Chapter 243: Sahaf

Back in January of this year. Chen Feng discussed the possibility of a U.S.-Iraq war with Messer and Karina, and told them with great certainty that once the U.S.-Iraq war broke out, it would bring great changes to the global stock market and the world economy, so that the two could formulate effective plans and strategies for dealing with and sniping.

At this point, Messer and Karina are very supportive of Chen Feng's point of view, so in January, they began to prepare for the investment strategy or money-making strategy that the group should adopt after the outbreak of the US-Iraq war.

Since the beginning of this year, the US-Iraq war has entered a period of showdown, and although the anti-war voices of France, Germany, Russia, and China have become increasingly loud, the US war posture has also been heating up day by day, and the deployment of troops has continued. Tracing the history of the US-Iran dispute over the past six months or so, the US attack on Iraq not only involves its own interests, but also has a tendency to ride a tiger. The willingness of France, Germany, Russia, and the middle-sized powers to make peace is limited to using the United Nations Security Council to contain the United States and delay the war, and they are powerless to prevent the war from the roots. After Bush's statement that the game was over, war was imminent.

As a result of the US-Iraq war, the price of crude oil in the United States market fluctuated sharply, with the May 2003 futures price of benchmark crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange rising sharply from around $26 per barrel in November 2002 to $39.99 per barrel at the end of February. The average price of IPE Brent crude oil reached $30.29 per barrel in January, and the average price from February 1 to February 7 reached $31.24 per barrel. It is the highest since the Gulf War in 1991.

The expectation of war and the continued high global oil prices directly benefit the upstream crude oil exploration and production business of the petroleum and petrochemical industry. The cost of such business is relatively stable, and the rise in crude oil prices directly leads to an increase in the company's revenue and profitability. The strong crude oil price is also beneficial to stabilize the high ex-factory price of the refining business, which can basically compensate for the increase in crude oil procurement costs. With the restructuring of the petroleum industry and the enhancement of cost control capabilities, the relative profitability of refining and refining companies has increased. On the whole, crude oil companies and petrochemical companies have certain investment value in the context of war expectations and the continued rise in global oil prices.

At present, it not only owns most of the shares of an oil field in Russia, but also has a certain share in several oil fields in the Philippines, Algeria, Bolivia and other places.

In addition, according to Chen Feng's Jianyi, in the futures market, Fengsai invested billions of dollars to buy oil put options in mid-March this year, while Huateng also invested billions of dollars to increase its holdings in oil stocks.

Since November last year, due to the market's anticipation of the United States and Britain attacking Iraq and the general strike of Venezuelan oil workers, international oil prices have risen rapidly, and on February 28 this year, they hit a new high of 39.99 US dollars per barrel since the 1990 Gulf War. Therefore, until the beginning of March, people were still generally optimistic that oil prices would continue to rise. However, after President Bush announced an ultimatum against Iraq in mid-March, the market generally believed that the United States would quickly start a war against Iraq, and that the war would be resolved quickly. And ended in an American victory. As soon as this news came out, speculative fund selling began to weigh on the market, and crude oil futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) fell sharply by $3 per barrel on the same day, with the largest intraday decline of more than 10%, giving people a taste of the huge risks in the oil market.

Of course, high risk means high interests, and although Chen Feng, who "predicts the future", knows that there are some deviations between the history of this life and the previous life, the general direction has not changed much, just like the US-Iraq war, the development of events is not much different from the history in Chen Feng's memory. Therefore, after careful consideration, Chen Feng still asked Messer to buy oil put options in mid-March, and Messer has always believed in the investment vision of Chen Feng, the boss, and did not hesitate to allocate $8 billion to buy, the reason why he did not invest too much is mainly to take into account the variables of the oil market and the reaction of the US financial market. As a result, it was naturally a big profit.

Huateng's side increased its holdings of oil stocks, and in just three months, the stock price also rose continuously. Although since then, as the US-Iraq war has progressed, the stock price has fluctuated from time to time. However, the overall direction continues to rise.

When the US-Iraq war was about to end in April, under Chen Feng's order, he sold a part, in addition to recovering the principal, he also made a lot of money, and the rest of the stocks continued to hold, because Chen Feng knew that in the next few years, oil prices would rise all the way, and it was really a good thing to increase his holdings of oil stocks at this time, so according to Chen Feng's investment strategy, Fengsai and Huateng, two large international investment groups, continued to steadily increase their holdings of oil stocks. Messer and Karina naturally have no objection to this investment strategy.

