Volume 12 Prelude to the Great War Chapter 17 Bitter Talk

We're here to greet Dugway. [Full text reading] is still the one who likes to put the top three buttons of the shirt,. Open female secretary. Although Du Qiwei did not deny her beauty, he knew that the female secretary, who never forgot to show off her hot body and was too close to the president, would sooner or later be blasted out of the White House by the first lady who was suffering from menopause.

As always. Before meeting Landes, Dudgway was given a half-hour wait in the smoking area.

Perhaps Landers enjoyed the feeling of being at the mercy of others.

After Dudgway lit a cigarette. I picked up the Washington Post on the coffee table. Although information has long since entered the age of electronics and the Internet, and paper newspapers have disappeared many years ago, the president enjoys great privileges. When you are bored, pick up the newspaper and flip through it a few times, which is indeed a very pleasant enjoyment. Of course, the White House newspaper is not a genuine antique, but is printed with a laser printer.

In fact, Dudgway was not in a hurry to meet Landes.

When assisting Westwood and Brandino, Dudgway summed up a lesson, that is, in front of the president, you must not appear too arrogant, and you must not take the president seriously. To put it simply, only don't take the president seriously. in order to get the attention of the president. Maybe the big people who can decide whether the people in the world can see the sun tomorrow have a bit of a penchant for abuse.

I flipped through the newspapers for a while. Feeling that there was nothing to see, Dudgway concentrated on smoking a cigarette.

It is only when he smokes that he can concentrate and think about some important issues.

As early as a few years ago, when the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland had been brought to life by a slight trick by the Republic, Dugway had talked to Blandino, who was then President of the United States, about the political situation in the Republic. Dudgway still remembers that he and Blanche both thought. A new era is about to dawn in the Republic.

At that time, what was most talked about was not the future political structure of the republic, but the fundamentals of the republican political situation.

At that time, both Du Qiwei and Blandino believed that Wang Yuanqing did not hand over power until the second half of the year, and in addition to reaping the first fruits of political reform, the most critical factor was that Wang Yuanqing needed enough time to make arrangements for the political system of the "post-Wang Yuanqing era". Undoubtedly, this is not as simple as arranging a successor. In fact, the same situation was encountered before the old year and 2o years ago, and there was a transition period. The difference is that the country was not under the pressure of domestic political reform, and it can be deployed calmly; And Zhao Rundong in the old year has already let his successor Wang Yuanqing play a role in advance, so there is no need to make too many deployments before leaving office. This judgment convinced Du Qiwei that Gu Weimin was definitely not the ideal successor in Wang Yuanqing's mind, otherwise he would not and would not have spent so much energy to adjust the political system of the republic before leaving office.

After understanding this problem, Du Qiwei can be regarded as an "expert on China".

Since Gu Weimin is not the ideal successor in Wang Yuanqing's mind, there must be a catty. The "ideal successor" is only unable to become the head of the republic for various reasons. Of course, both Du Qiwei and Brambenzoe believe that Yan Jingyu, who returned to the central government in Wang Yuanqing's second term and directly became the premier of the State Council, is the "ideal successor." Affected by factors such as age and prestige, Wang Yuanqing did not directly hand over power to Yan Jingyu, but let Gu Weimin come to power. That is to say, Gu Weimin's historical mission is very similar to Zhao Rundong, and Wang Yuanqing's arrangement is the same as that of the old age estimating the country, so that the real successor can hone the old years again.

As long as this question is clarified, anyone who knows something about the republic can think of what happened next.

Of course, Dudgway certainly knew something about the Republic.

Mentioned before. After the crushing defeat in the Peninsula War to Pei Chengyi, who was still a colonel in the army at the time, Du Qiwei spent several years studying Oriental culture, and even participated in a Chinese language class, hoping to understand Oriental culture from the Chinese language habits and vocabulary. In a sense, Duchway's ability to be reused after taking off his military uniform has a lot to do with the knowledge he acquired during those years.

