Dominate South Asia

Although theoretically speaking, the price of commodities is determined by the relationship between supply and demand. When supply exceeds demand, the price will fall, and conversely, the price will rise. This basic law of value is known to anyone in modern society. However, knowing is knowing, but actually taking action is another matter.

If only one country is an oil-producing country, it can reduce production to increase prices and obtain more benefits. However, there are so many oil-producing countries in the world that it is normal for them to disrupt each other. In order to coordinate oil production, The oil-producing countries in the Middle East established the OPEC organization, and later, non-OPEC Countries in Europe and Latin America join. The main task of this organization is to allocate oil quotas to each oil-producing country, estimate how much oil the world needs, and then produce as much oil. However, in reality, there are always OPEC member states secretly Produce more oil to achieve the purpose of increasing your own profits.

Such selfish behavior will seriously damage the interests of the entire oil-producing country! Now, Iraqi President Saddam is angry, and the consequences will be serious!

The UAE thought that Iraq was accusing them and was frightened for a while. Later they realized that it was not coming towards them! Iraq had other ideas!

In Iraq, the country's economy was very difficult at this time. The Iran-Iraq war caused a heavy blow to the entire country's economy. Many oil fields were destroyed, oil revenue dropped sharply, and it was burdened with heavy foreign debt. At the same time, the war also weakened Iraq's war machine. It is unprecedentedly powerful, with more than one million troops, and military expenditures are making it difficult for Iraq to make ends meet.

For Iraq, this is a very difficult problem to solve. Iraq, which has always been short of labor, has even begun to experience unemployment, and Egyptian workers have been killed from time to time. At the same time, the country's inflation rate has reached 40% per year, and the dinar on the black market is only worth one-twelfth of the official price.

Saddam had his own solution. He has the most powerful military power in the Gulf countries! They have just experienced the ten-year Iran-Iraq war, and now they are a sharp sword!

There is a way. To solve the current problem once and for all, we have to start from Kuwait in the south!

Kuwait and Iraq have a long history of grievances, starting with the former Arab Empire. In Chinese history books, the Arab Empire is called Dashi, while Western Europe is accustomed to calling it the Saracen Empire. At that time, both Kuwait and Iraq were part of the Arab Empire.

Until 1710, the Sabah family of the Anaiza tribe lived in the Arabian Peninsula. After long-distance nomadic migration, they settled in Kuwait and established the Emirate of Kuwait in 1756. Two members of the Sabah family, Jaber and Salim, took turns in power.

Later, the powerful Ottoman Empire emerged, and in 1871, Kuwait became an independent county in the Basra Province of Iraq in the Ottoman Empire. After the Empire of the Sun Never Sets began global colonization, in 1923, Britain and the Ottoman Empire signed the Treaty of Lausanne, establishing the Kingdom of Iraq and the Emirate of Kuwait respectively. Unfortunately, colonial rule was unjust, and the people in the colonies were resisting. By the fifties. Kuwait established a Supreme Council headed by Abdullah Bah, which took over judicial and monetary management from the British. Kuwait has achieved de facto independence.

And almost at the same time. The Iraqi revolution was successful, the Faisal dynasty was overthrown, and Iraq became a republic.

For the Iraqi authorities, they have always considered Kuwait to be part of their territory. For example, the 1913 agreement between Britain and the Ottoman Empire stipulated that Kuwait was an independent county within the Ottoman Empire. Although the Ottoman Empire no longer exists, Iraq is its successor state and should also inherit Kuwait. Kuwait is a county in Iraq!

From the map, you can see that Kuwait's neighbors are only Iraq and Saudi Arabia. The ambitious ruler of Iraq has always wanted to include Kuwait under his own territory!

Historically, there have been many instances of the two countries fighting each other. Later, until the Baath Party came to power in Iraq, it was faced with internal and external troubles. Only then did it recognize Kuwait and establish diplomatic relations.

During the long Iran-Iraq war, Kuwait, like other Arab countries, supported Iraq's just war and provided large amounts of loans. Back and forth, Iraq owed Kuwait tens of billions of dollars in loans.

under various factors. A bold idea soon formed in Saddam's mind, to send troops to Kuwait and turn Kuwait into a province of Iraq again! In this way, the tens of billions of dollars in debt can be written off in one go, and at the same time, Kuwait can possess a large amount of wealth. Iraq will become the most powerful country in the Middle East!

