783 Consider Saudi oil embargo before military strike
"Why should Americans check our weapons and equipment? Do you really think we are their vassal state or what?" King Fahd was furious when he heard the news.
He had no idea that at such a critical moment, the Americans would stop Saudi ships at Saudi ports and demand to inspect the weapons and equipment purchased by Saudi Arabia from China.
This is a contempt for the entire Saudi government.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. The Americans may have known that we have the Dongfeng-3 for a long time, but we only intercepted at the port at this time. There should be problems in the middle. This is the last batch, and there are only five Dongfeng-3s..." Sultan also felt that this was too coincidental. "Even if it was intercepted, they couldn't do anything, because the missiles we transported back at the beginning had initial combat power..."
Liu Yijiu provided missiles like Saudi Dongfeng-3 in batches, which was also based on this consideration.
The Americans' hands are really stretched out a little long.
"No matter what their purpose is, this matter must not be subject to the Americans' nature and according to their ideas!" King Fahd thought about it, and felt that the Americans would not have no purpose at this time. "Let Hume Holland come to see me! I want to ask him, what do they regard us as! What qualifications do they have to interfere in our internal affairs?"
This incident really angered Fahd.
The Americans' hands are stretching longer and longer.
While waiting for US Ambassador Hume Holland to arrive, Saudi Arabia's second largest port, Daman. A group of Westerners in suits and live ammunition guards were in a stalemate. Not far away, a not-so-large container freighter was docked. Most of the containers on this freighter have been moved, leaving only a few containers larger than ordinary containers.
Prince Bandal looked at the CIA personnel in front of him and his face looked very ugly.
"Inspection? Why should we check? This is our country, our port, and any contraband should be inspected by our kingdom's customs, not your CIA!" There is no favoritism for the Americans in front of us. Prince Bandar at all.
As the head of CIA intelligence, Jack has never received any news about Saudi Arabia's procurement of offensive weapons from China. If it weren't for the accident this time, he wouldn't have known it.
In order to stop Saudi Arabia and to cover up its mistakes, it can only make a big deal of this matter.
"Your Highness, Prince. We are just conducting some ordinary inspections. Moreover, this is approved by the country. According to the agreement between our two sides and the consideration of regional security and stability, you cannot have offensive weapons without the consent of the United States..." Jack said arrogantly, "Our Presidential Envoy, Ambassador Philip Habi, has arrived in Riyadh and will accompany the US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, to negotiate with you King Fahd..."
"That's your business. His Majesty the King has an order that no irrelevant personnel must approach these containers! If you want to force yourself to break through, then..." Bandar did not have any preventive measures in this matter.
As his hand just waved, a group of Arab soldiers in Saudi military uniforms jumped out in the middle of the calm container, pointing at Jack and his more than a dozen men.
On the other hand, a group of port guards with live ammunition also ran over here quickly.
Jack's face suddenly became a little ugly.
In the palace of King Fahd in Riyadh, Ambassador Philip Habi, the special envoy of the US President, broke into the palace with anger with a look of anger.
As soon as he met King Fahd and Sultan****, the Ambassador Habi criticized King Fahd with a stern face: "His Majesty Fahd, we once helped you obtain defensive weapons. At that time, both of us had an agreement, including exporting our most advanced fighter jets to you! You have also promised that we will not discuss it differently, obtain our consent, and even did not even greet us, so we purchased offensive weapons from China, and they were strategic weapons! I hope you can give me an explanation and an explanation to the people who like peace..."
Fahd was so angry that he shivered in anger when he faced the questioning of the Ambassador Hubby and could not even speak.
When Sultan heard this, he was immediately angry. The arrogance of the Americans was really unbearable.
Immediately, I slapped heavily on the handguard next to the sofa, "Mr. Habi, please pay attention to your words. If your attitude represents the attitude of the United States, then you can get out!"
No one is made of mud.
Especially Americans are thinking about Israel.
The United States supports Israel, robs the Palestinians of surviving and reproduction for generations, and drives away the Palestinians. With the support of the United States, Israel has a strong military strength that can threaten any surrounding country.
Israel can obtain any kind of weapons and equipment, but Arab countries cannot.
As long as you are a country that is following the United States, you will never think of such a thing.
Only countries like Iraq can purchase a large number of missiles from the Soviet Union!
Saudi Arabia has only short-range missiles with a range of dozens of kilometers, but they are still much behind. If Israel wants to attack Saudi Arabia, even Saudi Arabia will not even have enough defense capabilities.
Without remote strategic deterrence capabilities, it is simply not enough.
Moreover, Saudi oil has always been the thing Americans care about the most. The oil crisis in the 1970s made Americans always want to control all this in their own hands. If it weren't for the existence of the Soviet Union, a powerful monster that made the world tremble, perhaps the United States had already begun to invade Saudi Arabia.
Now, just by purchasing dozens of medium-range strategic missiles from China to ensure Saudi Arabia's national defense security, the Americans began to interfere brutally, which is a huge challenge to Saudi Arabia's authority. Once it cannot be dealt with, Saudi Arabia will eventually become an affiliate of the United States. Everything must be built according to the wishes of the Americans.
Further, expand to the entire Arab world.
"Your Highness ****, we hope you can realize what you are talking about!" Hume Holland did not expect. Sultan would speak to them like this, "Once you announce the matter of buying strategic missiles from China, it will panic the whole world!"
"Then you haven't considered that Israel has obtained nuclear bombs and nuclear bomb manufacturing technology from you, which will scare us?" Fahd said coldly to the American in front of him.
