Since its birth, the status and influence of the United Nations in international affairs have been widely questioned.

When the United Nations was founded, there was a serious contradiction between the United States and the Soviet Union over the distribution of seats, with the Soviet Union insisting on giving seats to Ukraine and other union republics, while the United States insisted on increasing the number of seats for Latin American countries. Soon after its founding, the Korean War broke out, and the United States invited many countries to brazenly send troops to intervene in the internal affairs of the DPRK in the name of "joint **", resulting in the DPRK still in a state of division. In the subsequent Arab-Israeli War, Vietnam War, Indo-Pakistani War, Afghanistan War (Soviet invasion of Afghanistan), and Iran-Iraq War, the United Nations failed to play its due role and was in a position of domination and use.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States became the dominant power, and the status of the United Nations was further reduced.

The first is the disagreement between the United States and other countries over the choice of UN secretary-general, which has led to Ghali becoming the only secretary-general in the history of the United Nations who has not been re-elected. Subsequently, the United States abandoned the United Nations, sent troops to intervene in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the name of NATO, and carried out wanton and indiscriminate bombing of a sovereign country for dozens of days, supporting Kosovo's independence by military means. In the first century, the United States even used the United Nations as an ornament, overthrowing the legitimate regimes in Afghanistan and Iraq without any justification, and openly supporting the pro-American regimes.

During this period, the United Nations did not play a role in the Somali civil war, the Congo civil war, the Rwandan tribal massacre, and the United States did not send troops in the name of "human rights, freedom, and democracy" to help these countries quell rebellions and establish democratic governments.

Clearly, the United Nations has; It has been reduced to an arena for the competition of interests between major powers.

The performance of the United Nations in the Fourth Indo-Pakistani War, the East China Sea War, and the US-Iraq War has once again proved that the United Nations is not capable of any real power in the face of the interests of major powers.

Before participating in the vote between the United Nations and the Security Council, Pang Xinglong did not meet with US Secretary of State Leslie.

After the vote, Leslie reached out to Long for an informal meeting with Pang Xinglong. Pang Xinglong did not refuse, because this was a good opportunity to find out the details of the United States.

On the afternoon of the 24th, the two met at the consulate of the Republic in New York.

It won't be much better. Leslie hopes that the Republic will withdraw its troops from Laos as soon as possible and not expand the scale of the war. Pang Xinglong proposed that the United States should strictly observe neutrality and not encourage arrogance in Vietnam.

Half an hour to meet. The two did not reach a consensus on the appointment.

Leslie was adamant. Pang Xinglongdi's views are also very tough. Talking about the end. The two parted unhappily. Of course. Through high-level contact. Both sides have made their attitudes clear. Leslie knew that the Republic would expand the scale of the strike. Pang Hung Long also knew that the United States would provide military assistance to Vietnam.

When Pang Xinglong and Zhao Rundong talked on the phone. Leslie met with Foreign Minister Alphonta, who had made a special trip.

Leslie didn't say yes to Alfonta's request. Just tried to calm Alfontadi's emotions. He said that the United States would not ignore Philippine interests. We will provide support to the Philippines as much as possible.

Follow. Lay went to the White House.

Stockton, who had just returned, was briefing President Frederick, and Berkeley was listening, and Leslie had come at the right time.

"That's pretty much it." Stockton glanced at Leslie, who had just sat down, and said, "Vietnam needs us to provide intelligence, weapons and equipment and personnel assistance, and I think we can only agree to the first two requests, and it is not beneficial to send military personnel to Vietnam for the time being." ”

Frederick did not take a stand, but instead sought Berkeley and Leslie's advice with his eyes.

Because he had just arrived, Leslie was not going to speak first.

"It is true that fighters should not be sent to Vietnam in the form of military assistance." Berkeley broke the silence and said, "Our casualties in the Iran war are too high, anti-war sentiment is running high at home, and if we announce sending troops to Vietnam, it will definitely trigger a crisis of confidence in the government." But we can provide assistance to Vietnam in other ways, such as hiring retired soldiers from the CIA and sending military commanders to assist Vietnam in the fight under the guise of sending intelligence coordinators. ”

Frederick frowned slightly and turned his gaze to Leslie.

"Even so, the stakes are still significant." After reading Stockton's report, Leslie said, "Vietnam's appetite is very large, and it has to propose weapons and equipment for thirty divisions at a time, as well as fighter jets, early warning aircraft, anti-aircraft weapons, long-range suppression weapons, and even offer assistance to submarines." There are so many requests that we can't meet. ”

Frederick smiled faintly and motioned for Stockton to continue.

