The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 762 War of Words

Under Mubarak's persuasion, Saddam agreed to a ceasefire.

After all, Iraq was badly beaten this time and suffered heavy losses.

The navy and air force were completely wiped out, and the army was also severely damaged.

Although the Iraqi army still has nearly one million troops, their morale is very low. They have never fought this kind of war before. After being bombed for 43 consecutive days, they could only passively take the beating and suffered heavy losses.

In the following ten days of ground war, the Iraqi army was very passive in the face of the U.S. army which had air superiority, and suffered heavy losses.

The U.S. military inflicted heavy casualties on Iraqi armored forces through air strikes, including anti-tank missiles fired from armed helicopters.

The Iraqi army, which had lost a large number of anti-aircraft weapons, seemed powerless in the face of the US air attacks.

Saddam knew the situation in Iraq at that time very well.

He no longer wanted to fight, but he couldn't swallow that anger.

As a tyrant, he also cares about his reputation and needs a way out.

There is no doubt that Mubarak's arrival and persuasion gave Saddam a way out.

Soon, Saddam officially announced that he accepted the ceasefire.

At the first moment, Arab countries such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait announced that they appreciated Saddam’s statement and were happy to see Saddam move from the missed path to the right track. The Arab world should be united rather than hateful.

The King of Kuwait even said generously in an interview with a TV station that Kuwait and Iraq are neighbors and Arab brothers, and that they all share the same faith, Islam, and culture. He appreciated Saddam's announcement of a ceasefire, saying that it was a good thing that Saddam could turn back from his mistakes.

King Fahd of Saudi Arabia even praised Saddam's move, believing that as long as Saddam could correct his mistakes, he would be an Arab national hero. Arab countries are brothers and should unite and work together to build the Arab world.

Arab countries such as Egypt and Syria have responded one after another, with attitudes similar to those of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

The United States and other Western countries were stunned.

This. This. This is not right!

Why didn’t you discuss the ceasefire with us? At least you should have notified us in advance.

We came here to help Saudi Arabia and Kuwait resist the evil Iraqi Saddam regime. We made such great sacrifices, but you just said ceasefire, you are brothers in the Arab world, doesn't that mean we are outsiders?

The United States was furious about this and immediately jumped out to criticize this statement, saying that it had fallen into Saddam's divisive tactics. This was Saddam's attempt to split the multinational coalition. As a dictatorial ruler and tyrant like Saddam, he would never sincerely cease fire. After the multinational coalition withdrew, Saddam would inevitably attack Kuwait and Saudi Arabia again.

At the same time, the United States also said that the multinational coalition has achieved great results so far and should continue fighting, attack Baghdad, capture Saddam alive, and put him on trial.

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other countries opposed this view. They believed that Saddam had already accepted the punishment, Iraq had suffered huge damage, and post-war reconstruction would cost at least 200 billion US dollars. Even if Saddam wanted to start another war, it would be impossible, at least for twenty years.

Iraq not only needs to carry out post-war reconstruction, but also rebuild its army. It will take at least 20 years for Iraq to restore its pre-war strong army.

In addition, the issue of the US military's indiscriminate bombing, which caused large numbers of civilian casualties, has once again become a hot topic.

The United States was very angry and felt very hurt. It came to be the savior, to help Saudi Arabia resist the invasion of Iraq and to help Kuwait restore its independence. As a result, the US military fought the bravest and suffered the most casualties. The death toll of the Arab coalition was less than 1,000, and there were even fewer casualties, and most of them were accidentally injured by the US military. Under such circumstances, the Arab countries actually betrayed the United States and contacted Saddam alone to call for a ceasefire. This is simply unforgivable.

The US military decided to take action and put pressure on Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

But the Arab coalition was also mobilizing, and both sides were unhappy with each other.

Countries such as Japan and South Korea simply chose to have their troops stay in the barracks at this time, so as not to become the first to stand out and become the target of attack by the Arab coalition forces.

After all, they don't have many troops here, and they are too weak compared to the Arab coalition forces.

Neither side fired the first shot, but they did start a war of words.

At ports in Saudi Arabia and other countries, workers began to become slack and logistical supply problems began to arise.

Beijing, Siheyuan.

Liu Tao is entertaining his friends.

Prince Sultan from Saudi Arabia and Prince Fahd from Kuwait.

Liu Tao congratulated with a smile on his face: "Your Highness Prince Fahd, congratulations to your Kuwaiti Restoration Army for retaking Kuwait and rebuilding the country. We Chinese have an old saying called 'Nirvana Rebirth', which refers to a mythical beast called 'Phoenix'. I believe that Kuwait can be 'Nirvana Reborn' like the Phoenix, and will become richer and more powerful, and will never be invaded again."

The restoration of Kuwait is definitely one of the biggest news in this period.

With Saddam announcing his acceptance of a ceasefire, the Gulf War actually entered the countdown to its end.

"Thank you Liu, we are very grateful to you!" Prince Fahd said gratefully: "You will always be our best friend in Kuwait!"

Prince Fahd knew very well that the fact that Kuwait had not suffered massive destruction was not because of the kindness of that bastard Saddam.

Although he didn't know how it was done, the result was there.

Even oil production will probably only take a few months to recover to pre-Iraqi invasion levels.

This is undoubtedly very important for Kuwait.

"Liu, the Americans are now in a trend of staying in the Middle East. The ceasefire agreement they proposed is too harsh and Iraq will never accept it. The Americans are obviously going to destroy Iraq. They just want to control Iraq's oil and the oil resources in the Middle East, thereby affecting the energy of the entire world. This is unacceptable to us." Prince Sultan said angrily, "Now that the war has reached this point, the Americans should take the initiative to withdraw their troops."

"They are actually going to set up dozens of military bases in the Middle East concessions and deploy 100,000 troops. Are they crazy?" Prince Sultan complained.

Prince Fahd also said: "The compensation is 4000 billion US dollars. Iraq is bombed to such a huge extent now. It is impossible to pay it. Even before the war, Iraq did not have that much money. The American armistice agreement is too harsh. They are clearly trying to embarrass Iraq and use this as an excuse not to reach an armistice agreement!"

We are not stupid people. How could we not know what the Americans are planning?

Now, Arab countries have signed armistice agreements with Iraq one by one, but only the United States and its allies refuse to sign an armistice agreement, let alone withdraw troops.

　There are three more chapters to be updated today. The update time has changed because my child has a fever. Sorry!
　　
　
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