So, following Saddam's decision, Iraqi diplomats first started the offensive.

The next day, Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister Sadoom Hammadi began to lobby. He first went to Saudi Arabia, hoping that Saudi Arabia could preside over the overall situation of the entire Gulf and allow countries to reduce production in order to increase oil prices. However, the Saudi King only agreed Discussions were held at the next OPEC meeting, but there was no immediate commitment. Hammadi left Saudi Arabia very depressed, and when he arrived in Kuwait, he was even more embarrassed.

"Our economy in Iraq is very difficult." Hammadi said: "In the Iran-Iraq war, we in Iraq paid a heavy price to help the entire Arab world resist Khomeini's export of revolution. Now, we hope that Kuwait can donate to us Ten billion dollars to solve our current difficulties.”

Hamadi said it very directly, he wanted 10 billion US dollars! This was President Saddam's explanation. In fact, it was a test for Kuwait. If Kuwait could donate the 10 billion US dollars, then they would not formulate a battle plan. If Kuwait disagreed, then they could proceed to the next step.

However, this test was obviously useless. When he heard Hamadi say this, Kuwait's Emir Jaber shouted loudly: "This is simply crazy. We don't have so much money! We can provide your country with 500 million US dollars in three years. However, we must first define our borders."

So far, the border issue between Kuwait and Iraq has not been clearly demarcated, and Jaber hopes to resolve these issues.

"Then you can't agree to our request?" Hamadi asked.

"Yes." Jaber answered very straightforwardly.

"May the Almighty Allah prove that we have issued a warning." Leaving this sentence, Hamadi left.

What does this mean? Is it a threat? Jaber gritted his teeth and looked at the other side's back as he left, his face red and white.

Iraq had fought with Iran for ten years and resisted Iran's export of revolution, but more of the reason was that Iraq itself wanted to occupy Iran's western region. Moreover, in the Iran-Iraq War, we stood firmly behind Iraq, but now, Iraq's behavior is just like an insatiable hungry wolf!

We must not agree to Iraq's behavior. If we give the other side 10 billion this time, they will ask for 20 billion or 30 billion next time! Jaber made up his mind.

Just after Hamadi returned to Iraq, Iraqi Foreign Minister Aziz issued a harsh statement.

"In the past decade, Kuwait has been dumping a large amount of oil on the world market, ignoring OPEC's production quota and secretly increasing production. Moreover, Kuwait has secretly exploited the Rumaia oil field in our country. Even in the first year of our just Iran-Iraq War, Kuwait openly built military facilities on our territory. This is a military aggression against us! Because of Kuwait's malicious exploitation, oil production has been overproduced and oil prices have fallen. Our entire Arab country has lost a total of 500 billion US dollars, and we Iraq have also lost 89 billion US dollars!"

The Rumaia oil field is in Kuwait, but data that has not yet been surveyed shows that part of this oil layer is in Iraq. After all, underground oil, like water, can flow.

As for the previous overcapacity, it is not just the responsibility of Kuwait alone. It is mainly because the United States decided to strike the Soviet Union economically in order to deal with the Soviet Union, making the Soviet Union completely lose money in exporting oil. Therefore, the oil price fell rapidly in the 1980s, and it fell to the point that the Soviet Union's selling cost was not as high as the exploitation cost, which dealt a heavy blow to the Soviet Union.

Now, Iraq has pushed all these responsibilities onto Kuwait.

"This is ironclad evidence that imperialism and Zionism are against Iraq and the Arab nation! The plunge in oil prices has seriously damaged the interests of our oil-producing countries! This is a serious threat to us! At a time when the Arab nation is in danger, what kind of policies and goals is the Kuwaiti government working hard for? What is Kuwait's purpose?" Every word is so powerful: "Kuwait has occupied our territory and oil fields and plundered our national wealth. Kuwait is the spokesperson for imperialism and Zionism and deliberately suffocates our economy. This is a naked aggression that is the same as military aggression! We Iraqis must protect our country, defend our nation, and protect the security of the Gulf and the entire Arab world!"

Iraq was angry, and the consequences were serious. Just after Iraqi Foreign Minister Haziz made a harsh statement, Iraq's huge armored forces set out from the Basra Military Region in the south, with billowing smoke, and came towards the border area of ​​Kuwait.

They did not hide their tracks. Those T-62 tanks, 59 tanks, the powerful Iraqi army forged during the Iran-Iraq War, were in action again! (To be continued ~^~)