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Chapter 118 The trip to Baghdad

The radar of the Aegis battleship successfully captured the target. After flying across the borders of Iran, it did not continue to accelerate. It was slowing down and then, over Pakistan, began to fall involuntarily, and finally, it fell in eastern Pakistan.

Arab Space's first launch vehicle failed.

The load did not successfully enter the orbit, but fell to the ground. The news was soon spread to the whole world by the American media.

What else does Arabia have besides oil? They also want to study rockets by themselves, which is absolutely impossible.

In this regard, no country is willing to export technology to the Middle East. It is impossible for the Soviet Union and it is impossible for the Eastern powers.

At this time, the Soviet space industry was entering a peak period. The Energy carrier rocket, a behemoth with a take-off weight of more than 2,000t and a capacity to transport payloads to low-Earth orbit, conducted flight tests last year, and this year, its carrier, the Blizzard space shuttle, is about to take off. In addition to the Soyuz spacecraft and the Mir space station, the Soviet Union had another new manned spacecraft.

The failure of Arab launch vehicle launch is definitely good news for the United States. Although this actually has nothing to do with the United States, it seems that the United States defeated Iraq. After all, everything that has happened in the past few days has made it too difficult for the top leaders of the United States to accept.

After setting foot on the land of Baghdad, George was in a heavy mood. He had already had a premonition that the negotiations with Kusai would definitely be even more difficult.

What demands will Iraq make? In short, it is impossible to buy advanced weapons from the United States. The United States will no longer support Iraq. Iraq is stronger, which is not good news for the United States.

There were obviously fewer people coming to greet him, only the US ambassador to Iraq and others. Iraq only sent an ordinary government staff member.

Moreover, George did not see Kusai immediately. President Kusai was said to have visited the Hijara area. Needless to say, he must have gone to the Arab Space Company. It seems that Kusai still attaches great importance to this launch.

Iraq's initial performance was all about the uplifting of their nationals. Only when it was launched by this rocket, it made a bad impression in front of the whole world. Therefore, Kusai must be very angry. This time he went to the Arab Space Company to encourage or criticize?

George was not in a hurry, and waited until the next morning, he finally met President Cusey.

"Welcome to my American friend," said Kusai. "I didn't meet you as planned because of some accident yesterday."

"It's okay." George said very generously: "We in the United States regretted the failure of the Arab Space Company's launch. It is not so smooth on the road to exploring the universe."

Although the words are sincere, there is no doubt that it is with a contempt mentality. It is not that simple to develop aerospace industry and launch vehicles. Iraqis think they can assemble two fighter jets, so is it considered an industrial power?

Of course, Kusai knew what George meant. He did go to the launch site. However, he did not encourage them not to fear failure, but to hold a celebration for them. The launch was very successful. The load that fell into Pakistan was also found. The precision instruments inside recorded the data of this test launch, which was exactly in line with the pre-plan.

After this experiment is completed, the next launch will be a second-stage rocket. Next time, it will truly have the ability to launch satellites.

"We Iraq and the United States are firm allies. This time, we both gathered in the Arabian Sea and conducted a friendly naval exercise between each other, which fully demonstrated the friendly relations between us." Kusai said seriously.

"President Cusai, there is no news media here, we all know what happened." George said: "We, the United States, strongly protested against these actions in your country, and conflicts between us may break out at any time."

The United States has studied Kusai's character thoroughly. This person can be described as a scoundrel, but he is also a hero. If he had not been to the Middle East, he would never be like this. The negotiations with him were beaten around the bush and wasted time in the end, but he had not achieved anything yet.

So, if you go straight into the topic, the problem between them is originally a naked person.

"Is that?" Kusai's tone became serious when he heard the words of the US Secretary of State: "We also protest that your country is conducting military exercises in our Arabian waters, showing off its force to us, and a war blackmail against us."

"This is the high seas, and we in the United States have the right to sail here and to hold military exercises here," George said.

"Then, we also have the right to fly over your country's aircraft carriers, where the high seas are there, and we also have the right to fly from these seas," said Kusai.

When George heard this, he no longer had the contempt he had just said. This young Arab hero was not only a practical military operation, but also a quarrel. He was also a mature warrior who was verbal.

