Chapter 788 I am peace-loving (second update, please subscribe)
I talked about the "Jakarta threat theory" for a long time.
For what?
Of course it was to launch a military attack on Indonesia. At this point, Truman still knew Li Yi'an - as long as there was an opportunity to expand, he would definitely not miss the opportunity.
But there is no good or evil in the Cold War, only success or failure. In order to defeat the enemy, it doesn't matter even if you cooperate with the devil.
Besides, in front of those devils, Nanyang is just a pure little cutie.
However, Truman was wrong... Li Nian likes to expand, but he will never expand blindly. Just like in Surabaya, Mindanao, and Malaya, he can exercise great restraint.
"Harry, you know, I am a peace-loving person!"
Anyone who has seen the performances of later American presidents knows how to show their peace-loving side, just like Like Okuroko, he not only "loves peace", but also won the Nobel Peace Prize. This can be regarded as a universally recognized peace lover.
As a lover of peace, after winning the award, Okurizi, in order to show his love for peace, donated the prize money to the U.S. military in recognition of its contribution to "world peace."
Well, this is also a form of love.
In fact, Li Yian also loves in this way.
“If you rashly launch a war, apart from damaging your own image and wasting national strength, it will be extremely cost-effective. To deal with the expansion of Soviet Russia, my suggestion is to use "agents" to deal with them, but not Directly using force.”
In fact, it is a proxy war, but now the United States and the Soviet Union do not have this awareness, and they will end up at every turn.
What is the greatest lesson from the Cold War?
But anyone who can use an agent to do so will never do so in person.
“Then what are “agents”?”
“Agents support the opposition within Indonesia, such as the Acehnese people in northern Sumatra. Dissatisfied with Indonesia's rule, in addition to the Acehnese, there are many internal opposition forces. If they can launch an uprising with external support, then the Indonesian authorities will not only have no power to export to the outside world, but will be in a state of exhaustion. In order to help If the allies stabilize the situation, Soviet Russia will inevitably increase its assistance to Indonesia, and in this way, a large amount of Soviet Russia's resources will be wasted in Indonesia..."
When saying this, Li Yi'an He even took a special look at Truman. Obviously, he did not realize the resources wasted by the United States on the peninsula. He would not have thought that in a few years, the United States would fall into the quagmire of the Vietnam War, nor would he have thought that the United States almost lost its wings because of Vietnam. If it were not for the United States, With more resources and no damage to the fundamentals, the players who play football may become more beautiful.
But what about Soviet Russia?
After they invaded Afghanistan, the Americans depleted Soviet Russia's wealth in Afghanistan without spending a single soldier. They even spent only 100 million U.S. dollars on their own, mostly relying on billions of U.S. dollars donated by Gulf oil tycoons. In the end, when the debilitated Soviet Russia had to withdraw from Afghanistan, it soon came to an end for itself.
It does not matter whether Afghanistan is the graveyard of the empire. What is important is that as long as there is the support of the big powers behind it, Afghanistan can be the graveyard of the empire. Vietnam will also be the graveyard of the empire. The same is true for other regions.
History has proven time and time again that it is not only stupid for a big country to end immediately, but it will also bury itself if it is not careful.
So, after learning the lesson from Afghanistan, the simplest and most effective way is to stand behind the scenes and use the opposition to charge forward. It doesn't matter if there is no opposition, you can create opposition.
In the next official meeting, after Li Yi'an explained how to use the opposition to overthrow the rule of Jakarta, Truman and other American officials were all as serious as students. "Considering the various internal conflicts in Indonesia, with the intervention and help of external forces, it is a high probability that a war will break out within them. Although this will take a certain amount of time, the results will definitely be very significant."
After Li Yian finished speaking, Secretary of State Dean Acheson asked.
"Your Excellency, the Dutch military operations in the East Indies ended in failure. From the perspective of outsiders, since the Dutch military operations failed, how could it be possible just by relying on internal opposition? What about overthrowing Jakarta?”
“It is precisely because the failure of the Dutch military operation tells us that direct military intervention is bound to suffer backlash. In this case, supporting the opposition is the least costly and most effective. Choose! "
Although Dean Acheson and others do not fully agree with Li Yian's judgment, compared to them, Li Yian is definitely more qualified to talk about Southeast Asian issues.
"Of course, relying solely on the opposition will definitely not succeed. Sometimes it requires some external help, such as air strikes on its government forces at the right time and for the right reasons."
Li Yi'an paused. For a moment, in another world, the NATO countries' export to Libya relies on supporting the opposition and then carrying out air strikes to help smooth the way for the opposition!
“Of course, this air strike must be combined with the size of the ground opposition. It can only be used when they are enough to threaten Jakarta and its internal dissatisfaction has accumulated to a critical point. Otherwise, external interference will only promote its internal dissatisfaction. Unite, but no matter what, you must make up your mind once you make a decision. The current situation in Indonesia is quite complicated, and I would like to give two opinions."
"Political, support the local opposition and promote it. They broke with Jakarta and remained cautious when it came to military intervention. Once the relationship between Jakarta and the local area was out of control, they would promote a civil war by providing weapons to the opposition and provide direct support to the opposition when necessary to ensure that the Jakarta authorities "
While Li Yian was explaining, the materials prepared in advance had been distributed and handed over to Truman and other American representatives.
"What you see in front of you is the population distribution of Indonesia. It can be seen that the core of the entire Indonesia is two adjacent islands, Java and Sumatra. This is the core of the East Indies and its most powerful place."< br>
The current population of Indonesia has exceeded 70 million, of which the population of Java Island is approaching 50 million. A country with such a large population is definitely a threat to Southeast Asia. Therefore, in any case, for the sake of geopolitical security perspective, the threat must be eliminated.
When Truman and the American officials were looking at the materials and illustrations, Li Yian’s words attracted their attention again,
“Indonesia’s fall to the Soviet Union is equivalent to having 70 million people in one land. The most populous country fell to the Soviet Union. This is something we have to think about. In order to prevent similar things from happening again, my suggestion is that after helping the opposition defeat Jakarta, we can adopt a partition method and divide it into several An independent country to avoid the situation of being too big to lose."
Many people, including Truman, nodded, but Dean said.
"Your Excellency, the Netherlands actually had a similar plan back then. They even created an Indonesian federation composed of more than a dozen small countries, but their attempt ultimately failed. How can it succeed now?"
Interview Li Yian said slowly to Dean's question.
“Power! In the past few years, Jakarta has continued to take back local power, which has aroused dissatisfaction within it. Their move has made the plan more feasible. , After all, no one will give up power."
Finally, looking at Truman and others, Li Yian drew a big picture to them.
“In short, through support for the opposition and limited intervention, this will fundamentally change the situation in Southeast Asia. After Indonesia returns to the free world, the next step is to replicate what happened in Indonesia. Success, and finally, we will cut off the clutches of the Russians here.”
(End of this chapter)