Chapter 005, Left Hand vs. Right Hand
() CIA branch in Frankfurt, Germany
After Bob finished handling the pieces in his hand, looked at his watch, and arranged the next things, Bob said hello to his colleagues and prepared to leave work
In almost all the operations of the U.S. Zhōng Yāng Intelligence Bureau in an attempt to overthrow a foreign Zhèng Fǔ, there was a person named "Bob", in fact, "Bob" was not the name of a person, but the code name of the person in charge of the special operation
Bob is also just his code name, and at the age of almost fifty, he has become the head of the CIA in Europe, and almost all matters pass through his hands
Although he didn't work at Langley, Bob was a thriving official, and in a few years, when he added to his resume, he could return to the United States as deputy director of the CIA, and possibly even director
When Bob thought back then, when he was one of the many pawns of the CIA, Bob couldn't help but feel that every senior executive of the CIA started from the most basic agent, and when he was 31 years old, Bob accepted an order from the CIA to get rid of Saddam
He came alone with a 47 rifle in the mountains of northern Iraq
A champion skydiver as a young man, he was in charge of intelligence operations in the Soviet Union in the early 90s, and was considered a rapidly rising star of the U.S. intelligence agency for training Sudanese guerrillas against Gaddafilibi's newspaper
At that time, the United States only gave the CIA $20 million a year for the operation to overthrow Saddam, which was not enough in the eyes of the young Bob to set up a secret radio station in Iraq, which was a drop in the bucket compared to the cost of the CIA's Sandinista to overthrow Nicaragua's Sandinista in the 80s
He then considered supporting the rebels in northern Iraq, and a successful uprising could spread to the south, all the way to Baghdad, and the leader of the Iraqi National Congress, an Iraqi ** organization founded with the help of the CIA, also had a so-called "three-city plan" to attack the northern Iraqi cities of Mosul, Kirkuk, and the southern city of Basra, causing local people to riot in these cities and inducing Saddam's troops to surrender to the guerrillas, and "Bob" reported this plan to the CIA
After intensive preparations, under Bob's coercion and inducement, Chalabi decided to launch attacks on Mosul and Kirkuk, but at a critical moment, the opposition force was divided due to internal strife, and the two main leaders, Massoud Barzani and Jalal Talabani, quarreled over the division of the money earned from oil smuggling, and Barzani withdrew from the operation
When the National Security Adviser to the President of the United States, Lenny Lake, learned of this through other channels, he immediately ordered Bob to ask him and the opposition to stop the operation, or face the consequences
But Bob was unwilling, how could he just forget it after planning for so long
The opposition still took action, which naturally had Bob's instigation, and everything went smoothly at first, and in northern Iraq, they succeeded in persuading more than 1,000 Saddam Hussein's officers and soldiers to surrender, but without the support of Barzani and Washington, the military operation of the National Assembly was stopped a week later, and Bob was also urgently recalled to Washington to be reviewed by the FBI, and this time the secret war for which "Bob" was specifically responsible cost as much as $120 million
The end result was that Bob abandoned the Iraqi opposition and returned to his home country to be investigated, according to his predetermined plan, this operation would have left him with great vitality if it could not overthrow the cunning Saddam, and he should have been greeted with flowers and praise
It's just that things often go beyond his expectations, and it was the group of congressmen who prevented him from taking this powerful action, the reason was that he spent too much money, and if I added a reason, it was that this action would put the United States behind the CIA in an extremely disadvantageous position
Now when I think of this operation, Bob will yell, "FUCK"
Since then, his rising star in the CIA has been refrigerated, all of Chūn's dreams have been shattered in the investigation, and his position has been replaced by another "Bob".
