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Chapter 165 Israeli garrison

Washington International Airport on January 3, 1991.

A Boeing 747 passenger plane slowly landed here, and the ground was already crowded with people. The White House Deputy Chief of Staff Zorric was quietly staying below.

The cabin door opened, and a person inside looked at the crowd below, calling softly in his heart, America, I'm here again.

Itzhak Rabin, as Israel's prime minister, has an important purpose for his visit to the United States this time.

According to the agreement reached before, this time, Rabinlai mainly signed a document with the United States, and the United States will station troops in Israel.

To be fair, Rabin is not welcome at all for this plan, and no one welcomes this plan at the top of Israel.

But they have no choice because they have to rely on the United States.

Now, the situation in the Middle East is very complicated. In the last Saudi rebellion, the Arabs pointed the signs at the United States, but instead made no accusations against Israel. This made Rabin feel uneasy. The idea of ​​Kusai must not be guessed by common sense.

In recent years, the situation in the Middle East has become increasingly corrupt. Under the leadership of Kusai, there has been a faint trend of unity among the countries in the Middle East, which will have a greater impact on Israel's strategic space. They cannot imagine how Israel would exist in the Middle East if the Arabs became a whole.

Taking advantage of the deterioration of the current situation in the Soviet Union, a large number of Jews living in the Soviet Union began to return to Israel, and the total population of Israel increased by about 400,000. They are also carrying out new plans to move Jews back to Israel from all over the world.

Israel must have enough population to exist in this place. However, the resettlement problem of newly relocated people is difficult to solve. The only way is to build more Jewish settlements and drive away the original Arabs on the land.

But now, does Israel dare to do such a thing again?

Israel has been desperately expanding its military equipment in recent years, and finally, the Air Force fleet is about to restore its original size. Although most pilots do not have enough training time, they can still take on the task of defending their own national airspace.

Israel has survived from nothing and is originally a thing of the past. They are not afraid of any powerful enemies. However, Rabin doesn't know how to maintain peace, and always feels uncomfortable.

Israel's national defense needs to rely on a powerful United States, but it does not mean that Israel welcomes the US troops, which will affect Israel's vital interests. However, under the current circumstances, Israel has no choice.

Following Rabin, Netanyahu walked down. He looked better than Rabin. Unlike Rabin, Benjamin Netanyahu was born in Tel Aviv, and he was born after the founding of Israel. His father was a professor of Jewish history and participated in the editing of the Hebrew Encyclopedia. His elder brother Jonathan Netanyahu was killed in Operation Entebbe in 1976 and was listed as a war hero by Israel. His younger brother is a radioologist and writer. All three brothers have participated in the reconnaissance battalion directly under the Israeli Defense Forces General Staff.

For Netanyahu, he is a pure Jew in Israel, and Israel is his motherland!

For the strength of Israel, no matter what you do, as long as it is for Israel, it is OK! This is Netanyahu's principle.

"Prime Minister Rabin is very welcome to visit the United States." When he arrived at the White House, President Bush cordially held his hand.

"It is a great honor that the friendly relations between our Israel and the United States will be as green as pine trees," said Rabin.

After the polite answer was completed, both sides gradually got to the point.

"The situation in the Middle East is not optimistic now. In order to avoid the situation getting worse again, we need to garrison troops in Israel." Defense Minister Cheney said: "At this point, we have reached a preliminary intention, and now we need to negotiate on specific issues."

"Yes, Iraq is rising very quickly, and their Phantom 4000 fighter planes often fly across our borders with Jordan." Rabin said: "We want to curb the rise of the Arabs, otherwise, our Western world will face a disaster."

Everyone can see that the Middle East, which has rich oil resources, is a major supply of energy in the world, will definitely not be a good thing if it becomes stronger. However, those damn Europeans are fighting with the Arabs for immediate interests and for a little oil, which is really a visionary behavior!

"We in the United States are planning to rent two bases in your country, Uvda Air Base and Yotvata Army Base." Cheney said.