Kusai is tit-for-tat and speaks without mercy. Although the US aircraft carrier formation is still outside the Arabian ocean, and although Iraq's military power is still unable to resolve these threats, Kusai is still not afraid of the most powerful country in the world.

In the last sneak attack, Iraq only took advantage of the loopholes of the US Navy. If it really strikes, they must first face forty air-control fighters on the two aircraft carriers and compete for air supremacy before they can make the J-H-7 fly within 200 kilometers and launch an attack. Although the modern-class white-fly missile is advanced, it has a range of only more than 100 kilometers. The US aircraft carrier has layers of warship guarding, so it is impossible for the modern-class to get close to that distance.

If Iraq makes up its mind, it can do it, but in that case, Iraq will be greatly damaged, and Iraq does not have this need yet.

Therefore, although the two sides confronted each other at sea, they still had to return to the negotiating table in the end. This is also the reason why Iraqi side first claimed that it was actually the reason why both sides were conducting military exercises.

"Did your country's aircraft carrier formation travel thousands of miles to our Arabian waters just to conduct a military exercise in the high seas?" Kusai asked. Who doesn't know that the United States wants to put pressure on Iraq.

"President Cusai." George did not answer Cusai's words directly, but changed the topic: "The friendly relations between our United States and your country have a long history, especially during your tenure, we have carried out many constructive exchanges between us and your country. For example, the main fighter jet in your air force, the F-20, is sold to your country by the United States by providing production lines. The E-2 early warning aircraft used by your country's navy is a project we only carried out last year. These have made the combat effectiveness of your ** team have made great progress."

The toughness just now did not work, and now it has begun to promote the friendly relations between the two countries. However, the ultimate goal of Kusai is to peacefully resolve the dispute. Since the other party said that, Kusai will give the other party a step.

"Yes, we also attach great importance to the relationship with your country. What we are now is just a misunderstanding. We in Iraq and your country still have common interests in many areas," said Kusai.

Hearing Kusai's change of tone, George continued: "Saudi and Kuwait have both used tens of billions of dollars to purchase our national debt. We hope that Iraq can use the same funds to purchase our national debts, which is also a further reflection of our friendly relations."

George's main purpose in coming to Iraq was to increase his holdings of US government bonds, but Iraq obviously would not be at the mercy of the United States for this.

Unexpectedly, Iraq's generousness was beyond his expectations. President Kusai said: "We have passed the news with Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has taken out 20 billion US dollars to purchase your country's national debts, and Iraq has also taken out 20 billion US dollars to purchase your country's national debts. At the same time, we will also have a large amount of funds from the people who hope to invest in your country's stock market and help your country safely overcome this crisis."

Although George was a little unhappy when Kusai mentioned the word crisis, Iraq actually had to spend $20 billion to buy US Treasury bonds, which made him overjoyed.

Why did Kusai become so sensible?

Although Iraq is very rich, Kusai will never spend it randomly. This time, there are deep considerations to purchase US Treasury bonds. The current incident needs to be safely overcome, so it is necessary for both sides to lower their attitudes appropriately. In particular, Iraq is still not ready to turn against the United States.

Moreover, Iraq invested 20 billion US dollars to purchase US Treasury bonds. Can the United States make any excessive interference in the Arabs' currency joint plan? King Fahd has already told him the result, so at this time, try not to overstimulate the Americans. Iraq can also suffer some losses at the right time.

Third, in the future, Iraq and other Middle Eastern countries will definitely have a head-on conflict with the United States. The current war is no longer just a military war, but economic war is more important. Holding US Treasury bonds now is also a kind of foreign exchange reserves. So, when the United States is trying to attack their joint currency through economic means, they will deal with it by selling US Treasury bonds in the international market, such as selling US Treasury bonds in the international market.

As for investing in the US stock market, now the stock market is falling to its lowest point. You can make a big profit by buying at the bottom. The funds you invest now will have more returns.

George did not expect that the trip would go so smoothly. Then he heard President Kusai's words: "In addition, Iraq also wants to order a batch of military equipment from your country."

George's heart was tight. Those high-tech equipment must not be exported to Iraq. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to subscribe to (this site) and give me rewards. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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