In Du Qiwei's view, Wang Yuanqing will definitely arrange a few "ministers who take care of their lives". The tearful book bar has fewer concave factories, and there are many bad salaries

Although until Blandino left the White House, the US intelligence agencies did not find enough evidence to prove that Wang Yuanqing had arranged personnel to deal with Gu Weimin, but the more inconclusive the investigation, the more Du Qiwei believed that Wang Yuanqing had already been deployed, and they were interlocking, and Gu Weimin would not be given much opportunity to usurp power. Not to mention anything else, as the most famous general of the Republic, Pei Chengyi disappeared for several years for no reason, which is enough to make people suspicious.

The problem is that Du Qiwei is not a descendant of Yan and Huang, and no matter how much he learns, he will not be able to grasp the essence of oriental culture.

When Duchway thinks about problems, he inevitably uses the American way of thinking. Take Wang Yuanqing's arrangement of the political situation of the Republic as an example, even if his judgment is completely correct, Wang Yuanqing will find a way to limit Gu Weimin's power and lay the foundation for Yan Jing to come to power, and it is impossible for him to leave a few loyal subordinates to play against Gu Weimin as he thought. In any case, Wang Yuanqing is an out-and-out Chinese, and when dealing with such a sensitive issue, he must take the overall situation into account, and will not get along with Gu Weimin on face, nor will he press a few time bombs around Gu Weimin. A lot of times, it's only useful when it's still a threat. It can be said that in terms of understanding and understanding of power, the closest thing to Eastern culture is the traditional culture of Italy

The most paid children's day is to wash the stream book concave and throw the concave small lie. Duchway is not Italy, exactly. This question puzzled Dudgway for several years.

Of course, confusion is just confusion. There is only one reason for Du Qiwei's unwavering conviction, "that is, Pei Chengyi, as the number one general of the republic, cannot disappear for no reason."

I have to say. Dudgway's failure to grasp the essence of Oriental culture prevented him from making greater mistakes. If you change to a real "China expert." "I'm afraid that the first thing that comes to mind is that Pei Chengyi is influenced by political ideas. was politically persecuted by Wang Yuanqing, so he disappeared from the public eye before Wang Yuanqing left office, and disappeared for several years. Round reading the most chopped chapters, choose the tear book, throw the concave Peng complete

If that's the case. There is an even bigger mistake to be made. According to this line of thought, after Pei Chengyi made a comeback, and when he walked out of Ren Yuan's special assistant, Du Qiwei would definitely believe that Pei Chengyi was Gu Weimin's person, otherwise he would not be persecuted by Wang Yuanqing and would not be reused by Gu Weimin. And Pei Chengyi's persecution is likely to be related to supporting Gu Weimin. In this way, Gu Weimin put Pei Chengyi in front of the public at this time, in addition to thanking Pei Chengyi for the support he provided a few years ago, he will also make a difference. What's more, with the relationship between the two, Gu Weimin will definitely not let Pei Chengyi carry the black pot, and will even try his best to let Pei Chengyi make contributions. Other words. The appearance of Pei Chengyi means that the Republic will definitely take action in the direction of Asia Minor.

The question is that Dudgway didn't think so, so he didn't make this worst mistake.

As for whether Landers thought so, Dudgway couldn't guarantee it.

Although Landes is not an expert on China, he will even say "Hello, thank you." Good bye. and a few other simple Chinese sentences. But there is certainly no shortage of experts on China in the true sense of the word around Randers. And these experts are likely to make the most wrong judgments.

Other words. Landes's belief that the Republic's imminent campaign in the Middle East is likely to be wrong.

It is precisely for this reason that when discussing issues related to Pei Chengyi with the president, Du Qiwei has been emphasizing that Pei Chengyi's sudden appearance must be related to the situation in the Middle East, but contrary to the common understanding, Pei Chengyi's appearance is certainly not intended to aggravate the Middle East issue.

