Chapter 1108 The United States completes its military expansion

Beijing, Siheyuan.

Liu Tao's family is having dinner. Today, everyone is gathered together. Everyone is toasting Liu Tao and congratulating him for taking a step forward.

Although it is only one step forward, this step is a world of difference.

Liu Tao has a smile on his face. Obviously, this step forward makes him very happy.

Although he actually does not have this pursuit, it is also the trust of the organization in him.

It is Liu Jingming who also took Liu Ziyu's private plane back to Beijing on this day to celebrate Liu Tao's progress.

Feng Nan, who was sitting next to Liu Jingming at this time, had a big belly. She was six months pregnant and was already wearing maternity clothes.

After getting married, Feng Nan did not continue her studies. After the honeymoon, she stayed in Beijing to take care of the fetus. As for her studies, she waited until she gave birth to the child and the child was one year old before going to Los Angeles, USA to continue her studies.

And time quickly turned over the last day of November and entered December.

The Dow Jones Index in the United States rose by more than 17% for two consecutive months, the largest increase since 1987.

The large amount of US dollars printed and US bonds issued in the United States, as well as a large number of arms orders and material orders, have made the United States present a prosperous economy.

The military industry sector is far ahead, and a lot of money has flowed into military enterprises.

It's just that the money has been earned by the military-industrial complex and Wall Street, and ordinary Americans have not benefited.

It even faces serious social security problems.

So far, in the first 11 months of 2022, there have been 3,333 mass shootings in the United States, and gun violence has caused a total of 101,700 deaths and 196,000 injuries, and these are only the casualties caused by mass shootings. If all shootings are counted, the number of deaths related to gun violence in the United States has reached 200,000, and more than 400,000 injuries.

In addition, in the past 11 months, 28 vicious explosions have occurred in the United States, causing more than 2,400 deaths and more than 100,000 injuries.

Even if the United States increases police force, improves police treatment and equipment, and authorizes police with greater power, it has not been able to solve social security problems.

Like the rich area, the rich area is still safe, but the slums and civilian areas are quite bad.

A large number of blacks and Latinos were involved in the case, planning conflicts between different groups of people.

Sometimes a black man robbed just to steal $20.

In 2002, the gun market in the United States was very hot and saw a sharp increase. Every household had a gun, not just one.

Even some relatively wealthy families bought guns for their children just for safety.

Various automatic rifles and pistols were very popular.

It was also in December that the US military completed its military expansion goal. The total strength of the US military reached 1.928 million, of which the army expanded to 766,000, the navy expanded to 583,000, and the air force expanded to 579,000.

Although many equipments were from the Cold War period, the strength of the US military was improved.

Faced with the aggressive United States, Iraq had to surrender in December. The United Nations weapons inspection team officially resumed weapons inspections in Iraq to show that Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction and was not developing weapons of mass destruction.

Iraq thought that by giving in, the Americans had no handle, but it can only be said that Iraq thought too much.

Liu Tao has seen the signs. This is the United States's plan to attack Iraq!

Combined with other intelligence, the United States began to transport more supplies to Europe, especially Turkey.

Before this, the United States had 2,000 troops stationed in Turkey.

But recently, the relationship between the United States and Turkey has been rapidly warming up, and the exchanges between the two sides have become closer.

In November, the United States waived Turkey's $8 billion debt, and the two sides signed an agreement to lease military bases.

Now the United States has no military bases in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other Middle Eastern countries. If it wants to attack Iraq, it can only attack Iraq from the direction of Turkey except through the Persian Gulf.

However, the area bordering Iraq and Turkey is the Kurdish mountainous area. If the US military wants to launch an attack from there, it is not certain how effective it will be.

Liu Tao thought of one thing, that is, the United States launched the Iraq War. Just when some military experts believed that it would not be easy for the United States to win, the US military won a crushing victory. After reviewing the situation, it was found that as early as 2002, the US CIA and special forces began to enter Iraq for reconnaissance and locate important military targets in Iraq. In addition, with the efforts of the CIA, some Iraqi generals were bribed and did not resist at all.

Liu Tao sneered. This time he wanted to ruin the Americans' good deeds. He wanted to see if the body bags prepared by the Americans were enough!

Iraq, the capital 'Baghdad'!

After ten years of recovery, Baghdad has regained its vitality and once again become one of the most prosperous cities in the Middle East.

But at this moment, Saddam's face was not good.

He looked at Al and Rashid. These two were his confidants and his right-hand men.

Although Saddam was also on guard against Al and Rashid, at this time Saddam also knew that the two would never betray him, and Al and Rashid did not get along with the Americans, and the two sides were not on the same line.

But he was shocked by the news brought by Al and Rashid.

"Al, Rashid, will the Americans really start a war against us? They are still fighting in Afghanistan, and they have suffered heavy losses in Afghanistan!" Saddam looked very unhappy.

Since October last year, Saddam has been jumping up and down. One very important reason is that the United States launched the war in Afghanistan. As long as the United States has not ended the war in Afghanistan, it is impossible to start a war against Iraq.

And now, the coalition led by the United States controls only 40% of the territory in Afghanistan, and the remaining 60% of the territory is still in the hands of the guerrillas.

And even in that 40% of the territory, there are many guerrillas who are waging guerrilla warfare with the coalition forces.

Al said in a deep voice: "Now the United States has completed its military expansion and has a total force of nearly two million. And our friends have given us intelligence that the United States will attack us from the Persian Gulf and Turkey!"

"President, I checked and found that some generals were indeed bribed by the CIA and asked them not to resist when the US military launched a war!" Rashid said.

Now Rashid is the second-in-command of the Iraqi army and a real powerful person.

He had never thought that the CIA had infiltrated the Iraqi military right under his nose.

If there was a charge, Rashid would also be responsible!

Saddam looked very ugly, and he roared: "Damn Americans, let them fight if they want!"

"Rashid, you should check carefully to see who has been bought by the CIA. These bastards who are traitors, catch them if you find them, no matter who they are!" Saddam was very angry.

He had always attached great importance to the army. Even at the lowest point, the army's treatment was the highest, and the army's salary was never in arrears. However, he had never thought that a general would be bought by the CIA!