Chapter 412 No Confidence

Before the war, the United States tried to avoid turning the Iran War into a quagmire like Vietnam. The policy it formulated at the beginning was to fight a quick war and resolve the issue quickly. But now, several months have passed, and the Iran War is gradually heading towards the brink of getting out of control and has completely become a war of attrition!

As the war got out of control, anti-war sentiment in the United States continued to rise. The American people had forgotten that there were still nearly fifty hostages from the embassy being held by the Iranians, and had also forgotten that it was Iran that was constantly provoking. Now, there was only one voice in the United States: end that damn war!

Now, there are demonstrations outside. Among the participants are former Vietnam War veterans and even active military personnel, who quietly took off their uniforms and participated in the demonstrations! There are unemployed people and family members of hostages held by Iran! Especially the family members, who continue to hold demonstrations, rallies, and give their speeches, believing that the United States is forcing the hostages to death by taking action at this time! In fact, the Iranians are doing the same thing!

End the war! Americans hate war! After the failure of the Vietnam War, the United States no longer has the confidence to fight a war like the Vietnam War!

The shadow of failure in the Vietnam War loomed over the United States and also cast a dark cloud over the minds of top leaders.

Even the Defense Minister Harold, who had always advocated war, stopped speaking at this time. The shocking number of casualties made Harold unable to believe it, but this was actually what happened.

Now, the situation is getting even more out of control. A small number of extremists who sympathize with Iran have begun to create trouble in the United States! If this situation continues, the United States will no longer have to compete with the Soviet Union for hegemony, but will be in a mess in the constant explosions and terrorist attacks in the country!

"If we use this explosion to make a fuss and point the finger at Iran, we can imagine that such attacks will emerge in an endless stream. Although we can achieve our goal and get more people to support our war against Iran, what have we gained from this war?" Secretary of State Warren said: "Once our domestic situation worsens, our economy will be even more depressed!"

Warren has always been against the war with Iran. Now, the consequences of the war are unbearable for the United States, which shows the correctness of Warren's foresight. In order to resist sending troops, Warren even threatened to resign, but it was useless. After Carter's repeated persuasion, Warren returned to the White House and continued his duties.

At this time, if Warren continued to talk about how far-sighted he was, it would undoubtedly cause extreme disgust among these people. He was just trying his best to explain his point of view that the United States cannot afford a war with Iran!

This is not a fight with the Soviet Union, which will get the support of the entire Western world. For this war of the United States, Western Europe has always been standing on the sidelines watching. They have been frightened by the Soviet Union!

Iran's main enemy is the United States, and the United States' main enemy is the Soviet Union. Iran can use 80% of its national strength to deal with the United States, while the United States can only use 20% of its strength to deal with Iran. This is unfair in itself. The current situation has confirmed my judgment that for a fanatical country like Iran, using force is the stupidest choice!

Moreover, the US economy has deteriorated extremely seriously!

Historically, the US economy was in recession in the 1970s. It was not until the 1980s that Reagan implemented a series of economic policies that made the US economy improve significantly. The US economy has always relied on fleecing. Western European countries and island countries have good economies. Once the US economy is in recession, it starts fleecing.

But now, the biggest and longest wool can no longer be harvested! Because the island country has become the sphere of influence of the Soviet Union!

Losing the island nation was a major strategic mistake for the United States. The island nation was a bridgehead in the Far East, which was a strategic layout. At the same time, the economy of the island nation was extremely developed! In later generations, the island nation's exports to the United States made the island nation the largest foreign exchange reserve country, so the United States forced the island nation's currency to appreciate, causing the foreign exchange to shrink, and used it to shift the contradiction. But now, these methods are no longer useful!

Although the United States has levied taxes on all the companies established by the island countries in the United States and imposed heavy taxes on the products of the island countries, this has not caused the local economy of the island countries to collapse. The Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact countries have opened their borders. The products of the island countries are of high quality and low price. When they are sold to these regions, the local companies of the island countries continue to develop rapidly. Moreover, they have many new products that continue to enter the US market strongly! High tariffs cannot prevent the economic penetration of the island countries!

As for the United States, it has lost the cheap industrial products provided by the island countries, and domestic prices have risen. Moreover, the island countries have been continuously selling off their dollar reserves, making life increasingly difficult for the United States!

Under such circumstances, it takes a lot of courage for the United States to start a war. All their premises are based on a quick victory. Now, it is about to become a protracted war. If it continues like the Vietnam War, the US economy will be completely ruined! When Carter came to power, he pardoned those young people who evaded military service. Now, the same problem has arisen. The US conscription plan this year cannot be completed at all!

If the United States falls into panic and chaos again at this time, only God knows how to deal with it!

"So we just withdraw our troops? How will Western Europe view us? How will the Soviet Union laugh at us?" Harold said, "How can we explain to our people?"

If they really withdraw directly, the United States will lose all face!

"Of course we can't withdraw directly," Warren said. "We can negotiate with the Iranians. The condition for us to withdraw our troops is that they release all our hostages. This is also the excuse we gave for starting the war in the first place," Warren said.

There are less than 50 hostages being held in Iran. After the failed rescue operation, these hostages have been dispersed. The United States has no hope of rescuing them. After launching the war, the United States put the hostages to death. The Iranians once arrogantly claimed that they executed one hostage every day!

But later, the Iranians did not do so. This shows that Iran still has a way out, and that crazy HMN did not do things completely to the extreme.

If the United States rescues the hostages, this military operation will have a fig leaf!

"Will the Iranians agree?" Harold said, "Especially, using such actions to exchange for the Iranians' reasons not to launch terrorist attacks in our country is really ****!"

The reason why the United States withdrew its troops was because it was frightened by the Iranian bombings in the country! The powerful national strength of the United States has completely become a laughing stock in such an incident! It can't beat the Soviet Union, Vietnam, or even Iran!

"The Iranians definitely want to negotiate with us, because the Iraqis are about to reach Isfahan," Warren said. "With us, it's just a diplomatic conflict, but with Iraq and Iran, it's a fight to the death."