Chapter 650: America Taking Sides

The fight within the NATO group is the most pleasing to watch! The Cyprus incident was, of course, directed by Andre! The feud between Greece and Turkey must now enter the most serious confrontation in order to involve part of Turkey's military strength!

Greece and Turkey are like water and fire, and now, the Cyprus incident is a fuse that has completely ignited the hatred between Greece and Turkey. In 1974, Greece failed and the northern part of Cyprus was separated from it by Turkey. Now, what Greece wants to do is to take back the northern part of Cyprus!

However, the United States will certainly not sit idly by and watch this happen! The US war in Iraq is entering the most critical stage! After taking Tikrit, although the US military suffered heavy casualties, they are still marching towards Baghdad as victors!

As long as Baghdad is captured, the United States will be able to support a new government, control Iraq's oil resources, and restore Kuwait. The current oil crisis will also be resolved. Moreover, the United States will station troops in Iraq and Kuwait. In this way, even if the Soviets control Saudi Arabia's oil resources, the United States will still be able to control the situation in the Middle East.

For the United States and the entire West, the current war in the United States has already reached a critical stage. How could it watch Turkey and Greece being provoked by the Soviet Union into a state of war?

Secretary of State George, like a fire captain, flew from the United States to Greece, to Athens, and met with the current Greek President Constantines Karamanlis.

This old man, who is now in his seventies, was the most important politician in Greece in the second half of the 20th century. He was the founder of the New Democracy Party of Greece and the designer of Greece's accession to the European Union. He served as Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Greece three times: from 1955 to 1958, from 1958 to 1961, and from 1961 to 1963. In the 1970s, he successfully led Greece away from the rule of the military dictatorship and returned it to civilian rule. He served as Prime Minister from 1974 to 1980 and is now the President of Greece.

"President Constantine, you are a wise Greek politician. You should be able to see the current situation clearly. The war between Greece and Turkey is something we do not want to see. It is not good for our entire Middle East strategy." Secretary of State George got straight to the point: "In 1974, the serious confrontation in Cyprus was a choice made by the military government at the time. Now, you should be more restrained."

At that time, there was a military government, and military governments are full of gunpowder. Those soldiers have always had hard tempers. But now, Constantine is a man who has experienced many storms. With his wisdom, he can see that the current situation in Cyprus is not suitable for the outbreak of war. In particular, the United States does not want to see this!

"Yes, we have been very restrained." Constantine said: "If we were not mediating for NATO, we would have already fought a full-scale war with Turkey in 1974. Now, we are not going to fight with Turkey. We are just sending troops to help Cyprus maintain law and order. Is this wrong?"

Politicians also have their own stance. Constantine is Greek. While serving as the President of Greece, he also inherited the deep-rooted hatred between Greece and Türkiye. This hatred cannot be resolved at all!

He has been very restrained and did not launch a full-scale war against Turkey. He only sent troops to maintain law and order in Cyprus. Is this wrong?

Now that the United States needs Türkiye, it will continue to take sides on Türkiye's side? Greece cannot continue to be so cowardly!

"If Greece sends troops to Cyprus, it will increase local instability." George came here on behalf of the US government, and his words were very strong. Moreover, he must use strong measures to suppress Greece's sluggishness. The United States is the boss of the Western world. What will happen if the younger brothers do not listen to the boss's orders?

"We hope that your ship will return to Greece immediately." Without looking at President Constantine's face, which had turned red, George continued, "At the same time, we will also order the Turkish government not to send troops to Cyprus and not to worsen the situation there."

"But Cyprus is very close to Turkey. Turkey can send troops to influence the local situation at any time, but we cannot react in time." Constantine said: "I'm sorry, we can't withdraw the troops we have sent out."

"President Constantine, I hope you can look at the big picture! It is obvious that all of this was instigated by the Soviets. The crisis between Greece and Turkey can only benefit the Soviets, and it will damage the interests of our entire Western world and NATO! If you insist on your own way, NATO will not sit idly by. We will reduce or even stop all military aid to Greece!"

George's words instantly softened Constantine's attitude. The economy of Greece could not compare with other capitalist countries in Western Europe. In order to fight against the Soviet Union during the Cold War, Western Europe was constantly supporting Greece. And Greece was able to maintain its huge army and maintain the normal operation of the entire country only with the support of Western Europe.

In the entire NATO, Turkey is a weirdo, and Greece is definitely a weirdo. The Greeks like to ask for things, and after asking for them, they treat them as their own errands, and never think about paying them back. In the future, when the Greek economy was in danger of collapse, the Greeks did not think about how to improve the country's economy and how to cut spending to get the country through the crisis, but directly asked for money. Moreover, Greece also made a harsh statement that if the EU refused to continue paying aid, if the Greek finances collapsed, then Greece would hand over the travel documents to illegal immigrants, and import a large number of terrorists and economic immigrants into the EU.

This blatant threat is a real disgrace to the ancient country of Greece. One of the birthplaces of world civilization actually relies on fraud and extortion to survive.

And now, George talked about stopping this aid, and Constantine was helpless. He had no way out.

With a frown on his brow, he was about to agree to the US's request while thinking about how to take action behind the scenes, but Constantine saw his assistant walking in hurriedly.

"President, something bad has happened. Our transport ship, the Kotrod, has been hit by a torpedo near Rhode Island and is sinking. There are 100 tanks on board, as well as more than 2,000 officers and soldiers. Their lives and deaths are unknown!"