Chapter 1325 nozuonodie (first update, please subscribe)
Will the stone be thrown?
Li Yi'an doesn't know, but one thing is certain - the young master is out of control!
Recalling some of Kennedy's retaliatory actions after the "Cuban Missile Crisis" ended, the silent Li Yi'an once again walked in the office for a long time, then stood in front of Berlin and looked at him critically. As if deciding something,
After a long time, Li Yian asked:
"Berlin, do you think Kennedy will mess up?"
While speaking, Li Yi'an nodded to the table and said:
"After the "Cuban Missile Crisis", Kennedy Not only did he force Dulles to resign, but he also took action against the Pentagon. In the past month or so, more than a dozen generals have retired."
The intention of these words is self-evident.
Berlin thought for a while and said:
"Your Excellency, someone needs to be responsible for the delay in intelligence. Moreover, according to the intelligence we have, the CIA and the Pentagon should have discovered that the Soviets were building a launch site there in August, but they did not report it until two months later. The White House, and it seems to me that Dulles and the Pentagon were trying to use this incident to force Kennedy Approved to take action against Cuba to solve the Cuban problem, but after the crisis is resolved, the White House will definitely fight back. They will not allow anyone to challenge the authority of the White House. Therefore, Dulles must resign. As for the Pentagon, someone also needs to be responsible. ."
What is the final result of the "Cuban Missile Crisis"?
It was CIA Director Allen Dulles who dismissed get out of class and left the kingdom he had been running for 14 years. In the past ten years, neither Truman nor Eisenhower could move him at all. .
But Kennedy seized the opportunity of Cuba and dismissed him.
"So is this going to be the end of it?"
Li Yian asked back,
For many things, only when you are involved in them do you know that things are not that simple.
Unlike many people who imagine that the presidents of the United States are all wealthy people, in fact, most of the time, the presidents of the United States may be "selected" by wealthy people, but they are not necessarily wealthy people. And most of the time, Americans think that the pampered "gongzi brother" is too weak and not tough enough. Therefore, they rarely win.
As for the young man Kennedy, in order to please the Americans, he deliberately showed his toughness. During the presidential campaign, Kennedy had strongly criticized Eisenhower for insufficient defense spending. In his inaugural speech, he repeatedly proposed increasing military spending, authorizing the development of new weapons systems, and increasing investment in moon landings to create a new "moon landing plan."
Therefore, when Kennedy took office, not only did he not try to reduce the size of the army, but in order to show his tough side to the Americans, he began to rearm his arms. He ordered the massive construction of nuclear arsenals to establish an advantage over the Soviet Union. During the Kennedy administration, the number of nuclear weapons increased by 50%, and the number of intercontinental ballistic missiles increased from 63 to 424.
But this did not change the people's "contempt" for him. After one year in office in the White House, Kennedy gradually discovered that the situation was indeed much more complicated than he imagined, especially the failure of the Bay of Pigs operation. It was criticized and even humiliated internationally.
According to a New York Times report, Kennedy once became so angry with a senior government official that he wanted to tear the CIA into pieces and throw them into the sky.
Even Kennedy commented to a journalist friend, Ben Bradley, "My first advice to my successor is: "Don't trust those generals. Don't think they are soldiers." How professional they are in military matters. ""
These words also show his attitude towards the military - extreme distrust.
This distrust originated from the "Bay of Pigs Operation". If the failure of the operation made Kennedy begin to doubt the capabilities of the generals in the Pentagon.
Then the "Cuban Missile Crisis" that followed gave Kennedy a clearer understanding of the damage the Pentagon could cause to the world, and then came up with the idea of restraining this monster.
So, from dismissing Dulles to dismissing the generals in the Pentagon, they are essentially all for restraint.
"Your Excellency, do you think the military and the CIA will counterattack?"
Berlin, who was born in the Imperial Security Bureau, naturally understands this kind of "counterattack", just like the Wehrmacht The same counterattack against Hitler.
“A coup?”
Shrugging his shoulders, Li Yian said:
"Who knows? I analyzed it based on the situation in front of me - that rich young man can neither control those powers nor restrain those powers, but he takes it for granted. You can restrain them. A politician with a sound mind needs to first master the power and then restrain them. If he cannot master it and restrains them, he will definitely suffer backlash. This backlash may be in a political way or in a political way. In other ways.”