The problem is that it's unknown how much Landers listened.

A few days down. The topic has shifted from Pei Chengyi to the situation in the Middle East.

In any case, Dudgway was a man of great ethics and a soldier who loved America from the bottom of his heart and swore to defend its interests long ago. Even if Landers was a little bit of a bit of a bit of a bad guy and repeatedly made things difficult, Dudgway didn't lose his patience. He knew that if he could not convince Landers and get the president to recognize the situation, the United States would very likely lose a war in the near future, which must not be lost.

Of course, Dudgway was no longer a purely military man. So in front of Landers, there have always been reservations.

In fact. What made Dugway have reservations was not the fear of being persecuted by Landers. Under the American political system, if Dudgway's work of advising the president was uncomfortable, he could have walked away and gone back to work as a news commentator who earns tens of thousands of dollars a year.

As early as a year ago, before Brandino left the White House, Dudgway noticed that the basic policy of the United States was changing, driven by a joint effort by Congress and the White House. In fact, as early as the last midterm election, shortly after the last midterm election, the Republican Party's sweeping victory led to a change of Congress, so the basic policy of the United States was affected. At that time, Bran's promise was still reserved and did not completely compromise. Of course, according to Dudgway's later understanding, Brandino did not compromise with Republican members of Congress until the year of the knife, and to a large extent used it as a bargaining chip to get him into Davis. And get real power to help.

In any case, it is not politicians who are responsible for the change in American life, but the economy.

With the economy improving across the board. With the advent of a new golden age, the mentality of Americans is changing. The interests of US interest groups are also changing. Taken together, these factors mean that the basic policies of the United States have changed under the influence of congressmen.

In a sense, the performance of the United States in the Falklands conflict is a direct manifestation of this.

Of course, compared with the attitude towards the Middle East issue, apart from some essential differences, it has a lot to do with the fact that the US economy has recovered later than the global economy, has not been able to achieve the ideal state in February, and that the United States has been weak in the Falklands conflict and has not been able to provide maximum help to the United Kingdom.

This change in basic policy has forced Duchway to have an extra mind.

You must know that Brandino has lived in the White House for 8 years, and he is very handy when dealing with interest groups, and in the end he still can't avoid becoming the spokesperson of interest groups.

Is Landers okay?

As a president whose ass is not yet hot, even if Landers is a hundred times more powerful than Brandino, it is impossible to fight against interest groups at this time. The tear book bar throws off the concave coffee factory and tells less, Xia Chop, Xia more

Other words. Landes's attitude toward the Middle East issue is most likely the appeal of interest groups.

It was precisely by understanding this truth that Du Qiwei had reservations.

You know, Randers is pushing the United States into a regional war that will certainly be on the same scale as the war on the peninsula, and possibly even comparable to the war in India. Because of the existence of Israel. Therefore, it is impossible for the United States to provide only weapons and equipment, as it did with Japan and India. Sending troops into the war depends on whether the republic will make the same move. Although Du Qiwei firmly believes that Landes's judgment is wrong, Pei Chengdong said, "Wave the republican ** team into the Middle East, but he must beware of another possibility, that is, Pei Chengyi is not Gu Weimin's political ally, but Gu Weimin's political enemy, so that Gu Weimin will be used and framed, and finally bear the blame for Gu Weimin." If the situation is even worse, such as Pei Chengyi's presence poses a threat to Gu Weimin and forces Gu Weimin to find a way to get rid of him, then a war in the Middle East is a good option. Under these circumstances, the Republic would have every reason to fight a modest war with the United States in the Middle East.

The question is, is it possible for the two major powers to be easily separated after they have joined each other?

Israel is not South Korea, Jews have far more influence in the United States than North Koreans, and the importance of the Middle East region is far greater than that of the Korean Peninsula. In other words, it will be up to the Republic to decide how far this war will go. What is even worse is that the outcome of the political struggle of the republic will determine the outcome of the war.

