Chapter 1060 An unusual year
2001, from the beginning, seemed to indicate that this was not a stable year.
First, the war in South Asia reignited, and the largest war in South Asia's history broke out. In just three short days of war, tens of thousands of soldiers from the two camps were killed and more than 200,000 were injured. As for the number of people who died because of the war, Civilians, although neither side has announced it, will not be a minority.
This war was also the highest-level war in the history of the South Asian subcontinent. It used advanced weapons and equipment including advanced fighter jets, advanced tanks and armored vehicles, advanced warships, etc. It is worthy of observation and summary by all countries.
And this war ended in a hurry because of an earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale in India.
In the earthquake in India, which measured 7.9 on the Richter scale, the government failed to provide adequate or even complete rescue services, resulting in heavy casualties.
According to data released by India at the end of April, more than 60,000 people died and more than 167,000 people were injured. The tragedy after the earthquake shocked the world.
What’s even more frightening is that without enough relief supplies and still rebuilding after the disaster, more victims may die.
Life is like grass and grass, which is vividly demonstrated here.
India is facing huge pressure from international public opinion and is silently licking its wounds.
Because of the current situation in India, there is really no foreign exchange to purchase disaster relief materials. As for reconstruction work, a large amount of money is also needed.
Furthermore, now that the ruling party is facing opposition from all sides, it is struggling to cope with the situation and is in a precarious situation. It can hardly take care of rescue and resettlement of the victims.
The northeast direction, where signs had begun to appear, returned to calm again.
However, Japan risked the disapproval of the world and approved textbooks that distorted history compiled by Japanese right-wing scholars, which aroused strong indignation and dissatisfaction among Asian countries.
Moreover, Japan has implemented emergency import restrictions on imported green onions. This statement has aroused the anger of many people.
The result is that the price of refined oil and natural gas exported to Japan has risen again.
Liu Tao knew the reason behind this. It was nothing more than Americans disrupting the economic integration of Northeast Asia.
The economic integration of Northeast Asia is not an easy task and is destined to be a bumpy and tortuous road.
Then on June 8, a knife-wielding gangster stabbed 26 students and three teachers at an Osaka elementary school. Eight of the students died, attracting worldwide attention.
Then there was the murder of a woman in Okinawa by U.S. troops stationed in Japan on June 29. This was the 20th similar case in 2001, and this also triggered a nationwide upsurge in protests against U.S. military bases in Japan.
Because this woman was tortured to death, it was too horrible to watch.
Faced with the Japanese request to sentence the relevant US soldiers to death, the Americans sneered and did not bother to pay attention to the Japanese. They just transferred these American soldiers to other US military bases.
The Americans' arrogance and contempt angered the Japanese even more.
But the Japanese have nothing to do. You must know that the Americans have 88 military bases in Japan, with more than 40,000 US troops stationed in Japan.
Facing the American soldiers, the Japanese had nothing to do.
It’s useless no matter how angry the Japanese are!
However, a vicious bombing occurred in Jerusalem at this time. The Israeli extremist organization claimed responsibility for the vicious bombing, and the situation between Palestine and Israel deteriorated again.
The two sides have redrawn the boundaries, with a territorial area of 12,000 square kilometers, and Pakistan's territorial area of 15,000 square kilometers. The two sides have also signed an agreement and established diplomatic relations.
Although some people on both sides of Palestine and Israel are dissatisfied, for Israel, the area they actually controlled before was much larger, so why should they give up such a large territory? And even based on the territorial division in 1947, it should be 15,200 square kilometers.
Many people in Palestine are also very dissatisfied with this. You must know that these 27,000 square kilometers of land originally belonged to the Palestinian Arabs. Why should they be given 12,000 square kilometers of land?
However, both sides have a tacit understanding, have always relied on internal opposition forces, and made great efforts on the basis of peace. Only then have the two sides enjoyed peace for twenty years. But the fact that the conflict is suppressed does not mean that the conflict has been resolved. The conflict no longer exists!
The contradiction is always there!
Although Palestine has established an oil industry over the years and has made a lot of money, after entering the 1990s, most oil prices were relatively low, so it is obvious that Palestine's economic development is not as good as Israel's.
This time, the vicious bombing in Jerusalem was caused by domestic extremist forces. They even assassinated Israeli leaders who had always advocated peace and established friendly relations between the two countries.
Now, this matter has been directly brought out.
Doing so directly angered the extremist forces in Palestine, and they also took retaliatory actions.
The two sides went back and forth, and the situation continued to heat up.
The Americans jumped out to defend their father at this time, which made the Arab world very dissatisfied.
The Americans were even very tough and sent an aircraft carrier formation to the Mediterranean Sea close to Israel, and their attitude on behalf of Israel was very obvious.
With the strong support of his son, Israel's internal forces have undergone tremendous changes. The hard-liners have completely overwhelmed the moderates and advocated being tough on Palestine.
Neta even publicly declared that these 27,000 square kilometers of land belong to Israel. He took out the Bible and said that this is the land chosen by God, and they have the legality of this land.
This operation shocked the whole world!
The contradiction between the two sides has been completely planned, showing a spiral upward trend.
Today you shoot at me, I throw a grenade at you; if you kill me, I will kill you two.
The Americans are very firm in their attitude, that is, they support their father.
It is natural to support your father; if you do not support your father, you are an unfilial son!
The Americans' firm attitude has made the entire Arab world and even the entire Islamic world very angry.
Although that place is only 27,000 square kilometers and the land is small, it is enough to affect the entire Arab world and the entire Middle East!
The entire Middle East is like a powder keg that may explode at any time.
The first reaction is the international crude oil price.
The international crude oil price continues to rise. After all, the Middle East is an international energy center. If there is any disturbance in the Middle East, the international crude oil price is the most sensitive. It is normal for it to rise in response.
Not only the international crude oil price, but also the international natural gas price is rising rapidly.
In recent years, with the continuous increase in the number of LNG ships, liquefied natural gas has been continuously shipped to Europe, China, Japan and South Korea, while the Middle East and Africa are now the natural gas suppliers, and the Middle East undoubtedly occupies the majority.
The polar bear is working behind the scenes, hoping that the Americans will personally intervene and then get stuck in the Middle East.
It would be best if OPEC abolished the rule of oil-dollar settlement and ended the hegemony of the US dollar.
Liu Tao is also in Hong Kong, watching the rapid changes in the situation in the Middle East with cold eyes.
Americans are too naive, always thinking that they can do whatever they want, but they don't know that it is not the case at all.
This world has already undergone a lot of changes.