Israel is a cancer of the entire Arab world.
The abominable Jews should have been slaughtered by the Germans at the beginning.
"Your Majesty, I hope you can think about the consequences carefully. For both of us, it is difficult for us to bear the consequences of such a thing. Our country just wants to make sure that you have not obtained nuclear bombs from China. Although China has not joined the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, ensuring world peace is what every country should do..." Habi didn't want to say anything about Israel.
The whole world is very clear about the relationship between Israel and the United States.
"What if we don't let you check?" Fahd asked the US Presidential envoy in front of him coldly.
Philip Habi, an American Middle East expert who has been deeply involved in the foreign affairs of the Middle East, especially during the Lebanese conflict.
"Phillip, our time is very tight, and at the Daman port, the two sides have now begun to confront each other..." Seeing that the presidential envoy, Habi, had no direct explanation of the purpose of the visit, I couldn't help but feel a little anxious and immediately handed a note to the envoy.
After seeing this note, Philip Habi took a deep breath. Then he sorted out his clothes and said to King Fahd with a serious face. "His Majesty, I hope you have already thought about this matter. The war between Iraq and Iran is already threatening the security of the entire Middle East. Once your long-range missiles are disclosed, you should be very clear about how much threat it will pose to the security of the entire Middle East. At that time, countries such as Iran, Iraq, even Israel, Egypt, Pakistan and other countries will conspire to obtain long-range offensive capabilities..."
At this moment, Fahd lost the initial anger, and he couldn't help but feel a little contempt when he heard the translator's words.
"...If you insist on your own, you will be subject to economic sanctions or even military sanctions from the United States and the NATO alliance..."
When the translator heard this, he was stunned, and then changed his words to a more gentle way, even eliminating the harshness in his tone, replacing economic and military sanctions from Americans with the possibility of affecting the economic and trade between the two sides and the cooperation between the two sides in military terms.
Saudi Arabia has always relied on Americans to help build a defense cause.
Horan has been in the Arab world for a long time. His Arabic is very good. When he heard the translator, he immediately stood up: "His Majesty the King, what our envoy is saying is not that it may affect the economic and military cooperation between our two sides, but that our United States and NATO allies will impose sanctions on you! Whether it is economic or military, if you insist on affecting the peaceful and stable environment of the entire Middle East and further affecting the national strategic security of the United States, we do not rule out the possibility of a military strike against you..."
"Bang!" Hearing Holland's words, both Sultan and Fahd were all distorted, and they slapped heavily on the sofa's handguards and above. Fahd even smashed the golden cup in his hand towards Holland.
"Okay, let's sanction you first. We don't mind letting the United States and Europe have another oil crisis!" Fahd was able to have the courage to purchase medium-range strategic missiles such as the Dongfeng-3 from China, so he naturally would not be afraid of threats from the Americans.
He has done this kind of thing before. In the 1970s, it was because Americans helped the Israelis, led by Saudi Arabia, and then all Middle Eastern countries reduced oil production on a large scale, which caused the tension in the United States and Europe's oil supply, which triggered the financial crisis that swept across Europe and the United States in the 1970s...
Even the relationship between Western countries and the Soviet Union improved and economic and trade exchanges increased because of the Soviet Union's oil exports...
"His Majesty the King, is this your final decision?" Holland did not expect that this matter would reach such a level so soon.
According to their initial deduction, it would not have reached such a bad level.
Once there is really another oil embargo, even if Israel attacks with the cooperation of NATO allies, it will definitely not benefit the United States.
The United States does not have too strong military power in the Middle East now, and Saudi Arabia has been cooperating with their plans to increase oil production, thus causing a devastating blow to the Soviet Union's oil economy.
In this way, Soviet oil will be their only choice, which will even allow the Soviet Union to climb out of it.
"If military strikes are your final decision, then this is our final decision! I am tired and you can leave. Sultan notify Bandar of the port and tell him that anyone who wants to contact our country's highest military secrets will be killed without any hesitation!" Fahd's words were purely for the US envoy to hear.
"Your Majesty, you misunderstood. This is not what our government means..." Seeing that the negotiations broke down before they began, how could this matter be completed?
There was no way Philip Haby said anything about Holland.
But this matter must not be finished like this.
"Your Majesty, I hope you can understand how much impact this will have on peace in the entire Middle East once you have nuclear weapons." Philip Haby did not give up.
Sultan saw the shamelessness of the Americans countless times, and immediately said coldly, "Mr. Special Envoy, Your Majesty is going to rest. It is absolutely impossible to check it out! However, we can guarantee that we have not purchased any nuclear weapons from China, but just conventional warheads. If you don't believe it, why don't we throw a few pieces to a neighboring country to try the effect?"
Faced with the threat of Sultan, Holland was completely stunned.
Even Philip Haby was shocked.
Sultan said this and told them that the missiles Saudi Arabia had were not only the five missiles they received, but also had formed a certain combat power.
This is a threat to the United States and even more a threat to Israel!
"Hume Holland, if you continue to stay in Riyadh, I think our good relationship with the United States will be seriously affected. We Saudi Arabia will definitely not allow anyone to make any unfair interference in our defense policy! Helping us obtain defensive weapons does not mean that we cannot purchase defensive weapons ourselves! Starting today, we will not purchase any weapons and equipment from the United States again..."
The king's words completely shocked Hume Holland.
He didn't expect why King Fahd accused him of being the culprit that influenced the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia!
He can't continue working in Saudi Arabia.
Chapter completed!