George Bush’S Great America [EN]: Chapter 309

“Trouble in the Middle East, huh.”

Just hearing the words ‘Middle East’ made his heart pound. The Middle East had suddenly escalated from a mere powder keg to a massive one that could potentially set the entire world ablaze.

“This information just came in.”

The report handed over by his chief of staff contained a lengthy speech. The speaker was none other than the Kurds, whom Bush had been trying so hard to avoid.

-The EU promised us independence. That is why we stopped our armed struggle. If things could be resolved with words, what could be more beautiful?

-Trusting that promise, we disarmed. We ceased our struggle. We believed in the rosy future they promised. We have been betrayed countless times over the past hundreds of years, but still, we believed in the goodness of people! This was because we judged that true independence would be difficult to achieve through struggle alone!

-But it has become impossible. The EU reaffirmed that they did not have the power to grant us independence in the recent Western Iraq War, and the promise they made to us has turned to dust! Even so, we waited with bated breath, but finally, the answer we received today was just a word of regret. Regret? Regret! Is this even a reasonable thing to say? Is this an issue that can be ended with a word of regret!

-A similar answer came back from Turkey as well! We were even prepared to abandon our beloved homeland, but all we received was a refusal! This is the end!

-We! Will never yield! Remember ten years ago! Remember the times when we were beaten and killed for not even speaking Turkish properly! Their government diligently explained that such things would never happen again, sweating profusely, but only the clubs and guns disappeared; the discrimination and contemptuous gazes remained the same!

-Rise up! Kurds!

‘It finally burst. It had to burst. Damn it. And I even lent my strength to the early conclusion of the Western Iraq War.’

Frankly, it felt like absolute crap. Could there be anything more infuriating than this?

“What is Europe saying?”

“It’s not an official speech yet. It’s scheduled to be announced tomorrow. The CIA snagged it in the middle.”

‘If I only think about the nation, supporting Turkey and neglecting them is the right answer.’

“More importantly, where did this come from? Not all Kurds would agree with this, would they?”

The Kurdish ethnicity was only properly established after the 20th century. In fact, the term ‘ethnicity’ itself was only established around that time. Anyway, although people who speak the Kurdish language are grouped together as Kurds, in reality, if you look inside, there are various factions, so it’s practically like different ethnicities.

To make a comparison, to the eyes of foreigners, Scots and Englishmen are the same British people, but they still want to be distinguished, don’t they?

In any case, they have never had a proper community experience until now. Therefore, they formed a community, albeit not a proper one, under the leadership of the EU, but even this was the first time.

It took quite a while to research ‘where and what is Kurdish’ and even legally define it.

The Turkish government tried its best to minimize this, and there were plenty of Kurds who were friendly to the Turkish government. These people usually felt unpleasant about being classified as Kurds themselves.

To what extent is this? Would you believe that when the Kurds formed a rebel army and revolted against the Turkish government in the past, it was not the Turkish government that suppressed it, but the Kurds who were friendly to the Turkish government? Anyway, it was nothing short of a miracle that they could unite under the leadership of the EU.

They gathered for one reason: ‘profit.’ Wouldn’t enormous profits come and go if a country was established? No, even if that wasn’t the case, just lending a hand to this founding would be treated as a meritorious subject and would have the enormous benefit of being able to have a say later. And they could also reliably secure the sovereignty of their extremely unstable territory.

The reason why the Kurds of Turkey, Iraq, and Iran could gather their will was, in any case, only this.

Conversely, if the profit disappeared, there would be no reason for them to unite.

‘Or, unexpectedly, they might find a focal point and, now that they’ve united, decide to have a war.’

If that becomes a reality, I think they will be pushed back by the Turkish army, but I don’t think they will be pushed back unilaterally. Whether they like it or not, they are already entangled in the interests of other countries.

For example, Iran. After several agreements, Iran judged that now was not the right time to confront the EU and stubbornly endured the conditions set by the EU until the end, and then obediently accepted them. Conversely, since they gave up this much, they were thinking of making the government of the newly founded country a pro-Iranian government.

And this was too obvious, and it applied to other countries as well.

In the case of Western Iraq, they had no choice but to remain silent at the time and now, but in the case of Turkey, they reluctantly approved it, so from the moment they approved it, they could loudly raise their voices against the EU, and since most of the territory of the Kurdish country to be founded originated from Turkey, Turkey was the most advantageous in the game of taking over the regime.

“I’m guessing there is no center and they have only made a temporary non-aggression pact.”

“Eventually, they will split apart.”

