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"So, how do we procrastinate?" Perez asked.

"Peace talks." The foreign minister said the word.

Chapter 685 McFarlane Travels Again

Fight if you can fight, and reason if you can't fight. This is the universal truth, whether it is a fight between punks or a war between big countries.

Now, war is already a very uneconomical business for Israel. No matter from what point of view, what Israel needs most is to delay time. Peace talks are a good way to delay time.

"Peace talks?" General Weizmann said with displeasure on his face: "We are in Israel, when did we have peace talks? This is an act of treason!"

"Didn't we have peace talks during the first Middle East war? Besides, we are just stalling for time!" Rabin said, "I agree to hold peace talks."

Even the Minister of Defense agreed. Although General Weizmann's face was already red with anger, he sat down angrily without saying a word.

"I also agree to the peace talks." Perez said that the current Israel needs to buy time. The first batch of American planes will be transported to Israel within three days, and their air force base, after tense The rescue opened up a safe passage, and the surviving pilots inside are making recovery preparations. Even if there are ten more fighters, or five more, it is very necessary for the current Israelis.As long as the Israeli Air Force has thirty fighter planes, they can protect their own airspace again.

What they need now is time. With time, coupled with the main leaders of the Arab army this time, if there is civil strife in Iraq, they can resolve the crisis.

Peace talks, this is the correct choice for Israel now. It is absolutely inappropriate to use nuclear weapons. Although this will lead to absolute opposition from the right-wing forces in the country, it will really push the Middle East into a nuclear war and expose its own people. Facing the nuclear weapons of the Soviets who were not their enemy, Perez knew clearly that he could not do that.

This time, being listed in sè is not about being weak, but about striving for greater opportunities.

After this incident subsides, Israel needs to invest huge sums of money, focusing on the development of an air defense system that intercepts ballistic missile systems, so as to protect its own sky! (In later generations, in order to defend against the ballistic missiles of various countries, the sè listed in the defense of ballistic missiles can be regarded as doing their best. They have the "Iron Dome" short-range missile defense system at the lower level, and the medium-range defense system "David's Catapult". And the "Arrow" series of missile defense systems of the high-level defense system.) The sè series needs to have sharp arrows to attack the enemy, that is, to increase the development of Jericho-2 ballistic missiles, so that the sè series of ballistic missiles can To deter the Arab countries in the entire Middle East, they also need to have the technology to defend against the ballistic missiles of the Arab countries, which can attack the enemy and defend against the enemy's attack, and build a national weapon with both offensive and defensive capabilities!

Israel has suffered a lot this time, and they have already begun to think about how to fight back. The Jewish nation has always been a nation that is good at thinking and summarizing.

"So, how do we talk about peace? Do we have to directly tell the opposite Arab army that we stop making peace?" General Weizmann asked.

"Let the Americans do it. The United States has always been between us. Let them talk about both sides. In this way, we will not lose face." The foreign minister said.

Although the United States has torn its face from the Iraqi side and imposed sanctions on Iraq, until now, it has not completely blocked the road between the two sides, and it has not reached the point of quarreling with Iran. The two sides are in diplomatic conflicts, maybe After a year or two, Feng Shui will turn around and they will become a family again.

Therefore, the Israeli side proposed to let the United States mediate, and the United States can also unite with the United Nations. Now, many countries in the world are hoping that the Middle East issue will be resolved as soon as possible, so that the new round of crude oil turmoil in the world will go down as soon as possible Well, the Western world can't stand unlimited oil price hikes.

Therefore, as soon as the United States appeals, countless countries will follow suit and let the crisis in the Middle East pass as soon as possible.

"However, if we are going to negotiate, then we must have our own bottom line," the foreign minister said.

Bottom line?Our bottom line is that there is no bottom line!Perez said: "Our current negotiations are just to delay time, so you should be very good at this kind of diplomatic matters?"

"Yes, I see," said the Foreign Minister.

They are not negotiating for the purpose of achieving a ceasefire at all. Their current negotiation is to delay the time and let the US fighter planes arrive. When there is civil strife in Iraq, their crisis will naturally be resolved. In diplomacy, in a negotiation, the two sides will argue and chatter on the negotiating table for a month or two, but they cannot reach any agreement. This is all possible.

Israel wants to negotiate, which is undoubtedly very good news for the United States. Now, the United States is worrying about how to deal with the situation in the Middle East. The situation in the Middle East is changing so fast that it is completely beyond the control of the United States. In particular, after receiving the Soviet Union's nuclear deterrence against Israel, the United States felt even more overwhelmed.

At this time, is the only option for the United States to use its own nuclear weapons to deter the Soviet Union?However, the U.S. nuclear weapons were aimed at the Soviet Union in the first place, and it was just a declaration that it didn’t take much effort. If that was the case, the U.S. would have no reason in the United Nations or in the world.

Using its own nuclear bombs to protect a country that challenges the basic laws of the world, the United States' status in the world is stinky, but the United States has to do this, because the Soviet Union's deterrence against Israel is to shake the tiger at a distance. For America.

At this time, the Israeli side proposed to reconcile, which relieved the United States, and the United States is very willing to take on the job of training.

But who to send?This person needs a lot of courage, because, after all, the two sides are at war now, and the US sanctions against Iraq in the early stage have made Iraq have no good impression of the United States. Even the US ambassador to Iraq is also submitting materials, hoping to After finishing his term of office, return to the United States, even if it is to work as a secretary in the White House.