While the Chinese were celebrating the first long holiday of the Chinese New Year in 2003, the international financial market was still shrouded in the clouds of war, and the general decline in the global stock market became the latest portrayal of the market in the early days of the Year of the Goat.

Since the start of the US-Iraq war, the war situation did not develop in the direction expected by the market, causing oil prices to soar again and affect the world economy. The risk of a U.S.-Iraq war and a strike by Venezuelan oil producers have pushed crude oil prices up by about $10 a barrel. Brent crude futures for April delivery rose to a 29-month high of $34.55 a barrel, and one-month crude futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose to $38 a barrel. This is reminiscent of the "supply shock" caused by the weapons of oil in the Middle East countries in the 70s of the last century, and the US economy has since fallen into the quagmire of stagflation. The United States and Iran are playing with fire on oil depots, and the uncertainty can be imagined. The United States is bent on overthrowing Saddam's regime, and the resulting surge in oil prices has affected not only the US economy, but also the world economy.

Soaring oil prices have raised production costs for companies, and the world economy has not yet emerged from a recession, so companies are reluctant to expand investment. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. estimates that six major oil-consuming industries, including chemicals, which account for 4.5% of US GDP, will cut production by 20% in the following year, which will drag down US GDP by about 1 percentage point.

The U.S. stock market has been falling for three consecutive years, the first time since the Great Depression in the 30s of the last century. Since 2002, it has bottomed out several times and is difficult to stabilize, the Dow Jones index has fallen more than 1,000 points since the risk of the US-Iraq war increased in November last year, Japan's Nikkei index has even fallen to a more than 20-year low, Germany's Frankfurt index has hit a seven-year low, and France's Paris index has also hit a six-year low. The sluggish stock market has caused companies to be reluctant to expand investment, and the reverse wealth effect has caused consumers to reduce their consumption, which in turn has an impact on the world economy.

Relatively speaking, among the United States, other developed countries and developing countries with large energy consumption, other developed countries are the first to bear the brunt of the impact of soaring oil prices, followed by developing countries with high energy consumption, and the United States is the smallest. The United States has the advantage of low energy consumption per unit of output value and a huge strategic oil reserve that can be used for emergencies. The currency exchange rates of other developed countries have risen significantly since the progress of the US-Iraq war, and most of them are also large energy consumers, which have been affected on both sides. However, developing countries with large energy consumption have suffered from the lack of strategic petroleum reserves, high energy consumption per unit of output value, and the decline in exports that are important in the economy due to the economic downturn in developed countries, and the economic impact has been particularly great.

In the current US-Iraq war, China has inevitably suffered certain economic losses. As the world's third largest energy consumer after the United States and Japan, and a net importer of oil, the fluctuation of international oil prices has a great impact on China's economy. In China, dependence on imported oil has risen from 16 percent in 1995 to 25 percent in 2000 and has now risen to 28 percent, and more than 50 percent of imported oil comes from the Middle East. But compared to Europe, which is fiercely anti-war, its dependence on Middle Eastern oil is only 40%. In particular, China has not yet established a sound oil security strategy and oil reserve system. The economy will be quite sensitive to international oil prices. In addition, fluctuations in international oil prices will also affect the prices of upstream and downstream petroleum products and related products. For example, with the rise in oil prices, the price of petroleum chemical fiber raw materials is also rising. For example, at present, the price of domestic polyester and other petroleum chemical fiber raw materials has risen by nearly 20% compared with the beginning of last year. And with the rise in the price of chemical fiber, most of the domestic textile enterprises began to rush to buy cotton, and the price of cotton has risen by more than 20% recently. As a result, the production costs of enterprises have risen, and the prices of consumer goods have risen. For example, the rise in air tickets and gasoline prices will directly affect people's consumption. In addition, the biggest impact is on export trade, because the economic downturn in developed countries directly affects domestic commodity exports.

