The first update

The atmosphere of the meeting room is like a cold ice cellar, as if your breath freezes here. The CIA's defense ministers Woolsey and Lespine did not dare to come out, for fear that President Mario, who was sitting opposite, would suddenly go berserk. An invisible pressure was like a python wrapped around their necks, slowly tightening their necks until they suffocated.

After a brief silence, President Mario, who had been looking down at the report, suddenly raised his head and began to speak, but there was no trace of emotion in his tone, "I wonder why we have lost so much in this operation?" In the face of a group of black Africans armed with inferior Kalashnikov rifles, four Black Hawk helicopters were shot down over the bazaar in Mogadishu, and now the media around the world are responsible for our actions as a violation of humanitarianism and interference in the internal affairs of the country. This is the worst PR crisis I've faced since I came to power! ”

"And I also read this report that General Jonathan provided to Washington." Speaking of this, Mario directly threw the report on the table, his tone was a little angry, "Why didn't our CIA even get the information that the Somali militia had anti-aircraft missiles, may I ask Director Woolsey, what has the Intelligence Bureau been doing in Somalia these months." ”

Facing Mario's questioning, Woolsey looked very frightened, and he bowed his head and apologized, "I'm really sorry, President Mario." It's not that we're on the wrong side of our intelligence, it's that we've been delayed in our intelligence feedback......"

"That's enough, I really don't want to hear any excuses." Mario's emotions suddenly exploded at this moment, and he turned his head to Secretary of Defense Lespin and said. "And Minister Lespin. At the beginning, General Jonathan wanted to send gunboats, planes, and tanks from the Ministry of Defense. Why was their request denied? ”

"Because His Excellency the President has ordered that the operation in Mogadishu must be carried out in secret and not attract the attention of international public opinion. Again, we thought it was too conspicuous to send gunboats, so we rejected General Jonathan's request. Minister Lespin's answer was reasonable, and since it was Mario's own order, it was understandable that he would do so.

Of course, the president, who was in a period of emotional outburst, was irrational, and he rudely interrupted Secretary Lespine, "Shut up. Is it more important to avoid attracting the attention of the international community than the lives of dozens of American troops? Think about it with your head, do you think international public opinion will be much more serious than attracting attention in the event of an accident? ”

The anti-war sentiment sparked by the deaths of more than 30 soldiers in Somalia is terrifying, and the U.S. government now has to take into account the feelings of its allies while appeasing the discontent of the population at home. He didn't want another Los Angeles riot in the United States because of this.

"So the Somali side of the problem, now we can only use political means to solve the problem of Aideed, we can only negotiate secretly with the Aideed side, let Aideed hand over the bodies of the downed pilot and American soldiers; Then we will release all of Aideed's captives and no longer target the Aideedes. "For the first time, the U.S. government, which has always been reluctant to negotiate with its enemies, has chosen to compromise because of the pressure of international public opinion.

"One more thing, Director Woolsey. I must find out where the anti-aircraft missiles came from. President Mario has been obsessed with the incident, "and then wiped out all those involved in this incident." ”

Then on October 7th. At the press conference, President Mario issued a statement on the events in Somalia, in which he stated that the US military would withdraw from Somalia within a limited period of time and hand over the United Nations stability maintenance operation to the United Nations peacekeeping force. Since the U.S. military itself is no longer willing to wade into this troubled water, let those who accuse the United States have a headache. In any case, the United Nations has almost reached the point where it has no way out, spending a lot of money in Somalia but failing to stop the warlords' separatist wars.

"The U.S. forces will withdraw from Somalia within the deadline, no longer engage with the Somali side, and return command to the UN peacekeeping force. And we will not leave any soldier behind, and we are now negotiating with the Aideed government to return the American pilots they have captured. ”

The reporters in the audience were in the spotlight, and they had just wanted to ask President Mario a question, but the other party had already left the press conference. Instead, the official White House press secretary was available to answer questions from reporters.

The press conference was a humiliation for Mario, as the U.S. military had not suffered such humiliation since the Vietnam War, and even the invasion of Panama and Operation Gulf was a lightning storm that captured all the enemy's forces.

Of course, President Mario would never have known that in his Kremlin office, General Secretary Yanayev was watching President Mario's every move on television. He is like a conspirator hiding behind the scenes, manipulating the whole situation, and treating the elite of the White House as puppets.

"Next, the United States will find the South African parliamentarian according to the clues deliberately left by Victor, and the batch of arms forged as flowing from within the South African National Defense Force will become irrefutable evidence. Of course, the trade of mineral resources between the Soviet Union and South Africa will also lead the United States into a misunderstanding. It is a misconception that everything South Africa has done is to ensure that its interests in Somalia are not violated. Yanayev said to himself.

"When the time comes, the furious United States will inevitably attack South Africa, and if de Klerk is forced to step down, then Mandela, who is just about to come to power, will become a scapegoat. Naturally, South Africa, which wants to curry favor with the United States, will purge that group of right-wing parliamentarians as outcasts, and then South Africa will really no longer be the world of the Boers. ”

Yanayev didn't believe what Mandela said, at least the subsequent performance of white South Africans in the African National Convention made it hard for Yanayev to believe the beautiful illusion of unity and unity of all colors of the people. Of course, the USSR would not sympathize with the whites and blacks of South Africa, and in front of Yanayev, the moment South Africa wanted to develop nuclear weapons, his fate was decided, ending in tragedy. No country can challenge the nuclear-weapon status of the five permanent members.

Mandela's ascension to power was nothing more than the last straw that destroyed the entire country from the grandeur of South Africa's imminent collapse. What Yanayev did was to provide an excellent opportunity for "South Africa's version of Gor-Ba-Chov" to govern. (To be continued.) )