July 20th.
A meeting, unknown to outsiders, was held inside an ancient castle.
No one knows exactly what agreement the three families reached.
But from that day on, the United States’ style of dealing with foreign affairs underwent a dramatic change.
Two days later.
A royal estate in the Kingdom of Korte.
Saad Abdullah and Sabah are strolling in the garden.
Actually, Saad's walk to clear his head was just an excuse; his real thought was to find someone to discuss a solution with.
The two soon arrived at a courtyard.
There are artificial hills and water features here, and many ornamental green plants have been planted around them, giving people a feeling of being close to nature.
Especially under such climatic conditions, perhaps only members of the royal family would have such leisure and refined tastes.
However, Saad had no interest in appreciating any of this.
"sit!"
Saad sat on the stone bench and pointed to the bench next to him, gesturing for Sabah to sit down.
"Sabah, ten oil wells in Iraq have caught fire one after another. What's your opinion on this?"
Upon hearing this...
Sabah voiced his suspicions.
“Saad, don’t you find this strange?”
"The last time Sam came to the Kingdom of Kot to discuss the proposal to cut crude oil production, it was ultimately rejected by you."
"Based on my understanding of Sam's character, he is by no means a man who would sit idly by and wait for his death."
"In fact, just as we knew before, a few days later, Iraq unilaterally announced that it had discovered significant safety hazards in the oil wells."
Saad nodded, signaling Sabah to continue.
To be honest, it wasn't just Sabah who found it strange; even he himself found it strange.
This led to a series of subsequent events.
For example, call Sam and tell him that all the oil well equipment needs to be inspected.
So someone has to fill the vacant spot.
Saad suggested, "Doesn't your country, Laq, still owe our country, Korte, $15 billion in debt that you haven't paid back?"
Okay, you don't have to pay back the debt.
During this period, when your country is in the gap for equipment maintenance, our country, Kote, will help you fill it.
In this way, we can recover some of the losses and train a large number of oil workers.
From an economic perspective alone, Saad's actions can be considered extremely benevolent.
But he overlooked one point, which is also the most important one.
Why did Sam cause so much trouble?
To put it bluntly, isn't it all about boosting oil prices to alleviate domestic pressure?
You, Saad, are something else!
They not only want to seize my market share, but also want to fill the gap in crude oil export share.
Sam would never be able to tolerate this.
If negotiations continue like this, in the end, it will be the country of Kurt that benefits, while Sam will still fall into an abyss due to financial problems.
Sabah nodded and continued.
"I think Sam's real intention is not what it seems. He has created so much trouble, but his ultimate goal is still to reduce oil production."
"That's impossible!"
Saad refused without hesitation.
Now, all the problems are back to square one.
The reason why the United States is not reducing its oil production is that it needs a lot of funds to purchase weapons and equipment from the United States.
at the same time.
Both parties also made this statement in the contract.
That means we cannot arbitrarily reduce crude oil production.
The main source of income for the Kingdom of Kote is the export of crude oil.
The reduction in crude oil production here will inevitably lead to a rapid decline in revenue.
So where does the money for purchasing weapons and equipment come from?
With military supplies worth tens of billions of dollars, how much crude oil would your country, Kurt, need to extract to offset this debt?
Want to cut production? What are you thinking?
Unless it is military aid.
Otherwise, according to international practice, military procurement contracts are always based on payment first, followed by equipment.
If you encounter a large piece of equipment with critical defects, the waiting time alone can be several years.
This is not a buyer's market, but a seller's market.
Whether or not to agree to the sale of weapons and equipment is up to the seller.
If the seller doesn't agree, it won't matter if the buyer waves money around or begs and cries.
For example, air defense systems, air defense missiles, fighter jets, fire control radars, tanks, etc. all fall into this category.
The sole purpose of doing this is to guard against Iraq.
It's because Iraq didn't disband its army after the Iran-Iraq War ended.
An army of 1.2 million—just thinking about it sends chills down my spine.
Not to mention, these soldiers had all been baptized in fire and blood.
As a neighboring country of Iraq, it is essential for Iraq to acquire some means of self-preservation.
Sabah was not surprised that Saad refused to cut oil production, after all, it was a matter of national security.
Especially after the incident in Iraq, Sam deployed troops to the border.
Hundreds and thousands of armored vehicles, and quite intimidating tanks.
This scene.
This also made Saad feel uneasy and unable to eat or sleep.
Right now, he's so eager to finalize the military procurement with the US that he wouldn't dare mention production cuts.
"There's one more thing."
"explain!"
Sabah organized his thoughts and said.
"New information has come from the United States that, given the current situation, they want to establish a military base in our country."
Upon hearing this, Saad felt a chill run down his spine and into the top of his head.
It's true what they say, what you fear most is what happens.
Saad refused again.
As the saying goes, it's easy to invite a god, but difficult to send him away.
money?
Saad is not lacking.
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