The people in the Middle East, he has seen that kind of fanaticism. If Iraq becomes Iran and patriotic students detain the people in the embassy, ​​they will become hostages.

In particular, the whole world now knows that the cause of this incident was the nuclear weapons listed in Israel, in which the United States played a disgraceful role.It is said that in Baghdad, Riyadh and other places, patriotic students held several demonstrations to protest the behavior of the US government.

Therefore, in addition to being brave, the person to be sent needs to have a close relationship with the Iraqi high-level, and needs to be a veteran in foreign affairs. Such a person is really hard to find!

When President Reagan was worrying, the National Security Affairs Assistant interjected: "I know that there is a person who is very suitable for this trip."

"Who?" President Bush asked.

"It's McFarlane."

McFarlane!They all thought of this somewhat chubby middle-aged man. Last time, McFarlane saved his life and rescued the American hostages from Iran, which gave the Reagan government a high reputation. On the one hand, otherwise, if he is as incompetent as the Carter government, there will be a big crisis.

After McFarlane came back, he was also promoted and served as the deputy chief of staff at the White House.

Now, Reagan thought of this person, and immediately felt that it was indeed very appropriate to let this person go. This person has courage and ability, as can be seen from the previous incident, and he was in the previous incident. , I also have friendship with the high-level officials in Iraq. It is said that Qusay will meet him, let this person go, and hope that this matter can be completed!

When everyone else had left, Reagan left CIA director Casey behind and asked, "How are you going with the preparations for Iraq?"

Casey knew that the president was referring to the top-secret affair.

"Everything is going well now. We have successfully encouraged the Kamal brothers. They control the President's Private Security Armed Special Guard in Baghdad, Iraq. Although they were laid off by Qusay, this army is still under their orders, and , Now that Baghdad is empty of troops, they are very sure that the coup will succeed." Casey said.

"Okay," President Reagan nodded, very satisfied with the progress of this project.

To solve the Middle East issue, Reagan decided to take a two-pronged approach. Now, he will appease the Iraqi side and let the McFarlane representative go to complete the task of allowing the two parties to negotiate peace. .

Although the United States has already nodded and expressed that it will absolutely support the Kamal brothers, it depends on the international situation. If it can support it, the United States will not hesitate to use its own force to support the Kamal brothers to consolidate the regime. Not allowed. In the end, the Kamal brothers' coup was seen through by Qusay. Then, the United States has nothing to lose, and just needs to watch the show.

The Kamal brothers don't know that the Americans are ready to cheat them at any time, and they are now full of confidence.

Because the war on the western front has involved most of Iraq's energy, the armored troops stationed next to Baghdad have also moved to the western border area, and Kamal has also received reliable information. Now, Qusay has not In Baghdad, but out.

If Qusay was in Baghdad, they still had some conflicts in their hearts. Now that Qusay is not there, they only need to mobilize the troops they can control and occupy places such as the Palace of the Republic and the Ministry of Defense. Able to complete the coup task.

A new zhèngfǔ will be established. This kind of thing has been repeated many times in history.As for the counterattack that Qusay may launch, on the one hand, they will contact those generals who support themselves and ask them to obey the new government; on the other hand, if those troops do not obey their orders, they will be hit by the United States.

Power will make people lose their eyes and lose their judgment. It is not so easy for a former auto soldier to ascend to the throne of power.

Chapter 686 Baghdad, there are rebel forces

After McFarlane received the task, he agreed very simply, and traveled to the Middle East again to stop the exchange of fire between the two sides. For McFarlane, he was equivalent to being a peace envoy, although this time the task was very difficult.

Because Israel has used nuclear weapons for deterrence, the international community has unanimously expressed strong condemnation of Israel's behavior. Israel is challenging international law. If it is not supported by the United States, it will The United Nations has already imposed sanctions on Israel.

Now, in the United Nations, there has been a lot of rhetoric, for example, about who is the righteous side in this war.The attack was initiated by Iraq. If Iraq hadn't attacked Israel's Dimona nuclear base first, there would be no subsequent series of events. From this perspective, it was Iraq who provoked the war first.However, the result of the matter now has confirmed that Israel is indeed developing nuclear weapons. Then, Iraq’s attack is correct. It is to maintain international laws. Israel’s development of nuclear weapons is a strategy for the entire Middle East region The balance is broken. The Middle East region originally did not have nuclear weapons, but now they have come up with such things as nuclear weapons. Israel has suffered the blow of Iraq, and it should be said that it deserves what it deserves.

There are all kinds of arguments. In the United Nations, it has become a focus of struggle between the East and the West.

If McFarlane's trip can help the two parties achieve peace, then, he can say that he will be famous in the world again.Although McFarlane knew that it would not be easy to find a solution that both parties agreed to, he still had to try.

McFarland once again set foot on the road to the Middle East. He didn't know that Baghdad is now experiencing a secret war.

In a villa in downtown Baghdad, Hussein Kamal met an old acquaintance of his, the current deputy captain of the president's private security armed special guard Bardler.

Baldler and Kamal are from the same township, and they are also from Tikrit, Saddam's hometown. They were playmates when they were young, and they have a very good relationship after arriving in Baghdad. When forming this army, Kamal elected him as vice-captain.

"Brother Barr, long time no see." Kamal said.

"Yes, since you ceased to be the captain, we have rarely seen each other," Baldler said.

Speaking of these, Baldler suddenly felt as if he had said something wrong, and he really shouldn't bring up such a topic.