“But if a war breaks out, they will cooperate as much as possible during the war, even if they don’t like it, as long as the momentum is not broken. I think they are thinking of establishing a country first, though.”

“Indeed, are they going to make a pie first? After that, whether they have a civil war or a political fight, they are going to play in a larger pond.”

At least the words were right. By that time, even if the pie shrinks, it won’t be as small as it is now.

‘Is it a win-win situation?’

It was almost madness, but it was still the desire of a weak nation to have its own country. It was a truly huge scale to be called a minority, reaching 40 million, so it was a weak nation. I want to help as much as possible, but this is only Bush’s personal feeling. In reality, I have to move for the country.

If helping them shakes the future of the United States, it will be neither this nor that.

“Especially Kurdistan [the Kurds of Iran] will want to create it no matter what. Even if half of Kurdistan dies. At least these people have had the experience of having a country that will become their homeland in the past.”

They had a history of establishing a socialist republic at the end of World War II with the support of the Soviet Union. However, the neighboring country that was founded at the same time was defeated by the Iranian army, and eventually disappeared into the annals of history after the war with the Iranian army.

“And I expected a backlash from the Islamic fundamentalists, but surprisingly, there isn’t any.”

The time was 2014. A man named Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared himself Caliph and made Syria his capital.

This country became a group that waged war on the world through one ideology. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Commonly known as ISIL or ISIS. They valued world conquest by Islam, by Islam, and for Islam as their top priority, and in reality, they had the rare experience of fighting not only neighboring countries but also all permanent members of the UN once.

They defined this war of conquest as a holy war, built large-scale front lines, and at the same time, launched terrorism through propaganda in many countries.

Of course, no country in the world would recognize a group that waged war on the world as a country, and when they finally mentioned the bombing of Mecca, the holiest site of Islam, even Islam completely turned its back on them, and the group slowly collapsed.

“It’s all thanks to East Iraq. All those who can be called malcontents have flocked to East Iraq, so other places have no choice but to be relatively quiet.”

Most of the people who were active in Southeast Asia also flowed into East Iraq. Based on massive financial aid, East Iraq provided a haven, while East Iraq became an arsenal for terrorists.

According to the CIA’s Africa branch, the last country that terrorists active in Africa choose after being chased is East Iraq. East Iraq is actively accepting not only terrorists but also criminals, so it is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish between innocent citizens and terrorists.

According to recent information, they have also crossed over from South America. They advocate Islamic fundamentalism, but it was hard to find people more greedy than them. In particular, the construction of that extra-large mosque is eating money like water, so capital must be even more desperate.

‘Where have I seen this before, East Iraq was playing the role of ISIS?’

They were doing everything except waging war on the world. Of course, no one cares what they say in East Iraq, so it doesn’t really matter, but it was true that rebel groups and terrorist groups were gathering one after another.

And the methods were similar. They destroyed all the thermal power plants with their own hands, and then built a thermal power plant again, saying it was an Islamic-style power plant, and supplied electricity to citizens for 5 hours a day.

Of course, there is an additional charge. In other words, officially, it is a donation. In other words, if you pay a bribe, you can use more electricity. And most of these people were terrorists who had bases outside or were temporarily evacuated.

Civilians cannot even imagine additional electricity. Ironically, the food situation was self-sufficient and abundant enough to export to the outside. It seems that they judged that the supply should be sufficient in case of a future war, so they were focusing on agriculture.

“What about our parliament on the Kurdish issue?”

“Of course, the Republican Party is strongly advocating intervention. The Democratic Party argues that there is no need to touch it.”

“I want to side with the Democratic Party. Frankly, there’s nothing to gain from getting involved in that mud fight.”

To be honest, Bush might have thought about it if only one or two countries were involved. However, the Kurdish issue was, as Bush said, a mud fight itself. Even if only the countries that are outwardly exposed are East Iraq and West Iraq. Iran and Turkey. Furthermore, even the EU and Russia.

“While we’re at it, when the Republican Party says it will intervene, is it on the Kurdish side or the Turkish side?”

“Perhaps because of the precedent in Afghanistan, they are leaning towards Kurdish independence. The Republican Party seems to believe that if the United States seizes the Middle East at this time when Europe has retreated, it will be secure for half a century.”

“Huh, they’re talking about ruining half a century.”

“President, I hesitate to say this, but the mainstream in the private sector will be on the side of Kurdish intervention.”

“I know. It’s difficult because I know.”

Bush threw the Kurd’s speech on the desk as if he had a headache. The Republican Party had completely ruined the Republican Party’s request by entrusting the choice to the people, so now it was the Republican Party’s turn to demand something from Bush.

“If the people want it, we have to do it.”