Chapter 662: A Bad Move
The United States is attacking Iraq through Turkey. This is a brilliant move. The Kurds in northern Iraq have become allies of the United States. With the help of this group of local tyrants, the United States has now made two-fifths of Iraq's territory out of the control of the Iraqi government! Moreover, the United States is now attacking Baghdad. As long as Baghdad is captured, the United States' strategic intention will be fulfilled!
However, the United States is taking a great risk by doing this. It is surrounded by enemies, and only Türkiye behind it can provide a logistical supply channel!
It is quite dangerous to rely on such a narrow channel for logistics! The Soviets destroyed the Strait Bridge in Turkey in order to disrupt the supply of the United States! This move caused a little confusion in the United States. Fortunately, the United States' logistics supply capacity is quite strong and it recovered quickly.
But then, the Kurdish unrest in eastern Turkey once again provoked the nerves of the United States. The area where the Kurds were in unrest was the channel for American logistics supply! That's why the United States actively convened the NATO summit. Unfortunately, at this time, all NATO countries were considering their own interests and did not help Turkey more.
In order to avoid risks, the United States moved its logistics supply route south, closer to the Syrian border. This move proved to be quite wise. If it had still followed the original route, it would have been cut off by the Kurds in Diyarbakir.
However, the Americans did not remain happy for long, because a more powerful enemy emerged!
The Kurds are just a bunch of rabble, not a regular army, but the Syrians are different. They are definitely an elite force! With complete weapons from land, sea and air, the comprehensive invasion caught the United States off guard. In the blink of an eye, Şanlıurfa was lost. As a transit point for American logistics supplies, a large amount of supplies here were all cheaply given to the Syrians!
"Our decision to attack from Turkey was a bad move!" President Reagan kept talking at the Oval Conference Table in the White House: "If we had attacked directly from Saudi Arabia, there wouldn't be so much trouble!"
After hearing President Reagan's complaints, the others kept their mouths shut. They would not forget who had slammed the table and supported the attack from Turkey. Now, the situation had changed, and President Reagan started complaining again!
Now, it is no wonder that President Reagan complained that with Syria's entry into the war, the situation in the United States suddenly deteriorated, because the logistical supply of the US invading Iraqi army was completely cut off!
The combat effectiveness of the US military is based on strong logistical supply. For example, the M1 tank is a monster that drinks oil. The amount of ammunition consumed by the US military in a day is astronomical. Now, the logistical supply is cut off. It is not just that the troops cannot fight, but the invading troops may not even be able to retreat and will be surrounded and destroyed in Iraq!
An army without supplies is a lamb to be slaughtered!
"The most important thing for us now is to reopen the channel immediately! The Syrian army actually dared to invade Turkey. This is a challenge to our entire NATO!" Reagan continued: "We must mobilize NATO troops, land in Turkey, and drive the Syrian army out!"
The variable caused by this is Syria, so to solve the current problem, we must destroy the Syrian army!
Reagan was already furious at this time, and this emotion seriously affected his judgment.
"We in NATO are no longer as responsive as we used to be," Secretary of State George said. "Even if we propose something in NATO, I'm afraid there will be countries that oppose it."
Last time, the United States planned to use the power of NATO to quickly help Turkey quell the rebellion, but what happened? With the interference of Greece and the support of other countries, the war did not go on.
NATO is an organization established to respond to the invasion of the Soviet Union. The obligation of NATO member states is to unite and fight to defeat the Soviet invasion when the Soviet Union invades.
Therefore, it is not NATO's responsibility to quell the rebellion in Turkey. Now, similarly, it is not the Soviet Union but Syria that invaded Turkey! Iraq is just a bystander.
This is also the cleverness of the Soviets. The Soviets gathered their heavy troops in the east of Turkey, but they just didn't move out! On the contrary, they sent their own vassal states to the battlefield! If the Soviets didn't send troops, NATO would not be able to form a unified opinion! Damn, the Soviets are really good at playing tricks!
In the past, the Russian bear was like a stupid bear, which only knew how to use force to intimidate the Western world at every turn. The Western world could only fight against the Russian bear by banding together.
But what about now? The Russian bear is using conspiracy after conspiracy! The current situation in Turkey is so chaotic, it is definitely the Russian bear behind the scenes! The Russian bear has provoked hatred between Turkey and Greece. At this time, Greece, even if it knows that the Russian bear is behind the instigation, will definitely pounce on it without courtesy. They are sworn enemies, and it is not something that can be resolved by a word from the United States. Now that the situation in Turkey has deteriorated, it is a good opportunity for Greece to regain Cyprus.
If the United States can completely win this oil war, the Western world will definitely support it with all its strength. But now, after the unrest in the Kurdish region of Turkey and the invasion of the Syrian army, the logistical supply of the US army will be completely lost! The hundreds of thousands of US troops fighting in Iraq will completely collapse due to the lack of logistics!
What should the United States do at this time? Reagan was not good at military affairs, but he also knew that the current situation had deteriorated to the brink of being out of control. It seemed that the United States was about to lose the entire Middle East!
"The Soviets are still aggressive in Western Europe, and there are signs that the troops in East Germany are being mobilized. Under such circumstances, NATO's main focus is still on the plains of Western Europe. We cannot persuade other NATO countries to send more troops to participate in the dispute between Turkey and Syria," said Vice President Bush.
Efren is such an idiot! He is actually carrying out the GAP water conservancy project at this time! Cutting off other people's water supply is just a way to seek death. Türkiye should just die on its own, and don't let the United States be implicated!
As early as when the Turks were making a big fuss about this project, the United States realized that something was wrong. Unfortunately, the pressure on Turkey fell on deaf ears! Moreover, those Western European countries, for their own interests, actually participated in this hydropower project one after another, and even the United Kingdom got involved! Moreover, the United States did not expect that Syria was ready to invade!