Reborn American Giants

As the saying goes, political power comes from the barrel of a gun, and Victor firmly believes this statement. Whoever controls the military, the violent organ of the country, will be invincible.

In the 1930s, the rise of "populism" in Latin American countries fostered the ideas of "totalitarianism" and "military authoritarianism." The populism here was actually no different from the ***ism that swept the world at that time.

If we do not consider what the subsequent communist regimes did, populism, like Hitler, Mussolini, Franco and other communist forces that did not gain power in other countries, aroused the support of the people at the bottom and used military force to

A force coup comes to power, overthrows the political or economic elite rule, and establishes a highly centralized central government. In a sense, populism has the same views as ***: taking the interests of the people (overall) as the highest interest, but rejecting

personal freedom.

Military strongmen in Latin American countries have used the military power at their disposal to overthrow the original democratic governments and come to power.

Therefore, in Latin America, the military has its own political demands and should be regarded as a political force rather than a simple military institution. Relatively speaking, its main military functions, defending the motherland and opposing invasion by outsiders, are secondary.

Even now, after the military handed over power, its influence and strength will not fade in a short period of time. Therefore, Jose appointed Lieutenant General Ma Xin, one of the military's three giants, as the military government.

Vice Chairman, in order to appease the group of officers who seemed a little agitated because they had lost their rights.

"Victor, I'm really sorry to make you listen to the complaints of an elderly man like me." Perhaps he noticed that his gaffe attracted the attention of the people around him. Garcia put down the wine glass in his hand with a little embarrassment. It can be seen that,

On the long wooden table covered with a pure white tablecloth, there were already more than 10 empty wine glasses, and the height of the champagne tower had also dropped by 1/3.

Victor shook his head, his face looking a little "heavy", "Garcia, to be honest, as a member of the San Salvador City Council, I shouldn't have intervened in military matters, but after listening to your words, my mood changed.

Very sad.

As soldiers who protect the safety of the country, government and people, they should be respected by everyone."

"It would be great if everyone thought so."

"No, as a Salvadoran who has deep respect for the military, please allow me to provide you with a little help in this matter of assistance."

"Oh, can you really help us? That's really..." Garcia Clemento shook his hand, and the glass of champagne he just picked up rippled and sprinkled some on the back of his hand, but he didn't care.

He wiped it, but stared at Victor with suspicion mixed with surprise.

The U.S. budget for military aid to El Salvador in 1984 was US$240 million. This amount of money may seem like a lot, but compared with the gold-swallowing behemoth of the military, it is simply a drop in the bucket.

After a small battle, the number of shells fired, the bullets fired by the soldiers, the fuel used by various armored vehicles, the soldiers' disability pensions, etc., is counted in the tens of thousands.

One hundred thousand, up to one million, of course calculated in US dollars, as well as allowances for officers and soldiers, clothing and other logistical support equipment.

Lieutenant General Benedix, who is in charge of military logistics equipment, learned through his "old friends" in the National Assembly that the government chaired by Jose only prepared US$400 million in military expenditures for the army in 1984. This made

Benedix was greatly disappointed when he learned the news. This amount of money could not even meet 1/3 of the army's needs, not to mention that Jose still wanted to launch a large-scale attack on the guerrillas.

He has racked his brains in order to maintain the needs of the army, but it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. Without money, everything is empty talk.

That's why Benedix sent his younger brother, Garcia Clemento, to the United States, hoping to benefit from the US$741 million in military aid the Americans provided to Central American countries in 1984 to help the Salvadoran military.

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It's just that as a Salvadoran officer, although Garcia has power in the country, if he has no connections when he comes to the United States, haha, who will care about you, a colonel in a small Central American country? Even if you are a general, so what.

Moreover, the power to determine the share of military aid lies in the hands of the Congressional Foreign Relations Committee, and the Defense Security Assistance Agency of the Department of Defense is only an executive department.

"Colonel Garcia, for business reasons, my business partners in the United States have some friends in Congress. Maybe I can help you inquire and see if it can have some effect." Victor faced Garcia's suspicious eyes and hesitated.

He said hurriedly: "Of course, I don't dare to guarantee that this matter will be successful, because I have to pay a sufficient price to be helped. I think you must understand this."

"Of course, of course," Garcia saw hope and nodded his bald head, "Victor, as long as you can help, the military will never forget your help."

"Okay then, I will do my best on this matter," Victor raised the wine glass in his hand to Garcia, and the clear sound of the clinking wine glasses could be heard clearly even with the soft music echoing in the hall...

Since the oil and energy group, together with the military-industrial group, launched a coup against Iranian President Mossadegh in 1953 due to the "petroleum nationalization" movement, and successfully nationalized this man who insisted on nationalizing the oil resources occupied by the United States and Britain.

After the president was overthrown and King Pahlavi was re-established in power, the oil and energy companies and the military-industrial complex became a pair of "twin brothers", and the two sides fell in love with each other.

Oil has always been a key factor in armed forces around the world. The U.S. military uses more oil than any other institution in the world and is the world's largest consumer of oil. Every year, the U.S. military consumes more than 100 million barrels of oil for its ships,

Provide power for vehicles, aircraft and ground combat equipment.

The high profits and huge funds of the U.S. oil industry support the development of the military industry. The strength of the U.S. military industry after its prosperity has created a geopolitical and economic foundation for the global expansion of the U.S. oil industry.

Therefore, the troubles of the Salvadoran military are not considered a big trouble in the eyes of Victor now.

Thanks to Exxon, the world's number one private energy giant, Texaco, Royal Doulton and Green Bay Energy are now tightly united to resist the strong pressure brought by Exxon Oil.

It is not too difficult for Victor to borrow some resources from Texaco.