In another world, I don’t know how Kennedy got his brains out, but he believed that this was the pinnacle of his political career and his highlight moment.
The peaceful resolution of the entire incident earned Kennedy a high reputation.
After the Soviet Union began to dismantle missiles from Cuba, Kennedy's domestic approval rating rose to a historical high of 77%. This number matched Vice President Ross's average during World War II. However, in this incident, Kennedy had a great conflict of opinion with the top military officials.
When Kennedy proposed exchanging missiles for missiles, the White House's senior military advisers all expressed firm opposition. They believed that the Soviet Union's promises were not credible and that ground and air forces should be immediately dispatched for a full-scale invasion of Cuba.
Even after the crisis was successfully resolved, some senior generals still believed that Kennedy was acting too weak. General Curtis LeMay, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, told Kennedy face to face that the Cuban Missile Crisis was the largest in U.S. history. By failing, he showed the world the weakness of the United States. Even after the Soviet Union withdrew its missiles as agreed, General Leme still believed that the agreement with the Soviet Union should be torn up and invade Cuba again.
And in this case, Kennedy took action on the military... This is simply stupid.
In comparison, Khrushchev was much more mature. Although he also won a very high reputation, under Li Yian's mediation, even the hardliners did not admit that the Soviet Union had lost face. However, he still gave a speech and vowed to "build missiles like sausages." Such a statement naturally won the support of the military.
In another world, sausages are made to appease hardliners, but what about this world? It’s to invite hardliners!
Comparing the two, it’s a clear decision!
Of course that would be a long way to go.
In another world, the "Cuban Missile Crisis" seemed to have been resolved peacefully, bringing the whole world back from the brink of war. But in the next year or so, Kennedy was inexplicably enlightened this year. Immediately afterwards, Khrushchev was overthrown by positive changes.
These two things seem to have no connection, but in fact they have the same general background-that is, the hardliners of the two countries are extremely dissatisfied with the two of them.
Whether it was a "positive change" launched by them is unknown, but what is certain is that there must be some connection.
It is precisely because of this that Li Yian had this idea.
Listening to your analysis, Berlin thought for a while and said:
"Your Excellency, I will pay more attention to this aspect.".
“No.”
Li Yian shook his head and said:
"This is a bottomless pool of stinky water. No matter who touches it, it will stink. We don't need to pay any attention to it. We just need to wait for the situation to change!" ”
Kennedy’s imagination is so wide open that it remains a mystery until the 21st century, accompanied by too many conspiracies. No matter who is involved in this kind of thing, it is all a show of coquettishness. I can't explain. At that time, the Soviet Union was the most worried. A lot of "evidence" pointed to the Soviet Union. If Khrushchev hadn't been calm enough, the Soviet Union would have refueled the missiles.
After thinking for a while, Berlin said:
"Indeed, we really shouldn't play any role in this matter, but... is it possible?"
"Yes."
Li Yian affirmed:
"It's just that no one knows when and in what way."
Walk silently At the table, Li Yian smoked a cigar from the cigar box and said:
“I think we should try our best to forget this conversation today.”
"I understand."
Berlin nodded, and then said:
"We will continue to work as before."
"No."
>Li Yian smiled slightly and said:
"Kennedy wanted to use the multilateral nuclear force plan to force us to make concessions, but he forgot one thing - Nanyang is not a follower of the United States, and cannot obey their words, so..."
A slight pause. After a while, Li Yian said:
“We need to show our dissatisfaction through appropriate methods.”
“This must be done after they take action.”
“ Yes! ”
Li Yian frowned and said:
"Okay, let's leave it like this for the time being. Just continue with the past work. As for that young man, let him do it, nozuonodie...his destiny is his own Go and master it, leave this dossier to me...This matter needs to be considered..."
What needs to be considered?
Of course, we are considering how to cooperate with the United Kingdom in the future. Although the United Kingdom is unparalleled in terms of being a good person, under the current premise of the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, competing for hegemony, the United Kingdom Cooperation is in the interest of Nanyang, and besides, we are all members of the Commonwealth.
But, what are the benefits of this cooperation?
In this way, after Berlin left, Li Yian stood by the window and thought outside the window for a long time. Unknowingly, the sun went down.
When he made up his mind, Li Yian said to himself while looking at the sunset in the distance.
"Okay...the sun has set..."
When he said these words, his tone was more filled with emotion and a little bit of regret.
Just watching the sunset in the distance...
(End of this chapter)