Chapter 772 Saudi Arabia gets what it wants

Saudi Arabia, Riyadh.

The Royal Palace.

Saudi King Fahd is hosting a banquet to entertain Al and welcome Al's visit.

Many members of the Saudi royal family have arrived, and many prominent people have attended this banquet.

King Fahd looks very energetic.

Although he is 70 years old, he looks like a middle-aged man at this time, and his spirit is not like that of a 70-year-old man at all.

He didn't expect that even Saddam, the warmongering maniac, would choose to be humble one day.

Thinking back then, how arrogant Saddam was. Facing several groups of envoys, his attitude was very tough, and he even looked down on Saudi Arabia, thinking that Saudi Arabia was the sick man of the Middle East, with money but no strong military force.

Look at it now, Saddam is humble and willing to respect Saudi Arabia as the speaker of the Middle East.

This is a huge joy for King Fahd.

It makes him much happier than earning 10 billion US dollars.

Saudi Arabia is not short of money. The money earned from oil exports is enough for the Saudi royal family to live a luxurious life.

Saudi Arabia is the largest country in the Middle East, with a land area of ​​2.25 million square kilometers, more than five times that of Iraq, and a much larger population than Iraq.

Saudi Arabia earns more from oil exports than Iraq every year, but Saudi Arabia's military strength is far inferior to Iraq.

In the past, Egypt was the talker in the Arab world, Nasser was the hero of the Arab world, and countless Arabs worshipped Nasser.

But because of the Fourth Middle East War, Egypt's actions chilled other Arab countries, and its status in the Arab world plummeted. Under such circumstances, Saudi Arabia was not able to take over the position of the talker in the Arab world.

But it is different now. In recent years, Saudi Arabia has vented its anger on other Arab countries, helping Syria, Jordan and others win the Fifth Middle East War, and vigorously supporting the establishment of an independent Palestinian state and becoming a member of the United Nations. Now it has formed an Arab coalition to help Kuwait restore its country, and at a critical moment, it has promoted a ceasefire in the Gulf War, withstanding the huge pressure from the United States and Europe, which has brought Saudi Arabia great prestige.

Saudi Arabia strongly advocated that the Arab coalition army become the regular force of the Arab League to maintain peace in the Arab world, and other Arab countries responded one after another.

Now Saddam has also surrendered and is willing to be humble and can speak in a proper manner.

This will be a great help to Saudi Arabia's international status and influence.

Now Saudi Arabia has the most powerful navy and air force in the Gulf region, and even the army is quite powerful.

At least looking at the weapons and equipment, it is like this.

As for combat effectiveness, this is another matter.

"Al, please say hello to Saddam for me. As long as he is willing to maintain peace, Iraq will still be our Arab brother. We Arabs should unite as one. We are not without enemies. The Persians have always hated us. The Jews are still unwilling to recognize the independence of Palestine. Europeans and Americans are eyeing the Middle East. We should not waste our energy!" King Fahd said to Al: "The Arab coalition army is willing to accept you!"

"We have always believed in you!" King Fahd now always talks about the unity of the Arab world.

Don't say it, this is absolutely politically correct.

No one can say it wrong.

Al said with respect: "Your Majesty, I will convey your greetings to our president. We Iraqi people will definitely appreciate your generosity. We Iraqis will no longer use force against our Arab brothers. We will only point our guns at Persians and Jews."

Al has been in Saudi Arabia for four days.

Everything that needs to be discussed has been discussed.

This trip to Saudi Arabia went smoothly and it can be said to have a good start.

Saudi Arabia agreed to lend money to Iraq, and it is not a small amount of money.

This will undoubtedly solve Iraq's urgent needs, and with a good start from Saudi Arabia, it is expected that there will be some gains in visiting Kuwait, Qatar and other countries later.

And this time, he made friends with many royal family members and big families in Saudi Arabia, which is of great benefit to the development of his family.

King Fahd was very satisfied with Al's statement.

Originally, they had discussed and decided to maintain an Arab coalition as a regular force. The strength of the Arab coalition was maintained at 300,000, including the army, navy and air force.

Among them, Saudi Arabia and Egypt contributed the most troops.

Now that Iraq is willing to send troops to join the Arab coalition, the Arab coalition can have 350,000 troops.

You know, the goal of the Arab coalition is to build a modern army to maintain peace in the Arab world.

Coupled with Saudi Arabia's voice in the GCC, it can be said that Saudi Arabia's voice and influence in the international arena are much stronger than ten years ago.

It's great to be able to gain such great prestige without fighting much.

After Al left Riyadh, King Fahd and Prince Sultan took a walk in the garden.

"Your Majesty, aren't you afraid that Iraq will become strong again and that Saddam will stir up trouble again?" Prince Sultan said.

Now Prince Sultan is a big shot in Saudi Arabia, a real powerful figure, responsible for the construction of the Arab coalition.

The headquarters of the Arab coalition is located in Riyadh, and then there will be military bases in each member country, and then they will be deployed.

King Fahd smiled faintly and said, "It will take at least 20 years to rebuild Iraq! Iraq will have to spend at least 250 billion US dollars or even more for post-war reconstruction. If Saddam wants to avoid being overthrown and losing power, he must not spend too much money on the army in the next 20 years."

"Twenty years later, perhaps the Arab League has truly achieved political, economic and military integration, and everyone is tied together, so there is no need to worry at all." Fahd said.

In the Arab world, Egypt and Iraq are the best at fighting, and the soldiers of these two countries are relatively good at fighting.

As for Saudi Arabia, its own people know its own business.

Since the end of the Gulf War, Saudi soldiers are no longer willing to undergo "hard" training like before.

Even though Saudi Arabia has invested a lot of energy in this regard, the effect is not very good.

In order to better build the army, Saudi Arabia has come up with a way, which is to attract those mercenaries with high salaries, give them high salaries, and arrange jobs for their families.

The excellent performance of the mercenaries can be said to have impressed Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other countries, and they have a particularly good impression of mercenaries.

They even think that mercenaries can give them a greater sense of security.

It's true that this method really helped them recruit a group of mercenaries who were willing to work in Saudi Arabia for a long time and serve as instructors.

However, it will take time to change the Saudi military.

For example, what made Saudi Arabia very helpless was that not long ago, the navy was very dissatisfied because they felt that the quality of the red wine provided by Saudi Arabia was average and asked for better quality red wine.

Let's see which country's navy can enjoy fine wine on warships.