Soviet Union 1991

First update

The atmosphere in the conference room is as breathless as a cold ice cellar, as if every breath freezes and freezes here. ●⌒, CIA Woolsey and Lespin, the Secretary of Defense, did not dare to express their anger, fearing that President Mario, who was sitting opposite, would suddenly go crazy. An invisible pressure was like a python wrapped around their necks, slowly tightening their necks until they were 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 emotion in his tone, "I want to know why we suffered such losses in this operation. The disastrous situation? Kalashnikov rifles, four Black Hawk helicopters crashed over the bazaar in Mogadishu and were shot down. Now the media around the world is condemning our actions as violating humanitarianism and interfering in the country's internal affairs. This is the most serious public relations crisis I have faced since taking office!”

"And I also read the report provided by General Jonathan to Washington." At this point, Mario directly threw the report on the table, his tone was a little sullen, "Why did our CIA even connect Somalia?" We have not received any information that the militia has anti-aircraft missiles. I would like to ask Director Woolsey what the intelligence bureau has been doing in Somalia these past few months.”

Faced with Mario's questioning, Woolsey looked very frightened. He lowered his head and apologized, "I'm so sorry, President Mario. This is not a mistake in our intelligence, but a delay in our feedback on intelligence... "

"That's enough, I really don't want to hear any excuses." Mario's emotions suddenly broke out at this moment. He turned to Minister of Defense Lespin and said, "And Minister Lespin, General Jonathan originally hoped to start from the national defense The Ministry dispatched gunships and tanks, why did they reject their request?”

"Because His Excellency the President has issued an order, the operation in Mogadishu must be carried out secretly and not attract the attention of international public opinion. We also believe that sending gunships is too eye-catching, so we rejected General Jonathan's request." Minister Lespin's answer was reasonable, because it was Mario himself who gave the order. So there is nothing wrong with him doing this.

Of course, a president in the midst of an emotional outburst is irrational. He rudely interrupted Minister Lespin and said, "Shut up. Is it possible that avoiding the attention of the international community is more important than the lives of dozens of American troops?" ? Think about it with your head. If an accident occurs, do you think the international public opinion will be more serious than attracting attention? "

The anti-war sentiment triggered by the death of more than 30 soldiers in Somalia is terrible. The U.S. government now has to take into account the feelings among its allies, and at the same time appease the dissatisfaction of the domestic people. He does not want another Los Angeles riot to occur in the United States because of this incident.

"So the problem in Somalia can only be solved by political means. We can only conduct secret negotiations with Aidid. Let Aidid hand over the bodies of the downed pilots and US soldiers; Then we will release all Aidid prisoners and no longer target the Aidid faction." The US government, which has always been unwilling to negotiate with its enemies, chose to compromise due to the pressure of international public opinion.

"One more thing, Director Woolsey, you must find out where the batch of anti-aircraft missiles flowed out from." President Mario has always been worried about this matter, "Then those involved in this incident will be Wipe everyone clean.”

Then on October 7, President Mario issued a statement on the Somalia incident at a press conference. He stated that the US military would withdraw from Somalia within a limited time and hand over full power of the United Nations stability maintenance operations to the United Nations peacekeeping forces. Since the US military itself is no longer willing to take a trip into this muddy water. Then let those who blame the United States have a headache. Anyway, the United Nations has almost reached the point of no where to go. It has spent a lot of money in Somalia but failed to stop the warlords' separatist war.

"The U.S. military will withdraw from Somalia within a time limit, will no longer participate in the Somali war, and will return command to the United Nations peacekeeping forces. And we will not abandon any soldier. We are currently negotiating with the Aidid government and will return American pilots captured by them."

The spotlight of the reporters in the audience was shining brightly. Just as they were about to ask President Mario a question, the other party had already left the press conference. Instead, the White House's official press secretary answered reporters' questions.

This press conference meant humiliation to Mario. Since the Vietnam War, the U.S. military has never suffered such humiliation, not even the invasion of Panama and the Gulf Operation. The US military also captured all the enemy's troops with lightning speed.

Of course, President Mario would never know that in the Kremlin office, General Secretary Yanayev was watching President Mario's every move on TV. He is like a conspirator hiding behind the scenes and manipulating the overall situation, treating the elites in the White House as puppets and playing around.

"Next, the United States will find the South African members of Congress based on the clues deliberately left by Victor. And the batch of arms faked as flowing from the South African Defense Force will become irrefutable evidence. Of course, the mineral resource transactions between the Soviet Union and South Africa will also make The United States has entered into a misunderstanding, mistakenly believing that everything South Africa does is to ensure that its interests in Somalia are not violated," Yanayev said to himself.

"At that time, the furious United States will inevitably attack South Africa. If de Klerk steps down under pressure, then Mandela, who is just about to come to power, will become a scapegoat. South Africa, which naturally wants to please the United States, will Those right-wing MPs will be eliminated as outcasts, and then South Africa will really no longer be dominated by the Boers. "

Yanayev did not believe what Mandela said. At least the subsequent performance of the African National Congress against white South Africans made it difficult for Yanayev to believe the phrase that people of all skin colors are united. Beautiful fantasy. Of course the Soviet Union would not sympathize with the whites and blacks of South Africa in front of Yanayev. The moment South Africa wanted to develop nuclear weapons, it sealed its fate and ended in tragedy. No country can challenge the nuclear weapons status of the five permanent members of the Security Council.

Mandela's rise to power was just the last straw that destroyed South Africa's impending collapse. What Yanayev did was to provide the "South African version of Gor-Bachov" with an excellent opportunity to govern. (To be continued.)