In fact, although the United States spent $20 billion on the US-Iraq war, the real people who paid the bill were oil consumers all over the world. As a matter of fact. They were the ones who paid the bills for the first Gulf War. On this point, the US political elite, who have long been preparing to "topple the Sa" situation, will not be unclear. As early as the end of 1998, there was an unprecedented large-scale merger and acquisition of international oil companies, with an acquisition value of nearly $200 billion, of which more than 70 percent was controlled by American oil companies. Beginning on 1 January 2002, the United States Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) was increased by 150,000 barrels per day. At the end of last year, the world crude oil price once exceeded $30 per barrel, and during this period, the United States used the strategic petroleum reserves purchased at low prices to make oil futures for low entry and high output. With the amount of US strategic petroleum reserves, 4 million barrels of oil per day will be released into the world oil market, which will not only be enough to make up for the shortage of 1 million barrels of oil caused by the interruption of Iraqi oil, but will also be able to easily pay the "inverted" bill. In other words, compared with the first Gulf War, the United States, which is already more familiar with financial operations, can directly ask the world's oil consumers to "pay" for the "downfall" war.

And in this US-Iraq war, the biggest loser is undoubtedly Iraq.

Iraq has the potential to become one of the richest countries in the world, but its resources have been wasted on war and sanctions. Despite the eight-year war with Iran, Iraq is still the most powerful country in the Middle East, ranking first in the Arab world in terms of comprehensive national strength, with a rich life and a modern city. However, this qiē ended in the 1991 Gulf War.

Iraq's once thriving middle class now has to hustle and turn around every day to feed itself, electricity has become a luxury, air conditioners and refrigerators have become furnishings, and children who don't even have shoes have dropped out of school or begged on the streets to feed their families...... As a result of chronic malnutrition and a shortage of medicines, Iraq's physical fitness has generally declined and their health has deteriorated dramatically, especially among the elderly and children. In Kalad, Baghdad's central business district, the vast majority of shops are desperately short of goods. For today's average earners of $3 a month, visiting the store has long been a memory pleasure.

Iraq is rich in tourism resources, and Baghdad used to be a tourist destination for foreign tourists. However, the international blockade has cut off the source of visitors. And that's just the tip of the iceberg, as war and sanctions have brought Iraq's economic development to a near standstill, and Iraq's civilian population has suffered the most.

Chen Feng naturally has a deep understanding of this, because in his previous life, as long as he watched the news, he would generally see reports on the war in Iraq. And because of this time. After making great gains in sniping oil futures, Chen Feng once again injected one billion US dollars into the Yonglan Foundation, with the help of the Yonglan Foundation, to carry out humanitarian assistance work in Iraq as soon as possible. Moreover, under Chen Feng's instructions, it is even necessary to establish a branch of the Yonglan Fund in Iraq to better carry out rescue activities for Iraqi civilians.

In addition, Chen Feng also contacted the U.S. headquarters of the Guòlong Foundation, asking them to set up a branch of the Long Fund in Iraq to help more people in need.

In this way, although Chen Feng also knows that in this way, he will not be able to fundamentally solve the current poverty and backwardness situation in Iraq, but he can help one by one.

Speaking of the current US-Iraq war, we cannot fail to mention Iraq's Minister of Information Al-Sahaf. From late March to early April, the Iraq War was in full swing, and the precision-guided bombs of the US-British coalition were bombarding and indiscriminately targeting important targets every day, and the vanguard of the US military had already attacked the city of Baghdad. As Iraq's information minister, Sahaf held a press conference on time every day as usual, and he was full of words, laughing and scolding, fighting against the United States and Britain, and making a big show. Again and again, when he stood in front of a large wave-like microphone at the press conference to speak and answer reporters' questions, there were explosions, thick smoke, and a sea of fire behind him. Until the US tanks rushed into the city of Baghdad and drove almost under his nose, he still "collapsed in front of him without changing his color." He was witty, humorous, and witty, scolding the United States and Britain for their "second cloth" and damaging the arrogant and domineering US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to the point of bullshit. ridiculed the invincible US-British coalition to the point of worthlessness, and the global audience applauded and fell for it. Dressed in an olive-green military uniform and a beret and talking to reporters in front of a microphone, Sahaf is already a world-renowned figure, no matter how far from reality.