The United States has the most powerful naval force, but it does not intend to rent Israel's naval bases, because the Mediterranean Sea is the back garden of the US Navy. They have multiple naval bases. The Israeli Navy does not have large warships. If it rents Israel's naval bases, it will have to expand the ports, which is huge. Once the war begins, the Suez Canal in Egypt will not be accessible, and they have no advantage at all. The United States needs to set up a naval base in Yemen, where the waters are vast, which will facilitate their large warships including aircraft carriers to navigate and launch attacks.

Among them, Uvda Air Force Base was originally built by Americans. Now, if the United States wants to rent that base, Israel will definitely not say anything. However, the Americans even set up the army base there, which is completely different from Israel’s original plan.

Because these two bases are in the southernmost part of Israel. It is the safest place in the entire territory of Israel. Since the Americans have come, they must also play a role. Putting them in the west of the Golan Heights is the most suitable.

Now, although the Golan Heights have not fallen back to Syria's hands, they are under the control of the Arabs, especially Iraq, and have arranged an armored division there in the name of peacekeeping. Once the war begins, the Iraqis will be condescending and work together, and can even drive directly to Tel Aviv.

Is it that easy for Americans to want to garrison troops and stay safely behind?

"Mr. President, His Excellency Minister of Defense, it is not suitable for garrisons. It is almost close to the desert area. It has very little water sources and has poor living conditions. It is not as good as the Hartzerim Air Force Base or the Haifa Air Force Base in the north. It is a coastal area and is convenient for material transportation. The army base can be located in the Caifat area, close to the expressway, which is convenient for material transportation, with abundant water sources and very good climatic conditions."

Cheney knew that this was completely inappropriate. The water resources were abundant, but the source of the water was in the hands of the Arabs on the Golan Heights, and most areas there, such as Cefat, were completely covered by long-range artillery fire on the Golan Heights.

Americans are not going to be cannon fodder there, they are not that stupid.

"Of course we have to leave the Israeli army with good conditions. The intention between us will last forever." General Powell said: "We go there to deter Iraq and Saudi Arabia, especially Saudi Arabia. We are stationed in that area, in southern Israel, and can pass through Jordan and attack Saudi Arabia. Once a war occurs, our US military will rush to the front."

Powell spoke with great righteousness, which was very close to Saudi Arabia, but it was still far from Riyadh. If a real war broke out, the first thing that started was definitely the Golan Heights.

"Prime Minister Rabin, we have carefully considered and discussed the location of the garrison. All of this is for the common interests between us. I hope you will consider it carefully. Now, Iraq has a large missile that can directly cover the entire Israeli territory." Cheney continued to put pressure on him.

When it comes to Iraq, Cheney's words are very clear. The United States is doing this to check and balance the largest force in the Middle East now. Iraq is helping Israel. If Iraq launches a ballistic missile attack, where will the troops be stationed? In modern warfare, there is no distinction between frontlines and rear.

Speaking of this, Rabin already knew that although he was unwilling, it seemed that this was necessary, and he had no other choice except to agree.

"In order to deal with Iraqi ballistic missiles, we will export ten improved Patriot missile systems to Israel, which can completely intercept short-range ballistic missiles," Cheney said. "And we will hand over four E-3 early warning aircraft to your air force."

The last time the Israeli air force was severely injured, the culprit was Iraq's ballistic missiles. Israel has always advocated offensive air defense and did not pay much attention to the role of air defense missiles. Their main force is the Hawk missiles made by the United States. As a result, all the air bases were killed by the hateful Iraq's ballistic missiles.

The Israeli Air Force has gradually recovered its vitality in a few years, but it still remembers the threat of ballistic missiles.

Therefore, Israel spent a huge amount of money to study the technology of intercepting ballistic missiles with the United States. The arrow anti-missile system was launched under this situation, but it was still a long time to go before practicality. At this time, the United States had improved their Patriot system to the point where it could intercept ballistic missiles, so it was promoted to Israel.
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