Chapter 687 Restoring Peace

But now, these are secondary. The most important thing is that the United States no longer has to worry about energy security! The United States' oil production is already 7 million barrels per day, and after a few years, shale oil production may also reach 7 million barrels. By then, the United States will also be a major oil exporter! And the US economy will also take off again!

Smiles finally returned to everyone's faces, and now, in addition to their excitement, they returned to the original question: what should they do with the US troops in Iraq?

If the United States could have launched the shale oil revolution a few months earlier, then the United States would not have to fight this war at all! The United States can already control its own energy lifeline and even export oil. No matter how chaotic the Middle East is, it has nothing to do with the United States! This feeling is really comfortable!

In later times, the United States also had the same mentality. In the past, it had always supported Saudi Arabia, and the two sides were so close that they could wear the same pants. What happened later? They simply competed with each other for oil. Unfortunately, the one who got hurt in the end was still the American oil tycoon. In terms of extraction costs, the United States could never compare with Saudi Arabia, which could spray oil by digging a hole.

"This is a wrong war, and we should not continue on this wrong path." At this time, Reagan had already spoken: "We have invested hundreds of billions of dollars in military expenditures and hundreds of thousands of troops in this war, and the current results have made us realize that this war should not have been started. Now, we must stop, otherwise it will become a quagmire like the Vietnam War."

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In fact, it is worse than the Vietnam War! At least that was a quagmire, but now? The United States has not even stepped into the quagmire, they have already surrendered!

"It seems that we need to agree to the Soviet plan, end the war as soon as possible, and bring our children back," Bush said.

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It is a military custom for superiors to call their subordinates "my children", but now, when these words come out of Bush's mouth, it sounds strange.

Weinberg didn't say anything. It was indeed a shame for the army to come back like this. However, this damn war was finally over!

In the azure sky, white clouds floated. A Boeing 747 passenger plane slowly passed through the clouds and landed on the runway of the airport.

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The gangway truck drove over, the cabin doors opened, and soldiers in military uniforms walked out one by one.

Little William walked behind the crowd, he was in an extremely depressed mood. As the highest commander of the US military forces in the Middle East, he also entered Iraq with the third batch of US troops and commanded the battles on the front line. In the end, he also surrendered to the Iraqi army.

For little William, this was a stain that he would find difficult to get rid of in his life. In the prisoner-of-war camp, he didn't know how to face his relatives and the United States.

He did not wear any epaulettes. He had decided to leave the army and never fight a war again in his life.

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The airport was bustling with activity. After receiving the news, many soldiers' relatives came. When they learned that their relatives had been captured in Iraq, they became extremely anxious. But now that the war is over, they can finally go home!

The scene of relatives meeting each other is full of warmth.

Following the crowd, little William got off the plane. He was still in a low mood. He left the bustling crowd and walked quietly towards the terminal alone.

Suddenly, he stopped. Just in front of him, about ten meters away, several people were waiting.

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Laura, his wife, was wearing a plaid skirt, her long hair fluttering in the wind, her eyes full of tenderness. At the same time, she was holding a little girl of more than three years old by one hand, and the little girl looked at little William timidly, as if she had long forgotten what her father looked like.

Beside Laura, her sixteen-year-old eldest son Tom and her nine-year-old daughter Lucy ran up quickly, especially Lucy, who stretched out her arms, hugged little William's neck directly, opened her mouth and kissed little William's cheek.

Tom also rushed to the side of little William and hugged him: "Dad, it's great that you're back. We all missed you so much."

The voice was not loud, but little William, who heard it, felt his eyes moist. At this moment, he was no longer a general or a commander, he was just an ordinary person with his own family.

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"Click." Right next to him, a reporter took a picture of this touching scene, and the next day, this scene became the headline of the newspaper and spread all over the world.

Go home, nothing is more important than family. War is cruel and merciless, so let this damn war go away!

At the end of 1981, the Middle East War, which had been going on for several months, involved more than a dozen countries and seemed to be turning into a world war, but it suddenly stopped.

The American troops were "politely escorted" out of Iraq, which also meant that the United States completely gave up its strategic location in the Middle East. This hard-won peace was also an agreement finally reached after repeated mediation by the Soviet Union. Otherwise, it would be unknown how long the American prisoners of war would have to stay in Iraq!

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For the United States, this was a complete failure. However, for the American people, what they expected more was that their loved ones could return safely. They were also thanking God that the Third World War did not break out!

After the United States left, the Middle East as a whole has temporarily settled down, but there are still many crises brewing. For example, Saudi Arabia has been split into two parts. The US military has left Western Saudi Arabia and Mecca. So, will the Saudi government in Riyadh continue to launch a war to unify Saudi Arabia?

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What should other pro-American small countries in the Middle East, such as Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, do? The most troublesome thing is Turkey, where the Kurds in the east have already established a country! Syria has also seized a large amount of territory, and coupled with the Cyprus issue, Türkiye is also in a precarious situation!

Israel has retreated all its forces back to its homeland. However, in this war, Israel used nuclear bombs, and Israel's nuclear problem will also be a serious problem! Now, Israel is still denying the United Nations and refusing to accept nuclear inspections.

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1981, a turbulent year, finally passed in the final peace, and the world pattern was constantly changing. The tentacles of the Red Empire finally reached the distant Middle East, achieving a historic breakthrough!

At the end of the year, Andrei returned to Moscow with his wife.