"Vietnam has made so many demands just to get a free lunch." Stockton pondered for a while and said, "For the time being, it is impossible to judge Vietnam's goal, maybe Vietnam wants to cease war with the Republic after receiving military aid, or maybe it wants to use our military aid to expand the scale of the war." Although the possibility of the former is very slim, and it is not up to Vietnam to decide when the war will stop, we still have to be prepared for two things. ”

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"Military assistance cannot be provided to Vietnam in one go, it must be provided in batches. If Vietnam wants to use our assistance to rebuild its defense capabilities, we have to be prepared. Facts

"The most important thing is fighter jets and early warning aircraft, and the pilots of the Vietnamese Air Force have been in contact with the F-166 and E-2, and the training is relatively good, so we can first transfer a batch of F-166 and E-2 to Vietnam." As for the weapons and equipment for the formation of army divisions, we need enough time to assemble them. ”

Frederick nodded and said, "That's what Stockton meant, hand over a batch of fighters and AWACS aircraft first." ”

"Let Vietnam arrange for military personnel to accompany our diplomatic plane to Singapore as soon as possible." "Within twenty-four hours, we will be able to transfer the fighter jets and AWACS aircraft deployed in Diego Garcia and Guam to Changi Air Base and hand them over to the Vietnamese Air Force." ”

Leslie did not object, saying, "In terms of intelligence, it is still the responsibility of the CIA. ”

"The key question is whether Vietnam will use our weapons and equipment to expand the scale of the conflict." Frederick wiped his face and said to Leslie, "What did you gain from coming into contact with Pang Xinglong?" ”

"If nothing is agreed, China will definitely expand the scope of its attack."

"And what are they waiting for?" Berkeley said.

Leslie smiled coldly and said, "Zhao Rundong sent Pang Xinglong to the United Nations to propose sanctions against Vietnam, just to get more support from countries diplomatically. When attacking Vietnam, China must consider the impact of the war on ASEAN member states, otherwise it will not show goodwill to Thailand, Cambodia and other countries. It can be seen that China is waiting for Vietnam to take the initiative to expand the conflict. As long as Vietnam takes a wrong step in military action, China will start a ground war against Vietnam. ”

Frederick nodded. "So, what the state lacks is just a reason?"

"Don't worry at all, Vietnam will very well provide China with this reason." Leslie smiled faintly and said, "The Chinese army has surrounded the Vietnamese army that has entered Laos, and the war of annihilation has begun. In any case, it is impossible for Vietnam to watch its 100,000 elite troops annihilated by China, and it will inevitably create incidents in other directions to distract China's strike force. In this way, China has enough reason to send troops to Vietnam. ”

"The problem is that Wu Sanming must not have this guts, and Ruan Liangyu does not have this idea."

Glancing at Stockton, Leslie said: "Liangyu doesn't have to think about it at all, two years ago, Wu Sanming pushed him out of the decision-making level. The key is whether Wu Sanming has the courage to do so, so our assistance is very crucial. If he can provide Vietnam with enough fighter jets and AWACS aircraft within 24 hours, so that Vu Sanming thinks that he has enough strength to defeat the Chinese air force and seize air supremacy, he will be even more bold. ”

"No, all Wu Sanming wants is some confidence."

Hearing Berkeley's words, Frederick let out a sigh and said, "So, we just need to provide Wu Sanming with a little courage?" ”

"Something has to be done on the intelligence front." Leslie pushed down his glasses and said, "With the weapons and equipment, we have to convince Wu Sanming that even if Vietnam does not take the initiative to expand the scale of the war, China will take the initiative to expand the scale of the war." In addition, it is necessary to make Vu Minh believe that if Vietnam passively defends, it will not only be unable to block the attack of the squadron, but will also suffer a painful defeat. As long as he is given the idea that China will overthrow the Vietnamese regime, he will desperately strive for the initiative. Of course, it is better to convince Wu Sanming that if he can force China to withdraw its troops through a war of attrition, as in the border wars with China in the last century, he will not have any doubts or hesitation. ”

After listening to Lay's analysis, not only Frederick admired it very much, but even Stockton and Berkeley had to admire it.

"The next two to three days will be very critical." Leslie did not look smug at all, "If we can expand the scale of the war before China annihilates the Vietnamese army in the old territory, we can put China in a difficult situation." In addition to Vietnam, we also have to pay attention to the Philippines. ”

"The Philippines?" Frederick frowned slightly and said, "Is it too late to help the Philippines now?" ”

"It is not to aid the Philippines, but to use the Philippines to make the Republic and ASEAN countries completely turn the other cheek."

Frederick hesitated for a moment, then motioned for Leslie to continue.

"China has not had a very big impact on neighboring countries by attacking Vietnam in the name of interfering in the internal affairs of Laos and attacking Chinese fishing boats and merchant ships, and taking the opportunity to recover the Nansha Islands. If China confronts the Philippines at this time and recovers the islands and reefs controlled by the Philippines, Malaysia and other countries will inevitably be more vigilant. Even if China does not end up targeting countries such as Malaysia, it will seriously deteriorate China's relations with ASEAN.

In the long run, this will be of great benefit to our return to Southeast Asia and the completion of our strategic encirclement of China. ”

"That is, to encourage the Philippines to go to war with China?"

Leslie nodded, indicating that he meant it.

Frederick pondered, and he could not admit that Leslie's strategic vision was extraordinary.