Sahaf fought the United States and Britain with his bare hands, and it was a wonderful contest. Some even say that in Iraq, the war has almost become "Sahaf's one-man war". In those days, in the face of the powerful offensive of the US-British coalition forces, Baghdad was already in danger, the Iraqi Republican Guard did nothing and gave up resistance, Saddam Hussein and senior Iraqi officials "disappeared en masse", and Iraq was already at a loss. Some people praised Sahaf as "fighting back artillery with words" and "one man can reach two divisions". As a result of the contest, the US-British coalition conquered a country with information warfare, but Sahaf conquered the hearts of the people all over the world with a wonderful language in the Arabic style. Who wins and who loses is one way of saying from a military point of view, and another from a cultural point of view. The Iraqi public believes that Sahaf "represents the indomitable Iraqis." Al-Sahaf is also widely regarded in the Arab world as a "hero who defended the honor of Iraq." Sahaf's slang and swear against the United States and Britain have emboldened the Iraqi people, and the Arab world has applauded him and made the audience of the enemy country fall in love with him.

An American columnist was impressed by Sahaf's brilliant language and created a website called "We Love Minister Sahaf," which became popular as soon as it was opened, with an average of 4,000 hits per second, so that the Internet was congested and disconnected, and the website had to be shut down. The dignified US President George W. Bush was repeatedly insulted by Sahaf to the point of crying and laughing, but Bush Jr. could not "hate" Sahaf, and he laughed and told reporters, "He is great" and "He is a classic." Bush Jr. admitted that every day when it was time for Sahaf to hold a press conference, whether he was in a meeting or at work, he could not help but turn around and look at what Sahaf was "talking nonsense" from the television.

During that time, Sahaf often faced reporters from various countries "talking nonsense with his eyes open" and falsely reporting the "war situation". However, the media of various countries did not "verbally criticize him" for his behavior of "deceiving world public opinion," and it is obvious that the media of various countries have a "good impression" of him. The US military has obviously broken through Baghdad, but he said: "There are no American infidels in the city of Baghdad, and there will never be," and "the place where I am standing is the Iraqi Information Department, and the US troops have not attacked here, and the US troops have not attacked Baghdad." Even as the U.S. tanks stopped in front of the presidential palace in Baghdad, he held a press conference in a challenging posture, claiming that the Iraqi army had killed a large number of U.S. soldiers attacking Baghdad. When he couldn't hide it anymore, he added: "These scoundrels are committing crimes at the gates of Baghdad", "We deliberately put them in the city so that it would be easier to destroy them, and we have blocked their retreat", "We will kill them all", "The American troops will either surrender or stay in the tanks and wait to be burned", and so on. When he said these "big words" and "false words", he was bold and vigorous, his face was not red, and his heart did not beat. Why is the press so tolerant of Sahaf? Because in such an asymmetric war without any suspense, Iraq will be defeated, and everyone knows this. While denouncing the enemy army, Sahaf used some untrue words to "bluff" or "confuse the real with falsehood", which is the last means of "resistance" when he is in a desperate situation, and there is nothing to blame. As one commentator put it, Sahaf "lied so tragically that it made people want to cry after laughing". It was right to say that at that moment, the "sensationalism" of Sahaf's speech was already "far more important than accuracy".

In the eyes of journalists from all over the world, Sahaf is also very humane. Journalists from various countries who are running around in the smoke of artillery fire every day may encounter danger to their lives at any time. Sahaf did not forget to verbally comfort his colleagues, and he told reporters: "Perhaps, the sound of explosions has disturbed you, you are the distinguished guests and friends of Iraq, but Iraq must deal with these foreign villains." ”

The reporters did not bet their lives on him, but Sahaf's concern for everyone made everyone feel like a fresh breeze and a sweet spring. Sahaf also took the initiative to explain to reporters the use of vulgar language to insult the United States and Britain: "I am very sorry that I use such (insulting) language, (but) against the criminals who bombed our people, such insults are not enough." This has made the reporters even more convinced that Sahaf is not insulted because he is uneducated and uneducated, but because he is extremely resentful of the enemy who slaughtered the Iraqi people. Therefore, it is not surprising that in the days when Baghdad fell and Sahaf no longer showed up, the media published articles such as "Where is Sahaf gone" and "Sahaf is deeply missed", and all kinds of speculations about his "life and death" were speculated.

