MTL - Big Time 1958-Chapter 929 Egyptian mediation

"The Soviet Union still hopes that both Cuba and the United States will exercise restraint. The stability of Central America also requires local powers to shoulder international responsibilities. This is not a time when personal emotions dominate policies. Maintaining peace requires local regional powers to maintain a calm judgment and not miscalculate the situation. ." This attitude of the Soviet Union seems to be fine on the surface.

   But in fact, for the United States of America, this is a very humiliating statement. The Soviet Union attributed the confrontation in Central America to the confrontation between Cuba and the United States. When did the United States fall to the same level as Cuba?

   American public opinion exploded at once, and the words arrogance and arrogance appeared in major media. Disgust towards the Soviet Union has flooded the United States, and there have been incidents of burning the Soviet flag in some important locations. These photos were collected by the Soviet Union and used for domestic propaganda to the Soviet people. The two countries, from the government to the people, grew hostility exponentially.

"Seize every occasion to humiliate America, trample on their self-esteem, trample American values ​​under their feet, humiliate them, and get angry Americans to support Reagan, we have a confrontation, a confrontation like never before. This is what Reagan wanted, It's also what I want, the Cold War can't continue endlessly, someone always has to bow their heads and admit defeat."

Serov put his fingers on his chin and said with an indifferent smile, "I want to give Reagan a chance to mobilize public opinion, defeat the strongest United States, and end this tug of war that has lasted for decades. It is our generation's responsibility."

   "In the economic aspect, we still need to improve the news and tap the potential, and we must not relax in the ideological aspect. If we do the work in these two aspects, no one can do anything to us."

  The Soviet Union expressed its willingness to mediate the confrontation between the United States and Cuba, and at the same time, reports that defined the United States as a regional power continued to ferment across the United States. While Americans were angry, they remembered Reagan's definition of the Soviet Union, an evil empire. For the first time, many people who were originally disliked by Reagan felt that the president who was a third-rate actor was so far-sighted.

   In this undisguised humiliation, Reagan's approval rating reached a new high. Almost the vast majority of Americans believe that the Soviet Union should be taught a lesson. Now the Soviet Union does not respect the United States enough. By the 1980s, most Americans, under the influence of mainstream media, already believed that the Soviet Union was a superpower on an equal footing with themselves.

   It has been very difficult for Americans to admit that the enemy is equal to himself, and now the worst enemy is humiliating his own country. This is enough to make people angry, in any country. Know that it has spread all over the world. If there is no response, I don't know how other countries will view the United States.

"Actually sometimes, I think the general secretary of the Soviet Union is not easy to deal with, but often when he thinks so, the other party makes a not-so-sophisticated judgment." Reagan accepted the Soviet Union's divine assist with a smile and was very happy at the same time. Taunt the enemy.

   Confrontation is exactly what the Reagan administration wanted, and the humiliation of the Soviet Union was in the midst of it, which helped Reagan rally his supporters. In this case, regardless of whether the Soviet Union had a deep purpose, Reagan would choose to accept this generous gift.

The spokesperson of the U.S. State Department immediately responded to the Soviet Union with a slightly tough tone, accusing an anti-American country of bringing the Americas into chaos. Responsibility, U.S. military spending in the next year, will continue to increase to complete the Star Wars program in preparation.

   The next day, a cartoon appeared in the Soviet Union Youth League Pravda. The main character in the cartoon is the current US President Ronald Reagan, plus a towering dollar. The remarks said that Reagan was going to step on the US national debt to reach the moon. The name of the inscription is even more noticeable, it is the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Shelov.

"What's the matter? I have seen many battles. I have also met several US presidents. Nixon also accepted my works. Reagan should feel lucky." A few days later, someone asked about this matter. At the time, Serov did not hide his versatility in the slightest, and drew another picture of Reagan after his dementia. After humiliating the United States, he began to humiliate Reagan again.

The humiliation of the connection brought the anti-Soviet sentiment in the United States to the extreme, and even caused criticism from Western European countries. Some worried views were thrown out, saying that the Soviet Union’s actions had no intention of world peace. Now that the United States is so strong, the Soviet Union is so tough. If the Soviet Union really controls the world, it will not be good for all countries, etc.

  Similar concerns put a lot of pressure on the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs, what should we do? No matter what, old people govern the country, it’s normal that they can’t respond quickly. Comrade Gromyko is seventy-six years old.

   This arrogant attitude made this criticism spread even more rapidly. Western Europe, which was quite critical of the Soviet Union, persuaded the Soviet Union to respect the United States, instead of intensifying the peaceful situation in the world, which was not peaceful, like Reagan.

