Chapter 718 - The United States Comes to Collect Debts
PS: This chapter is the reward of 10,000 starting coins for the book friend "Eternal 11" last week.
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Idris's presidency of Iraq is just the beginning, and there are those Kurds in the Kurdistan Autonomous Region to solve.
Compared with the task of occupying the entire territory of Iraq in the wasteland, this task in this world seems to be relatively easy, but in fact, it is more troublesome.
And everything in the wasteland is only about strength, as long as strength is up, everything is easy to do.
In today's Iraq, under the influence of various interests, it is not possible to achieve the goal by blindly crushing it with strength alone.
Idris's statement of this issue is naturally the most critical, but he does not know the specific inside story, nor does he know what kind of Iraq Cai Ruichen wants.
That's why I ask such a question.
"How many such clans are there under the current Iraqi government?" Cai Ruichen did not answer Idris's question immediately, but asked first.
"In the whole of Iraq, only the eastern and southern regions of Baghdad still have such clan forces, and almost every city has several different factional clan armed forces, large and small, nearly 100, according to records, the number of these armed personnel adds up to at least 70,000 or 80,000, but the actual armed personnel may have exceeded 150,000." Idris said.
"150,000 private troops, that's a terrible number. No government will allow this power to exist within the state, and I will never allow it, for fifteen months. These private forces must be dealt with immediately, and this matter will be handed over to Zhao Long to complete, you only need to help. Cai Ruichen said sternly.
This scale is a little more than he expected, and if these private armies are not solved, not to mention the huge trouble that is very likely to be caused in the future, they will have the next intermediate permission task. It's impossible to complete.
These forces are all in Iraq, and with the presence of these forces, it is impossible to think that the base is possible. Iraq has been fully controlled.
So, in any case, within the permissions task required between the requirements, such a problem. It must be resolved as soon as possible.
Naturally, Idris didn't know the relationship inside. But hearing Cai Ruichen's words, he was also quite excited.
After all, as an Iraqi, he also wants to see a unified country, an Iraq that develops in unity. These armed forces are also one of the main reasons restricting this development, and the next president, he naturally cannot tolerate such an existence.
Even Hafez, who is still president, cannot tolerate such an existence. Unfortunately, Hafez is limited in his abilities. Nor does it have the strength to deal with these clan forces, so they can only exercise relative control and leave this trouble to the next government.
Similarly, if it weren't for Cai Ruichen's support, even if Idris could become the president of Iraq, he would not have the strength to dismantle these clan forces.
All it is only because the government is not strong, otherwise where would there be such trouble.
It doesn't make sense to hand over these things to Zhao Long, and after he comes to power, Zhao Long will become the new defense minister of the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, commanding the armed forces of Iraq throughout the country.
Such a task, handed over to Zhao Long, is not only justified, but also the most suitable.
Because Idris himself knew very well that in fact, for the Marin Division and the Tikrit Division, without Zhao Long's nod, he would not be able to command a soldier.
"How are you preparing for the election?" Cai Ruichen then asked.
"Everything is ready, and no one will come to compete with me, because everyone knows that without your support, no one can be elected president, and with the attitude of the United States, no one will try to run against me." Idris replied.
"No matter what, you have to be completely prepared, and you can't make any mistakes as a president." Cai Ruichen nodded, such a result is normal, as for the so-called election in Iraq, it is just a farce, everything is under control.
And in this election, the United Nations did not bother to send a monitoring team to supervise the fairness of the selection, and Idris was elected without running away.
"However, the U.S. side has also said that during my presidency, I need to repay part of the debt of Iraq and the United States." Idris said.
Cai Ruichen also knows that the United States has been short of money recently, and various budgets have been reduced again and again.
And the United States, which is repatriating dollars around the world, will naturally have to collect debts from these debtors.
Without the support of the Future Technology Group, the United States would not even be in the mood to speak, and if the Iraqi government did not come to ask for help, the Americans would be very happy.
With the support of Future Technology Group, the United States is not worried that the Iraqi government will run out of money, so the repayment of the money is also on the table.
And the debts of Iraq and the United States are not a small amount, in addition to those already secured by oil, there are nearly tens of billions of dollars of debt, which are not even the dollars of those aids.
Tens of billions of dollars, Cai Ruichen can help the Iraqi government repay it at any time as long as he is willing, and can even help the Iraqi government get those mortgaged oil fields from the hands of the United States to its own hands.
However, to be honest, Cai Ruichen does not want to do this, and if tens of billions of dollars are repaid to the United States, it will not be good news for Russia.
So even if he had the money to pay it back, he wouldn't do it in a short time.
But the United States, as a condition for supporting Idris, must also admit such a debt, that is, this money must be repaid as long as the two countries do not turn their faces.
"This matter can be delayed, after all, Iraq is in ruins, and it needs to spend more money, and the money invested in infrastructure construction alone is expected to exceed 200 billion US dollars a year, and this cost is still increasing year by year, even if the technology group has money in the future, it will not be able to take out more money to repay such debts." Cai Ruichen thought for a while and said.
"I know how to respond to the United States." Idris only needs to get Cai Ruichen's attitude, and as for the rest, he knows what to do.
In fact, with the Iraqi government's finances, it is impossible to have the money to pay off the debt of the United States.
And the debt collection in the United States is based on the fact that the future technology group has money, and the purpose is to let Cai Ruichen replace those debts.
At the same time, the Americans also know more or less that if the technology group wants to build Iraq in the future, they may not have the money to repay such additional debts, but they just try to fight for it. (To be continued.) )