If the war does not end for a day, the Soviet Union will continue to lose blood. If the collision between two ethnic groups and two cultures is not resolved in the ancient ways, it will not be resolved.
Chapter completed!