Hearing the rebel representative Afif voice his opposition, the representatives present all wore different expressions.
The representatives of the five major powers could not help but smile warmly. After glancing at Afif, they exchanged looks and smiled at one another.
They looked like elders in a household watching a mischievous junior.
The representatives of Israel, Persia, Iraq, and the other countries, meanwhile, awkwardly covered their faces, their eyes filled with sympathy and pity.
As for the local government forces' representative, his face had already blossomed with joy. He was just short of jumping up and cheering.
This was practically like a pie falling from the sky. It was such good news that he could hardly believe his own ears and eyes.
Rogers, deputy commander of Eagle Country's Central Theater, patiently said to the rebel representative Afif, "Mr. Afif, please understand. Bringing peace to the people of this region is God's will. No one can change that—not even the Eagle Country military."
Afif rose to his feet and sneered at Rogers.
"What, is it time to abandon us again? First you abandoned al-Qaeda, then you abandoned Baghdadi, then the Kurds, and now it is finally our turn?"
He then turned toward the Kurdish representative and said:
"These outsiders have no credibility whatsoever. Are you going to follow their arrangements too? Haven't you learned enough lessons already? Or did they offer you something, promise to let you establish your own country?"
At those words, hesitation appeared on the Kurdish representative's face.
Afif then turned toward the representatives of Persia and Turkey.
"Have you forgotten? The people of Eagle Country cannot be trusted. Westerners cannot be trusted. Easterners cannot be trusted either. Middle Eastern affairs must be decided by us in the Middle East!"
The Persian representative smiled faintly and said, "Mr. Afif,