Chapter 1205 Walking on Thin Ice

Not long ago, George Walton publicly said that the United States does not need to seek the consent of others in maintaining its security.

His primary consideration in diplomacy and global strategy will still be: to maintain and strengthen the United States' global hegemony by any means. To this end, the United States will take a two-pronged approach, on the one hand, taking advantage of the anti-terrorism opportunity to expand in a new way, and on the other hand, strictly prevent other countries or alliances from threatening or possibly threatening the United States' global hegemony and curb any potential or real challengers.

But in fact, he is also trapped in many hot spots and problems, including those from Asia, Latin America, Oceania, Africa, and Europe!

In Asia, there is no sign of the end of the Afghan war. With the end of the Iraq war, the French, German and other armies will withdraw from the Afghan battlefield. Although the puppet government and government forces supported by the United States seem to be on the right track, the main force against the guerrillas is still the coalition forces, especially the US military.

The United States naturally knows what the supporting forces behind the guerrillas are.

But this kind of thing is not to be put on the table, it is the unspoken rule of the game between big powers. It is useless to complain and blame. If you really tear your face, it will be more dangerous. People can support the guerrillas with all their strength.

At that time, I am afraid that the coalition forces in the Afghan battlefield will be in danger of being annihilated.

In this regard, it is just like what the United States did when the Soviet Union launched the Afghan War. No matter how dissatisfied the Soviet Union is, it can't do anything.

If the United States wants to truly win the Afghan War, it can only eliminate all guerrillas, cut off all Afghanistan's external channels, and completely control Afghanistan.

At this time, the United States will naturally completely control Afghanistan.

Controlling Afghanistan, other countries often have to look at the face of the United States and give up some interests to the United States.

In addition, the Iraq War, now George Walton announced on Christmas that the Allied Forces won the Iraq War and overthrew the Saddam dictatorship, but there are still many problems in Iraq, including post-war reconstruction, social security, and the extermination of Saddam and others.

Occupying Iraq does not mean sitting back and relaxing!

Iraq has a lot of deserts and mountains, and the US military cannot really control these areas.

Even if they are willing, the US military is not willing!

Then there is Persia. The Persian nuclear issue is also an issue that the United States has to consider.

Once Persia really has nuclear weapons, its voice in the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea will increase dramatically. At that time, it will either watch Persia gain Gulf hegemony, or allow Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to also have nuclear weapons, thereby offsetting the shock wave of Persian nuclear possession.

It is not that no one has proposed to solve this problem by force, overthrow the existing Persian regime, and restore the Pahlavi dynasty regime.

But this plan was put to the last. The United States does not want to use force against Persia unless it is absolutely necessary.

Especially after the Iraq War!

In the Iraq War, the United States used almost all its military forces except nuclear weapons, and paid a heavy price for nearly two years before winning the Iraq War. This made the United States realize many problems.

The US military is not as strong as they think, and other countries are not as weak as the United States thinks!

Persia now has a population of 69 million and a territory of 1.645 million square kilometers, nearly four times that of Iraq. Moreover, unlike Iraq, most of Persia is located on the Persian Plateau. It is a plateau country with an altitude of 900 to 1,500 meters. The Americans who are now deeply trapped in the Afghan battlefield have the most say in how the war in the plateau area is going.

In such a plateau war, the effect of mechanized troops is greatly weakened!

Besides, Persia's military strength is not weak, far stronger than Afghanistan's original military strength.

Persia's military strength is composed of government troops and revolutionary guards, with a total strength of 605,000, including 305,000 government troops and 300,000 revolutionary guards.

The government army is composed of the army, navy, air force and air defense forces, with a total strength of 305,000, including 250,000 army, 20,000 navy and 35,000 air force.

The Persian Army is composed of 17 divisions and 14 independent brigades, mainly equipped with 1,500 tanks, 1,200 armored personnel carriers, 2,300 artillery pieces, and the army aviation is equipped with more than 100 helicopters and transport aircraft of various types. Among them, some tanks are Type 80 main battle tanks, some are Type 59 main battle tanks and Type 59 modified main battle tanks, which are not weak.

The Persian Navy is equipped with 20 Type 022 missile boats, 20 Type 022A torpedo boats, 8 Type 054 frigates, 4 Type 052 destroyers, 3 conventional submarines, and 50 armed transport ships.

The Air Force has 35,000 people, organized into 25 squadrons, with more than 900 aircraft of various types.

Among the 300,000 Revolutionary Guards, the Army has 262,000 people, organized into 27 divisions and 16 independent brigades, mainly equipped with more than 1,500 tanks, more than 1,800 armored personnel carriers, and more than 1,500 artillery pieces. There are more than 20,000 navy personnel and more than 18,000 air force personnel!

In addition, Persia has more than 400,000 reserve personnel.

Unless the United States can deal with Afghanistan, and it is forced to do so, otherwise if it wants to launch a military war against Persia, then the United States will be crazy.

The funds to be invested will be much greater than in the Iraq War.

In addition, although the Iraq War dealt a heavy blow to Arab integration, now Israel is jumping in, further intensifying the conflict.

The United States has to be cautious even in its Middle East policy, fearing that it will accidentally trigger a Middle East war.

In Asia, there are two remaining directions, one is South Asia and the other is Northeast Asia.

In South Asia, the only country the United States can influence is India, but it is already on the edge of geopolitics and it is difficult to influence the overall situation. The United States relies more on India and has military bases in India to strengthen the influence of the US military in the Indian Ocean.

In Northeast Asia, only Japan and South Korea are left, but the discussion of economic integration in Northeast Asia is becoming more and more frequent.

Although the United States continues to interfere and use the contradictions between each other to create trouble, the discussion among the people has never stopped.

In the entire ASEAN, the United States has lost any fulcrum, and it can't even do freedom of navigation in that sea area.

It has become an inland sea.

In Oceania, in the direction of Australia and New Zealand, a large number of refugees from Southeast Asia flocked to Australia and New Zealand. Although it brought cheap labor to Australia, it also intensified the domestic contradictions in Australia and New Zealand.

The contradiction between refugees and local residents!

In addition, China is the largest exporter of iron ore and other products in Australia, and Indonesia is very close to Australia. Australia is under tremendous internal and external pressure.

The same problem also appeared in New Zealand.

If we are not careful, Australia and New Zealand may face unrest due to refugees, or even change color.

Since 2001, the United States has actually been strengthening its troops in Australia and New Zealand. The number of U.S. troops stationed in Australia has reached 10,000, and there are 1,500 troops stationed in New Zealand.

However, the United States still feels that it is not safe enough and needs Australia and New Zealand to increase their military strength to cope with changes in the situation. (End of this chapter)