The difference between Reagan and the leaders of Western Europe is that he did not just talk. Just a few days after the Soviet Union said that the United States was a regional power, a huge armed conflict broke out between North and South Yemen, and an armed force in Democratic Yemen was attacked. , Nearly a hundred soldiers were ambushed, and the battle lasted for several hours. When the support troops arrived, they saw only one place of corpses. The militant group that attacked has disappeared.

   "A handful of imperialist lackeys are controlling our compatriots, making them fight with us in civil war!" Ali Nasser, General Secretary of Democratic Yemen, blamed the armed forces in North Yemen for causing the conflict and declared that he would retaliate. At the appropriate time, end this divided situation and complete the reunification of the country.

  The conflict between North and South Yemen also suddenly intensified. For several days, North and South Yemen launched shelling on each other at the border. The troops of the two countries are also continuously heading to the border, and the situation on the Arabian Peninsula seems to be tense all at once.

This is very unfavorable to the Soviet Union. The area of ​​democratic Yemen supported by the Soviet Union is more than three times that of North Yemen supported by the United States. From the map, it seems that it should have an absolute advantage, but in fact this map is deceiving, like the land of Siberia Like the tundra, most of Yemen's population and arable land are in the hands of North Yemen.

North Yemen was ruled by Shiites, and South Yemen was originally Sunni, but the country was controlled by a group of atheists who followed Soviet policies, and atheism in South Yemen was deepening. This is because South Yemen’s oil reserves are not large. But because the population is small, the people of the country can also get good protection, so that atheism begins to gain a foothold.

   Most of Yemen’s oil reserves are in South Yemen, and these fields should have been discovered after Yemen was reunified. However, the Soviet Union has a big spy chief. After the pro-Soviet faction initially took control of Yemen, he began to use local resources to help the pro-Soviet parties gain a foothold. At least for now, although the economy of South Yemen is not strong, it is still slightly better than that of North Yemen. Be stronger.

   The conflict at this stage is of course unfavorable to the Soviet Union. The population of South Yemen is already small, and this is a huge disadvantage for places like the Arab region where the number of people is still an important war factor. In the case of a total war in South Yemen, the Soviet Union is unavoidable to provide support.

   No one wants to spend more, and the Soviet Union is certainly no exception. Especially in the face of Reagan's situation, the conflict between North and South Yemen is by no means a good thing for the Soviet Union, and the investment in war is too great. Regardless of the damage to the prestige of the Soviet Union.

   "Contact with Egypt and ask Egypt to mediate the war between North and South Yemen. Why should they be of the same race? When necessary, North and South Yemen will be unified!" Shelov had to ask Egypt to come forward to prevent the conflict between North and South Yemen from continuing to expand.

  North Yemen, controlled by Shiites, is not a mortal enemy that must be killed for the Soviet Union. The Houthi armed forces that brought great trouble to Saudi Arabia in later generations are the Shiite armed forces in North Yemen. The conflict crisis between Yemen and Saudi Arabia in later generations. It's not just about oil, it's no longer the result of Western forces playing a role in it, and it's probably difficult for Western forces to reconcile the differences. The struggle between the Saudi-backed Sunnis and the Iran-backed Shiites is now gradually being planned for a potential full-scale tribal war. Therefore, based on this consideration, it is not impossible for North Yemen to win over.

  If the Soviet Union did not help Egypt in the Middle East war, Egypt, which has been defeated in a row, is believed to have been successfully usurped by Saudi Arabia by now, and it cannot lead the Arab world alone. At the beginning, Shelov helped Egypt, and today is the harvest time. Today's Egypt is still the birthplace of Arab nationalism and the most powerful country in the Arab world.

  The relationship between Egypt and Saudi Arabia is not good. The two have different views. Egypt hopes to unify the Arab world. The confrontation between the two is also intermittent, and the relationship is good and bad.

"Moscow wants us to mediate the conflict between North and South Yemen? In fact, I also want to do the same. Showing goodwill to the Soviet Union is only one aspect. This is a good opportunity to expand our influence." I support him, but now Mubarak has not yet made his achievements to convince everyone. It is too dangerous to launch a war against Israel again. The conflict between North and South Yemen is just such an opportunity.

Half a month after the conflict broke out between North and South Yemen, Egyptian leader Mubarak publicly called for a ceasefire between the two sides. Egypt's call was immediately approved by Syria, Iraq and Iran. In Cairo, the capital of Egypt, North and South Yemen did it together.

  This mediation shows that Egypt's leadership in the Arab world is still useful and that Saudi Arabia cannot solve everything with money.