MTL - Big Time 1958-Chapter 1114 Bush's response
The war in the Middle East started suddenly without warning. Just after the news was disclosed, a heavy bomb was dropped on the world. When it was first learned, almost all countries thought it was fake news. Only after repeated confirmation will we know that Iraq and Iran are indeed at war.
After the elite troops raided by Iran landed, the war has been fully opened. The Iraqi Air Force is in the north, and the Iranian Air Force is heading towards Bahrain in the east. The sea-crossing bridge connecting Bahrain and Saudi Arabia was directly blocked in the middle. In Bahrain without any air defense firepower, the Soviet-style fighter jets that crossed the border are the absolute air dominance in this area. The Soviet-style fighter jets have reached the predetermined bombing area. Below is the Bahrain military camp. You can see armed forces everywhere on the street. Personnel are patrolling, and militias are consolidating the area's fortifications for a last-ditch effort.
However, the difficulties facing Bahrain are not ordinary. Ninety percent of Bahrain are Shiite people, and they have no good feelings for the king of their own country. As we all know, American soldiers can't control their crotch wherever they want to go. In a religious Thick country, what does this point mean. You can learn a thing or two from the anti-American sentiment before the Iranian Revolution. A more stark example, the military and political officials of a province in the peanut period, could not do anything about this kind of thing, such as losing power and humiliating the country.
In the absence of external forces, the dissatisfaction of the Bahrainis can only be dissatisfaction. The Bahraini army is not worth mentioning in front of the American garrison, let alone these unarmed ordinary people. But things are different now. The social order brought about by the war has collapsed, and the unprecedented chaos has made the Bahrainis, who have always kept their dissatisfaction in their hearts, emboldened.
Why does a seemingly stable country often fail to completely eradicate the hidden dangers of military coups? Because the army is also composed of ordinary people, the loyalty of the army to the country cannot be squandered without bottom line. The Bahraini army is not composed of a small number of Sunni people. They also come from the vast majority of Shiites, and they also represent public opinion. When triggered under the conditions of war, what choices the army makes will be logical.
After learning that the attacker was Iran, the Bahrainis first joined the destruction. The news spread throughout Bahrain is very fast. It is hard to imagine that this is the result of word of mouth, and it is not actually. Soon this situation that favored Iran spread to the military. Iran has established a secular government, and religion is under management. However, the habit of thousands of years is not easy to reverse, and Iran has not achieved the expectations of the Soviet Union. state.
Bahrain has Iranian latent forces, just among the Shiite groups, under their guidance, under the defection of most of the troops, Iran advanced very smoothly. Of course, the kingdom of Bahrain still has the forces of the king at last, that's for sure.
The Iranian fighter pilots, like before, during the training period of the Soviet Union, dropped all the bombs at the designated area. According to the intelligence, it was the base camp of the supporters of the Bahrain royal family. The area was dropped, and at the moment when it reached the ground, the orange-red fireball emitted by the explosion of the incendiary bomb enveloped the entire southern area. After the fireball rose, thick smoke was billowing, and those armed personnel who had no time to evacuate were directly burned into charred bodies by the fireball. Heart-wrenching mourning resounded throughout the city.
The Iranian armored forces that followed then launched an attack, attacking the palace under the cover of a group of armed helicopters. The smoke of war spread throughout Bahrain, and the air forces of the two countries that were constantly arriving carried out intensive bombing on any military target.
The Iranian and Iraqi Air Forces allocated times to continuously bomb the Bahrain Palace, which was almost in ruins, but during the whole process there was no harassment of the base of the US Fifth Fleet, as if it had never been seen.
"The two countries still have some scruples!" Serov, who has reached the late stage of immortality cultivation, drooped his swollen eyelids and wondered if he should use drugs to cheer up his spirits, "But it's not without precedent, probably in the 1950s, our neighbors in the east, The country, didn’t I come here once to only fight the Jiang ship and not the US ship? Bullying the soft and fearing the hard, this is the case with any country, and our country is also willing to do it, hehe…”
The general secretary fired a map cannon and shot countless countries all over the world, but he was still very complacent. In fact, the remnants of the U.S. Fifth Fleet currently left in Bahrain will benefit the Soviet Union no matter how they respond.
It is actually very difficult to drive Iran into the sea. The total number of Iranian army navigators, amphibious troops and airborne troops is nearly 30,000. If supported by the Fifth Fleet, Serov believes that there is no problem in the use of imperialist punishment by the US imperialism. It is a pity that the Fifth Fleet is not there, and there is no heavy army group in the local area, which is very embarrassing.
