Nicholas naturally didn't know that after Iran and Iraq ended the Iran-Iraq War in August this year, Saddam felt that the war had caused too much damage to Iraq, especially because of the war, Iraq owed several other Arab countries in the Middle East tens of billions of dollars in debt.
Such a huge debt was not so easy to repay in that era, but Saddam was not worried, because Iraq was one of the founding members of OPEC, so Saddam asked OPEC to reduce oil production and raise oil prices, so as to obtain greater profits and then repay the debt.
In fact, Saddam’s idea was still acceptable, but Kuwait, which was adjacent to Iraq, did not buy it.
Kuwait, one of the founding members of OPEC, has been arguing with Iraq over its border for a long time. During the Iran-Iraq War, Kuwait, an Arab country, lent Iraq $14 billion. After the war, Saddam wanted to repay the money by reducing oil production and raising oil prices, but Kuwait got in the way.
Not only did Kuwait not respond to Saddam's suggestion to reduce production and raise prices, but it also increased its domestic oil production, which directly caused a drop in oil prices.
In fact, Kuwait did this just to force Iraq to resolve the border dispute between them. Well, you owe me money, and you can't pay it back now, so let's sit down and talk about the border issue.
I am your creditor, so please give me some face and talk to me!
It has to be said that Kuwait’s idea was good, but they underestimated Saddam’s arrogance and toughness.
Oh, you are clearly taking advantage of the situation! What, do you really think I am a sick cat if I don’t show my power? In addition, the United States solemnly promised Saddam at that time that it would not get involved in the affairs between Iraq and Kuwait, so Saddam became even bolder.
You dare to take advantage of the situation? No problem, I’ll give you a hard time!
So Saddam simply became unreasonable. He was just shameless. Who wouldn't be able to do that?
Poor Kuwait was originally a tiny place, and although Iraq had just experienced eight years of war, its soldiers had been through blood and fire. So under the order of the shameless Saddam, the Iraqi army annexed the entire Kuwait in just fourteen hours.
Aren't you playing dirty tricks? Aren't you taking advantage of the situation? I'll just swallow you up! See if you can still be so awesome!
What Saddam didn't expect was that even though he was shameless, there were people who were even more shameless than him.
Before invading Kuwait, the United States had promised not to target Iraq. As a result, Saddam truly experienced what it meant to "I would rather believe in ghosts in this world than believe the mouth of the American president."
If Saddam is the representative of shamelessness, then the American "government" has long since reached the state where it has lost sight of what shame is. The two are simply not in the same league.
The world knows what happened next. The United States used the excuse of Iraq invading Kuwait to gather a group of its subordinates to form the United Nations Army and launched the first Gulf War against Iraq, which kicked off a nearly 30-year turmoil in the Middle East. Iraq was attacked twice, and even Saddam was killed by his American father. Then came Libya, Syria, and Yemen.
In any case, thirty years later in 2018, the Middle East is still a place where people's brains are being fought like dogs' brains. As for how long the war will end and how long it can last, even Yang Jing dare not say.
Under the carefully planned plan of the Americans, the entire Middle East has been transformed from a major oil exporter to a region for the earth to vent its anger.
This kind of region is disliked by peace-loving people all over the world. Even after 30 years, even peace-loving people probably have no feelings for that region. But for arms dealers like Nicholas, it is undoubtedly a paradise!
Nicholas naturally didn't know these things, and Yang Jing wouldn't tell him. But it would be okay to drum up some support and remind the arms dealer in an analytical tone.
Yang Jing knew that Nicholas was a very smart person, otherwise he would not have survived in front of an arms giant like Lockheed, and now he was doing well. Even if he just reminded him, with his intelligence, he would definitely analyze the result for himself and make the appropriate choice.
Of course Yang Jing wanted to train Nicholas, just like those big financial groups in the United States, aren't there countless hidden dark lines behind each of those financial groups?
Nicholas Ballmer is a good person. At least he left a very good impression on Yang Jing when they were in Myanmar last time. Otherwise, Yang Jing would not have let Peter Wu introduce him to the Chinese military.
In the past two years, Nicholas has been doing well in Africa with the help of the Chinese military. The Chinese military is also very happy to cooperate with such a middleman.
The Chinese military also likes to make more friends with partners who are capable and do not reveal the support behind them. In terms of arms sales, the Chinese military has fallen behind Europe and the United States, and the arms dealers active around the world now have the support of Europe and the United States.
Apart from those national-level transactions, the Chinese military naturally cannot handle some small but highly profitable and long-term arms deals personally. These tasks require arms brokers like Nicholas to complete.
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