King Of War: Starting with Arms Dealer

Shit, the problems on Crete make sense now.

Building a massive offshore refueling station and energy transit center there would challenge Turkey's status.

The best political route for this mad dog is to use its own location to become a buffer or broker between Europe, Russia, and Iran.

Then, as long as it controls a few straits in the Black Sea and Mediterranean, plus the base established in Liberia, it can create massive geopolitical influence.

Upon hearing this, Thompson frowned and said, "I really hadn't considered this, why do you think that way?"

Joe Ga frowned and said, "People can interpret international politics from many angles, but in my view, interpreting the international political landscape through the lens of energy networks is the most accurate and the best way to pinpoint the core.

In an industrial society, controlling energy means controlling power!

The world's largest oil-producing areas are in Central North America, the Middle East, Russia...

And the most important maritime energy routes are the Gulf of Aden, the Persian Gulf, the Malacca Strait...

As long as national politics exist in this world, conflicts in these areas will not stop!

Central North America is America's backyard, and the development costs of oil there are higher than in the Middle East; once exports are involved, their profits will be lower if the Middle East remains stable.

But Europe needs a colossal amount of energy...

France can solve part of the energy problem from West Africa, and then uses nuclear power and West African oil to transfuse nearly half of Europe, which can earn huge funds.

But what France offers can't solve too many problems; all European industries need to rely on oil and natural gas as energy sources.

They have only two choices, Russia or the Middle East!

Because of Israel's presence, the US Dollar's status in the Middle East oil market is extremely stable, making it seem disgusting for Europe to purchase oil there using US Dollars.

Pushing the Iran Agreement, Europeans are even more proactive than Americans because they know that there are always ideological problems with Russia, and they need a second option, which is Iran.

Turkey probably saw this, so it plans to strongly break through the Greeks' blockade to stir things up in the Mediterranean. After establishing its position, it can serve as a broker using its religious and geographical advantages.

No wonder they have always wanted to join the European Union, but never get permission.

According to their approach, accepting them into the European Union is like finding a burden.

However, they probably didn't anticipate that Big Mouth Don is preparing to exit the Iran Agreement and re-impose sanctions on Iran.

At that time, as long as there is chaos in the Middle East, Europe will once again be under America's control!

If France resists, I suspect there will be problems in West Africa...

And as long as the Shah and Iran remain adversaries and the Iran Agreement is invalidated, Europe will have no Iran Plan B for energy; they will have to procure energy using US Dollars from the Shah or America.

Big Mouth Don is not someone who likes war; he probably has his eyes on Europe's industry and plans to threaten and extort them..."

Saying this, Joe Ga rubbed his temples painfully and said, "I have a hunch that the problems on Crete are very complex!

Those Greeks probably still haven't seen the issues clearly; they've been at peace for so long that they haven't connected Turkey's actions with the problems on Crete.

Shit, the Reed family also has issues; Big Mouth Don's people are not being honest...

The Edward Foundation sent a few self-destructive unmanned speedboats to the Gulf of Aden, trying to apply pressure...

Okay, these three parties might not be targeting me together, but if one head emerges, the other two will definitely follow suit.

I have enmity with all of them, so they would definitely be happy to see me suffer greatly.

FUCK, the Greeks and the French are in the same camp, and just a few days ago I wanted to drag the French down, but now I have to side with them...

Is this world even going to be okay?

Is peaceful development so hard to achieve?"