The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

At this time, the United States.

It did not seem to be a hasty response or emergency measures, but it seemed to have been planned for a long time, and everything was carried out in an orderly manner.

In the afternoon, the United States officially announced the launch of the "Operation Desert Shield" defense operation to prevent Iraq from invading Saudi Arabia, and mobilized two US Navy fleets led by the "Eisenhower" aircraft carrier and the "Independence" aircraft carrier to the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf.

At the same time, the United States was busy forming a coalition and asking various countries to pay for military expenses.

This time, the United States intends to do a big job and does not want to spend too much money itself. It wants more money from allies and Middle Eastern oil-producing countries.

The Saudi representative sneered in his heart. Now the war is happening in Kuwait. What a result. Now the United States has launched the "Operation Desert Shield" defense operation to prevent Iraq from invading Saudi Arabia. Why doesn't it prevent Iraq from invading Kuwait?

Also, Saudi Arabia did not ask the United States to send troops!

The Kuwaiti representative also sneered in his heart.

"Everyone knows that we are now invaded by Iraq, and our income has been greatly affected. We don't have much capacity, and we still have to rebuild after the war. Ten billion US dollars, we can only pay ten billion US dollars!" said the Kuwaiti representative.

He has already contacted the country and knows that he has to pay money to eliminate the disaster this time, but Kuwait's ability is also limited.

The bottom line is to use Kuwait's assets in the United States as military expenses!

The arm cannot twist the thigh, and they are not unaware of what the United States is going to do now.

The representative on the US side was immediately dissatisfied and said: "Sir, we are helping you now, shouldn't you pay more money?"

According to the United States' idea, Kuwait must pay at least 40 billion US dollars.

Saudi Arabia also pays 40 billion US dollars, and other allies will raise some money. With more than 100 billion US dollars in military expenses, the military expenses will be almost enough.

There are many weapons and equipment, transportation, etc. in it, which can make the US military-industrial complex have a good meal.

"But the problem is that we have no money. Now we can't even export oil!" The Kuwaiti representative shrugged and expressed helplessness.

The US representative said dissatisfiedly: "You Kuwait has always been a major oil-producing country, making a lot of money every year! How can you have no money?"

"If Iraq occupies your Kuwait, you will have nothing left after Kuwait!" The US representative threatened.

The Kuwaiti representative sneered in his heart, and the US was calculating loudly.

Saddam dared to invade Kuwait, and Kuwait would not believe it if the US was behind it.

Everyone knows that the relationship between the United States and Iraq is very good.

They already have accurate intelligence that the United States instigated Saddam to launch a war against the invasion of Kuwait.

Kuwait's assets in the United States seem to be unable to be transferred, so they can only accept it with a pinch of the nose.

It is impossible to ask Kuwait to get more money!

During the negotiations, the Kuwaiti representative did not retreat directly to the bottom line, but retreated step by step. Finally, when it reached 15 billion US dollars, the Kuwaiti representative gritted his teeth and stopped retreating, no matter how much the US representative threatened.

Even the conditions mentioned by the US representative, such as Kuwait's oil fields, were rejected by the Kuwaiti representative.

In the end, the US had no choice but to accept this result.

The US is bound to participate in this war. This is already a general trend. I don't know how many people will have a good meal. Whoever dares to stop it will be their enemy.

They don't care where the money comes from, they only care about making money and sharing the cake.

Saudi Arabia was unwilling to pay a penny at the beginning, but retreated step by step in the end. Finally, it agreed to pay 10 billion US dollars, and was unwilling to pay more.

According to the Saudi representative, the war is now happening in Kuwait, not in Saudi Arabia.

It is good that Saudi Arabia has paid so much money. At most, it can use this 10 billion US dollars to buy peace. If it still doesn't work, Saudi Arabia can simply surrender to Iraq.

The Saudi side is also very dissatisfied with the United States for fanning the flames and instigating Saddam to launch an invasion war. This time, Saudi Arabia is also expressing its dissatisfaction with the United States.

Facing Saudi Arabia, which is not afraid of boiling water, the United States can no longer force it.

Saudi Arabia has a special status in the entire Arab world. Although Saudi Arabia's military power is not strong, Saudi Arabia's influence is great.

If Saudi Arabia is forced to surrender to Iraq, then Iraq's population will more than double, with 300 billion barrels of oil, a large amount of oil production, and control of the world's energy center. At that time, it will be difficult for Iraq not to rise.

This situation is definitely not what the United States wants to see.

Then the United States forced allies such as Britain, Japan, Germany, and France to send troops and money. The oil price rose sharply, and they also suffered a lot. The war calmed the storm and returned oil to normal prices, which was of great benefit to them.

Under the coercion of the United States, Britain paid 20 billion US dollars, Japan paid 25 billion US dollars, Germany and France each paid 15 billion US dollars, other countries paid 10 billion US dollars, and the United States paid 15 billion US dollars, a total of 125 billion US dollars in military expenditure.

The United States formed a coalition, led by the United States, to form a 39-nation coalition to send troops to Iraq, with a total force of 850,000.

The total strength of the four major services of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps is 527,000, including 295,000 from the Army, 82,000 from the Navy, 56,000 from the Air Force, and 94,000 from the Marine Corps.

Under the leadership of Saudi Arabia, the six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council formed an Arab coalition with a total force of 150,500, including more than 330 combat aircraft, more than 800 tanks and armored vehicles, and part of the navy.

Along with the discussion of the troops contributed by the coalition countries, there is also the discussion of the establishment of a coordinated combat command organization at the highest level of the multinational forces. It's just that other countries have their own ideas. After half a month of consultation, they barely reached a consensus. The principle is that all troops in the theater are under the unified command of Saudi Armed Forces Commander Khalid and US Central Headquarters Commander Schwarzkopf, but the troops of each country accept the orders and instructions of the highest authorities of their own country.

In other words, the coalition composed of 39 countries, the armies of 39 countries are actually commanded by themselves, to put it bluntly, it is a mess.

Each country has its own thoughts, and they are all worried about being used as cannon fodder by the Americans. After all, this kind of thing has happened before, and they all have to be on guard to avoid being pitted by the Americans.

Americans are definitely not as high-class as they advertise. They are backstabbing, lying, spreading rumors, subversion, etc. Look at the American military bases around the world. The US military makes trouble every year, and they can't even spare elementary school students.

Look at Japan, the most important ally of the United States in East Asia, but the Americans are so fierce and merciless. Japan is like this, the stock market and the real estate market have burst bubbles, and now it has to pay 25 billion US dollars, the highest military expenditure.

'It is dangerous to be an enemy of the United States, and it is fatal to be an ally of the United States'. This sentence is not just talk, but events have proved that this sentence is a true saying.