If there is no response, it means that imperialism is a paper tiger, and the Soviet Union is just as happy to see it succeed, and will publicize it so that the Soviet Union's allies will see it.
"The Soviet Union is shocked by the actions of Iraq and Iran. Once again, it must be stated that the Soviet Union is not aware of the actions of the two countries, and like all countries, it is closely monitoring the development of the situation." Gromyko, who is still in Cairo, said To reporters from all over the world, he clarified the connection between the current war and the Soviet Union, but he has not forgotten the fire, and said with a tone of speculation, "Maybe, this is also the first step in the unification of the Arab world."
As soon as this statement came out, the whole world was in an uproar. For politicians, the unification of the Arab world is the most terrifying thing. Almost equivalent to the emergence of a second Soviet Union, and even more terrifying. Goodwill towards Arabs is entirely based on the division of the entire Arab world, and there is a tendency for the Arab world to unify, that is, when countries join hands to stifle and show imperialist unity.
Arab nationalism has been spreading for a long time, and Egypt is still abiding by Nasser's proposition. Gaddafi in Libya and Assad in Syria are all very interested in it. The threat to the Arab unity of the world is far greater than the history that Serov is familiar with.
Shelov knew this too, but still had Gromyko support. As a general secretary who loves to step on the line, he is very willing to test the bottom line of world harmony when he has nothing to do. This also does not mean that the Soviet Union will support Arab reunification, because Serov knows what the Soviet Union supports, and the United States will oppose it. Specifically, when it comes to Arab reunification, it is not just the United States that opposes it. It looks like, to win the support of Arab countries, and let the opposing countries take the blame.
In less than a day, organized resistance in Bahrain had disappeared, and the Kuwaiti royal family quickly retreated to begin their journey into Saudi exile, announcing the establishment of a government-in-exile in Riyadh. The war is not over, of course, but it has already shown some sense of the big picture, but the United States does not think so.
In the White House of the United States, Bush, who has just been on the presidency for a few months, has a sinking face. His journey to the presidency is not easy. Because of the mistakes caused by Reagan in the last two years, the United States has a great sense of distrust of the Republican Party. But luck and misfortune depend on both sides of things. Because of some difficulties in the United States, the Republican Party has basically expanded.
This is the case in many cases. When the economy is booming, the party that is flooded with the heart of the Virgin is easy to gain power. When a country's economy is stagnant, it is often easier for right-wing claims to be recognized, and populism will follow. In the general election that Bush participated in, the fundamentals of both the Republican Party and the Democratic Party have improved a lot.
It is also because of this that the Republican victory in this election is very difficult, and the views of the two parties in the United States are unprecedentedly opposed. There are basically no middle voters in this election. The Republican Party was able to win entirely because the fundamentals were bigger and the threat of the Soviet Union became stronger and stronger.
"Three Iraqi divisions suddenly crossed the border to attack Kuwait, and at the same time, Iran dispatched elite troops to form an assault group to attack Bahrain. We can be sure that the two countries must have greeted before they started, because the Iraqi and Iranian air forces are working together, but at present we You don’t know the role of the Soviet Union in it, so far Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko has distanced himself from the Soviet Union and this matter.” The new Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney spoke, introducing the latest situation eloquently and judging "I personally think that the Soviet Union was absolutely in the know."
"Is it possible that the Soviet Union deliberately sent the Red Navy fleet to lead us away and create conditions for the offensive of Iraq and Iran!" Secretary of State Addison Baker asked this question, he had to be so suspicious, it was actually too coincidental.
"It's not impossible, but!" Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney said with difficulty, "If the Soviet Union really did this on purpose, wouldn't it be a little too international?"
Using the two main fleets of the Soviet Red Navy as bait, in order to help two of the dozens of allies, the United States cannot do this anyway, and the Soviet Union must bear any losses suffered by itself, which is equivalent to holding the Soviet Union People's property to gamble, and all the profits go to Iraq and Iran, who ever did that?
"Don't worry about whether the Soviet Union has a motive or not!" Although Bush advocated the same as Reagan, he was not that actor, and he would not want the Soviet Union to take the blame for solving the problem, but to find a way to solve the problem first and then take the blame , "Order the Fifth Fleet to turn back and inform Australia to negotiate with Indonesia through negotiation."
"The United Nations General Assembly will be convened immediately to criticize Iraq and Iran for pursuing regional hegemony and aggression against sovereign countries." Bush said while thinking, "Let Congress hold a meeting to discuss, and pay special attention to international public opinion during this period, if public opinion allows it!" Bush did not say anything. After all, if public opinion allows it, it's a fight.