Even if Du Qiwei does not understand Eastern culture, he should know that as long as it is related to political struggle, it is dangerous.

Consider it in more detail. Dudgway would not have the slightest idea of luck. You must know that Pei Chengyi is likely to be the most outstanding general of the century, calling him a "military strategist." It is not an exaggeration to be with the "military commander", even if Gu Weimin has the intention of using the Middle East war to deal with Pei Chengyi, as long as Gu Weimin does not dare to do it blatantly, it is very likely to have the opposite effect. What's more, Pei Chengyi has never been a pure-blooded soldier who can be slaughtered by others, and Gu Weimin did everything possible to deal with him, showing that his relationship with Wang Yuanqing was extraordinary, and all the generals and officials of Wang Yuanqing's faction would support him, so that he would settle down and fight with Gu Weimin, and the net would be broken.

What will this political struggle make of the republic is secondary and, importantly, how much impact will it have on the war in the Middle East?

There is no doubt that Duchway cannot give an answer and is not qualified to give an answer.

Only one thing is certain, anyway. You can't take that risk.

Exactly. Despite his reservations, Dudgway spared no effort to dissuade Randes, hoping that the president would be more cautious in his Middle East policy.

Arguably, the best thing to do is to adopt an appropriately conservative policy of caution until the cause is known.

Anyway. Duchway dealt with the Republic for several years. There is enough reason to believe that the republic will not become entangled with the United States over a Kurdish issue, and that as long as the situation in the Middle East gets out of control, it will turn into a regional war of astonishing scale, and then winning or losing will be a trivial matter, and whether the two major powers involved in it can end smoothly is a big matter. The experience of working in the federal government taught Dudgway that the most dangerous thing is when the United States and the government of the republic cannot step down, that is, when they have to fight the war to the end. In fact, the Falklands conflict has had a limited impact. It has an inseparable relationship with the great restraint of both major powers. The fact that the Syrian-Israeli war can end hastily is also closely related to the reluctance of the two major powers to intervene directly. And the situation in the Middle East has not cooled down until now, because neither of the two major powers is willing to make concessions and is unwilling to compromise.

If you can't compromise. That would mean a world war between the two great powers.

In fact, the time is far from ripe for a world war.

Other words. In the end, there must be a compromise, at least one side has to compromise.

Understand this. It should be known that compromise before the conflict escalates is the best solution than an eventual compromise, even on one side. Even if the United States takes the initiative to compromise, it can bring the greatest benefits to the United States.

The problem is that this argument still failed to convince Landes.

A few days down. Not only was Dudgway physically and mentally emaciated, but he also thought about a showdown with Landers at one point. In his opinion, there must be something wrong with Landes's IQ, and it is useless not to explain the problem directly. Merely. Each time Dudgway held back, he could doubt the IQ of Landes, but not the IQ of the interest groups that supported Landers. In any case, the people who can live in the White House are at least people with normal IQs.

It wasn't until he was almost finished smoking most of his pack that he stood up.

He had been waiting in the smoking area for a full two hours, and the female secretary who had been beating him had not yet come to call him.

What the hell is Landes up to?

Dudgway was a little annoyed, and even a little regretful that he had agreed to Blandino. In other words, if he hadn't promised Blandino, Dudgway would have slapped his ass and left.

Keep your emotions under control. Dudgway found the secret service officer standing at the end of the corridor and asked for a pack of cigarettes.

The White House Secret Service does not change with the change of president, some of the agents have been in the White House for several years, they are the real owners of the White House, and the president is just a tenant who rotates every four or eight years. Because Landers had only been on the job for a few months, almost all of the Secret Service knew Dugway.

Back in the smoking area, after smoking two more cigarettes, Du Qiwei met the female secretary who walked with her shirt constantly fluctuating.

Extinguish the cigarette butts. Dudgway took the initiative to greet him. Instead of wanting to see Landers early, he was hungry and wanted to enjoy the free dinner at the White House early.