But at the end of the day, Sahaf is a tragic figure. It was a tragedy that his country had suffered the devastation of this war, and it was a tragedy for him to experience and express himself in this war. During the war, Sahaf was loyal to his duties, and when the US troops approached Baghdad, the senior officials of the Saddam regime "disappeared en masse", but Sahaf took several assistants to the Hekmat radio station in Baghdad and continued to work on a wireless radio truck in the courtyard. In an interview with British journalists, Hasen, an engineer at the radio station, later recalled that all the top Iraqi officials had fled, and that only Sahaf was still holding his ground, "he was fighting a one-man war." After Baghdad was occupied by the US military, Sahaf also wanted to hold a press conference at the Palestinian Hotel, but on the way, he found US soldiers patrolling ahead and turned back. Sahaf, who returned to the radio station, completely lost contact with Saddam's regime, and the radio station was also cut off from food, but he continued to broadcast in Arabic on the radio truck hungry, asking the citizens to take up arms to resist the US troops. In the early hours of the next morning, a large number of American tanks drove near the radio station, and Sahaf felt that the situation was over. He slowly took off the beret on his head, took off the epaulettes to identify himself, wrapped himself in an Arab turban and robe, and walked away desolately. In the early days of the war, when Sahaf came forward to hold a press conference, the deputy prime minister, the defense minister and other government dignitaries sat on the stage. As the battle situation deteriorated rapidly, there were fewer and fewer people sitting behind him, and then no one came at all, and he sang the "one-man show" to the end alone. In the end, Saddam's regime left him alone, and some people say that he was one of Saddam's most discardable pawns. Fundamentally speaking, Saddam Hussein is a Sunni Muslim and Sahaf is a Shia Muslim. Sahaf was Saddam's "dissident", not confidant. Saddam's henchmen are none other than his in-laws and fellow countrymen. Sahaf is not a Tikrit, and he does not seem to have a kinship with the Saddam family. Moreover, there are contradictions between Sahaf and Saddam's eldest son, Uday. In this way, it is reasonable for Saddam Hussein to finally take Sahaf as a sacrifice, push him alone to the front desk as a shield, and set off a smoke screen to cover the "collective invisibility" of Saddam Hussein himself and high-ranking officials.

After Iraq's defeat in the Gulf War, diplomacy fell into great passivity, and Saddam Hussein was eager to improve foreign relations and appointed Sahaf as foreign minister. However, Sahaf, who has always been known for his "bad temper" and "hard words," has caused "sparks to fly" in Iraq's diplomatic activities. He warned that Iran is "playing with fire" in developing relations with the United States, accused Arab League Secretary General Majid of "deliberately embarrassing Iraq," and often bluntly accused the United States of engaging in "hegemonism," and so on. His consistently "tough" diplomatic style is obviously incompatible with the diplomatic situation facing Iraq. Therefore, it is a pity that he has failed to make any achievements in promoting the transformation of Iraq's diplomatic strategy after eight years as foreign minister, and it is a pity that he has missed a God-given opportunity. In April 2001, Sahaf's conflict with Uday became public, and he was abruptly dismissed from his post as foreign minister and transferred to the post of information minister. Two years later, the Iraq War began. However, it was the bad shape of Iraq that was facing the disaster of national destruction, which actually made him show his talent with iron mouth and bronze teeth, and he became a blockbuster. He bucked the trend and became famous, but now that the country is dead, what is the use of his name? There is a saying that "when heaven and earth help me, when I am transported to heroes, I am not free." Sahaf is "when heaven and earth do not help him, but when he goes, he will show his talents", and his luck is not good.

The Sahaf phenomenon illustrates that war is also a culture. In other words, war also attaches to culture and influences culture. The Iraq War not only presented a brand-new characteristic of information-based warfare, but also presented a completely new cultural landscape of war. You see, the news media in various countries around the world have "live-streamed" this war, making it a hot spot for global viewership, is this a completely new phenomenon of war culture? Of course it is. If you look at it again, Sahaf confronts the global news media every day, using the literary language of laughter, anger, and humor, and sometimes even using the absurd method of "telling nonsense with his eyes open" to fight against the United States and Britain. However, we must not misunderstand this, as if in the new century, people all over the world are bored to treat war as a "play." I'm just saying that the Sahaf phenomenon is, in essence, a cultural phenomenon of war. On a deeper level, the power of culture is more powerful than the power of war. War can destroy lives, destroy cities, and conquer countries, but it is extremely difficult to conquer people's hearts. What can really penetrate and conquer the hearts of the people in the world is the power of literature and culture. The US-British coalition forces advanced their precision-guided bombs, their tactics of "decapitation" and "deterrence," and the speed with which they captured Baghdad, but people seem to have quickly forgotten about this qiē and are not much interested in talking about it again. Why? Because people are disgusted with war. On the contrary, Sahaf's wonderful words against the United States and Britain not only became a hot topic of conversation in the Middle East, Europe and the United States, and even the world during the war, but also many people still talk about it today. Why? Because it touches people's hearts and goes deep into people's hearts. This inadvertently reminds the world that whoever creates more intoxicating literary works for mankind will be more likely to be remembered by the world. It seems that the more culture there is in human society, the more beautiful it is.

The "war of words" in war has existed since ancient times. In the military activities of our ancient Chinese, we were very rich in theory and practice in this regard. Sun Tzu's "anger and scratching, humility and arrogance" is probably one of the earliest theories of "tongue war" in China. The "scolding array" before the war between the two sides on the ancient battlefield may be the earliest origin of the "war of words". Zhuge Liang, Chen Lin, and You Heng in classical Chinese novels and traditional repertoire can all be called masters of "tongue warfare". These famous events all took place in a state of war, and they all had to use the power of the "mouthpiece" to deal with the common military enemy Cao Cao. There are many examples of similar situations in the world, where good people "war" with evil forces, and wicked people shake their lips and deceive world public opinion.

Sahaf fought against the United States and Britain, but he "fought" to a new international level, which made people generally feel fresh, peculiar, and enjoyable; Not only has it caused a global sensation, but people on both their own side, their enemies, and third parties have a favorable opinion of Sahaf. There are also people who are disgusted with him, not many.

Sahaf's performance can almost become a swan song. It is certain that there will continue to be wars around the world in the future, but I am afraid that such a wonderful scene as Sahaf's war against the United States and Britain will never be seen again in the future. One article said: "His classic words and astute reactions will be irreplaceable for a long time to come." "In the future, even if someone wants to imitate Sahaf's set, it will be an imitation, and it will not be possible to produce such a great charm again.

Sahaf's war against the United States and Britain is in essence a cry of weakness under the high pressure of international powers, and it is also a cry of helplessness. The main reasons for the US war against Iraq are not enough to convince people. If you settle old accounts and say that Iraq provoked the Iran-Iraq war, yes, but at that time, it was your old United States who secretly supported Saddam Hussein. It is wrong to say that Iraq has invaded Kuwait, yes, but it has already been punished by the Guò Gulf War. If we reckon with the accusation that Iraq supports terrorism, neither Saddam nor bin Laden admit that they have anything to do with each other, let alone find evidence to prove this, but there is material to prove that they "do not trust each other." The claim that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction, after rounds of in-depth investigation by the UN weapons inspection team, has not found even the slightest clue.

Under these circumstances, the United States and Britain forcibly started a war against Iraq, and many people in the world were not convinced. From the analysis of war psychology, the two countries are at war and sympathize with the weak, which is a common "war watching psychology". Therefore, Sahaf bitterly denounced the "Erbu" and the US-British allied forces as "rogue powers," "infidels," "wolves of ambition," "lackeys," "dwarfs," "cowards," "villains," "clowns," "liars," "fools," "cowboys," "villains from foreign countries," "those dogs," "blood-sucking brutes," "war criminals," and "international hooligans targeting civilians." He called Bush Jr. a "fool" and a "bastard" and "I speak English better than Bush, a scoundrel"; scolded Blair as an "illegitimate child", "shoes can't be worn well", "Britain is not as valuable as an old shoe", and scolded him boldly, harshly, rough and bold.

All the people in the world who sympathize with the weak feel relieved and relieved when they listen to Sahaf's insults to the United States and Britain. Particularly in Arab countries, even women, who usually pay little attention to current affairs, often turn on their televisions to watch Sahaf's press conferences, while men gather in cafes to watch how Sahaf is trying to harm Americans. There was a construction worker in Cairo who said that, yes, Sahaf's swearing is a bit vulgar, the Americans don't curse at press conferences, but they kill, "I'd rather watch a liar than an executioner." This is a classic, a word-breaker, and they love to listen to Sahaf laughing and scolding, and there is a heavy heart.

Sahaf's charm is mainly in his wonderful language. The media of various countries commented that "Sahaf is fluent in language" and "likes to taunt". Sahaf's language has a strong Arabic style, and even those swearing vulgar words have become a living literary language from his mouth, humorous, mean, and funny, which makes people laugh and spit tea and rice.

His language style is different, vivid, wonderful, and expressive, which makes people all over the world amazed, fascinated, and captivated. Nowadays, what other government officials in the world dare to use such terms as "cold-blooded bastards," "dogs," and "donkeys" to condemn the Yankees and the British? In the official vocabulary of all countries in the world, can you still find one or two vivid words like "let the American infidels go to the sun in fantasy" and "Britain is not worth hitting with shoes"? But Sahaf has a full belly, and he comes when he opens his mouth, how can he not be fascinating?

Listening to a press conference with him is more enjoyable than listening to a book review, and even more enjoyable than reading a classic Arabic classic. A Lebanese columnist said viewers weren't really interested in the accuracy of Mr. Sahaf's speech, but were particularly interested in his funny words.

In addition to the charm of language, Sahaf also has his personality. The media of various countries are more unanimous in their view that al-Sahaf is a well-educated Iraqi intellectual, "fluent in Arabic and English," "eloquent in his speech," and "very cultured." During the war, he wore an Iraqi military uniform of different colors and styles, wore a beret, sometimes wore glasses, and always shaved his beard and went out to meet people. When the national disaster is at the head, he still does not forget his personal appearance and always does not lose his elegant demeanor. In the critical situation of the war, he can still be calm and calm and deal with it easily, which is even more impressive to the media. When the building of the Department of Public Information was destroyed, he worked with everyone to extinguish the fire in the building, and then moved the venue of the press conference to the street, with the scene of the bombing in the background. A Reuters reporter was killed on the spot, and he moved his press conference to the scene of the bombing of the Palestinian hotel. He traveled everywhere, leading reporters from all over the world to visit one bombed site after another. This qiē has smeared Sahaf and his deeds with a strong tragic color. The press has always been known for being critical, but in the eyes of industry insiders, Sahaf is a conscientious information minister.

Of all the remarks of the Sahaf against the United States and Britain, the loudest sentence was: "Iraq will never surrender!" Its words are solemn, and its bones are solemn. He said this on behalf of the country, on behalf of the government, on behalf of the Iraqi people, and on behalf of himself. However, in Chen Feng's memory, the "iron head" Saddam Hussein did not do it in the end, and the "iron mouth" Sahaf did not do it in the end, which surprised people all over the world. When Saddam Hussein was arrested in a cave in the ground, he expressed his willingness to surrender, and the people of the world were already "sad that he would not die." Sahaf actually took the initiative to ask the US military for surrender by "a few friends of Tongguò." It was really a great sorrow that Sahaf was discouraged at the critical juncture, that he had lost his dignity and dignity at the end of his road, and that he had lost all his personality and national dignity! At that time, more than two months after his disappearance, the media reappeared, which once again caused a sensation and caused the citizens of Baghdad to "stay up all night" and miss him, sympathize with him, pity him, and hate him. At this time, Sahaf was already "the green silk of the past turned gray hair", just like Wu Zixu passed the Zhao Pass and turned white overnight. He was not as humorous as he used to be, his voice was hoarse, and he was much thinner.

Chen Feng also admired and sighed for the character of Sahaf. If he could, Chen Feng really wanted to stop him from dying in his later years and prevent him from becoming a "hero" to a "coward".

But obviously, Chen Feng is really beyond his reach for this, and he can only hope that Sahaf in this life will not repeat the tragedy of his previous life. As the smoke of the Iraq war cleared, the goal of "bringing down the country and Iraq" seemed to have been achieved, but the U.S. government soon discovered that they might be dragged into a protracted guerrilla war. Since President Bush announced the end of the large-scale military operation in Iraq, the situation in Iraq has not stabilized as expected, but has become more and more chaotic, and the fighting in Iraq has not stopped for a single day. Regarding the Iraq War, many people say that the United States has won, while others say that the United States has lost. Those who say that the United States has won are looking at the problem from a military point of view, believing that the United States has defeated Saddam, so the United States has won. Those who say that the United States has failed are looking at the problem from the perspective of the overall strategic situation and the political, military, economic, and social aspects, so they say that the United States has failed. The increasingly complex shape of the war and the huge military spending have gradually made the US government feel powerless, and it has also cast a shadow of uncertainty over the global economy.

The situation in Iraq is volatile, and the impact of the war on the region and the world economy is becoming increasingly apparent. In view of the fact that the ties of economic globalization have made the world economy increasingly interdependent, compared with the Gulf War in the early 90s of the last century, the severe consequences of the current Iraq war will certainly have a negative impact on the world economy, which is struggling to come out of the trough.