However, with the change of US policy in the Middle East, Bob Sr. was hired again, and the CIA senior officials directly authorized him to be the CIA's director of the Middle East
In the end, under his planning, the United States brazenly launched the Iraq War after the Afghanistan-Fu War, directly took Baghdad, and smashed all opposition forces, and finally the United States angrily hanged Saddam, an American thorn in the Middle East, and ironically, Saddam Hussein was cultivated by the CIA, but in the end he became one of the biggest enemies of the United States in the Middle East
However, in this matter, Bob Sr. understands a little bullshit, the national interest is not disinterest, and the interests of the consortium behind the group of congressmen are interests
Parliamentarians have made a fortune from the war, and the biggest beneficiary is the family behind the president who started the war, and all obstacles have been removed
But the elder Bob did not hate the interests behind the war, because he still wanted to be promoted, so following this route, the elder Bob got his wish and became the head of the CIA in Europe, hesitating, he had a brilliant performance, almost answering his needs, and the elder Bob recently received news that he would soon be transferred to headquarters
Old Bob remembers the experience and arrives in the garage to drive home to dinner with his wife
It's just that as soon as he entered the car, his face suddenly changed, and he subconsciously took out his pistol, but a deep and cold voice came from behind him: "Your gun is no faster than my hand."
Old Bob was in a cold sweat, and when he heard this voice, he relaxed again, and started the car very cooperatively, leaving the underground parking lot, he knew very well that this was the German branch of the CIA, and if he entered the car for a few minutes without movement, it would cause jǐngti among his peers
Cars are everywhere on the road, Mercedes-Benz and BMW, and in Germany, Mercedes-Benz is just a taxi, so it is not surprising
Germany is a self-reliant country, after World War II, the industry developed rapidly, and its products are well-known for their excellent quality, no matter what industry, most people will hear that it is made in Germany, and there will be two words in their hearts: "rest assured"
German enterprise service is also first-class business, there is a saying in the eyes of the customer is God, this sentence is used to interpret the after-sales service of German enterprises, but the difference between German companies and Chinese enterprises is that if they want to open any exhibition, they do not need to rely on those bikini girls to attract the attention of customers, because they have a kind of self-confidence in their bones, their products are the best, without any external objects to set off
If the United States is a country of yuang, then Germany is a country with a strict worldly style, Bob has lived here for five or six years, and even has a feeling that he does not want to return to the United States, because the equality that Americans preach everywhere is simply ironic compared to the Germans
"The Hand of God Project is in its advanced stages, does it need to move forward?" Old Bob seemed to know what the man sitting in the back wanted to ask, so he spoke before he could ask
"Hmph" the person sitting in the back of the car made a deep voice, "I'm here to tell you you can start the next move"
"Need to use your right hand," old Bob asked
The voice behind "No" is low and cold, "Now that the left hand is still in control, there is no need to expose the existence of the right hand"
"I know what to do," old Bob drove the car to a stop at the red light, waited for a minute, and then he started the car again, nervously asked, "Mine"
As soon as he spoke, he seemed to notice that something was missing from the back, and when he looked back, he found that the back seat was empty, and there was nothing, old Bob shook his head in a cold sweat, this person was definitely the most terrible person he had ever seen, he didn't stop, he didn't even think about going over to investigate how this person got into his car, he only knew that it was the best move to go home now and act as if nothing had happened
On the way back, old Bob had been thinking about what the guy who was sitting behind him just now was codenamed
Before meeting M, the elder Bob was still under investigation by the FBI, at that time, he was disheartened, and he even thought that the investigation would go on indefinitely, and M appeared in front of him like a savior, and his fate changed from then on, the FBI ended the investigation of him, and the CIA lifted his freeze, and the old Bob rose like a rising star again
Back at home, his wife Catherine had already prepared dinner, and was waiting for his return, and he was just an ordinary man who had a wife and three children
Everything he does is for them, Catherine is just an ordinary German girl, they meet on the romantic banks of the Rhine, she has a cold temperament, strong, dú lì, more modern, even a little unmanageable wild and tough
Old Bob fell in love with her, in order to protect Catherine and his children, Bob wanted to climb to the top of the CIA at all costs, and the more valuable he was, the more he could get everything he wanted, such as the leisurely life he has now
At work, he was the director of the CIA in Europe, and in life he was only Catherine's husband and father of several children
Every day when he came home, he could see Catherine's smile, and several children around him were all he wanted, but all this, because of his identity, he had to pay some price that ordinary people could not pay
It has been said that with great power comes great responsibility, and old Bob agrees with this statement, but this sentence only applies to his family, and he needs enough to protect his family responsibility in exchange for the right to live in peace
As for the national interest, those are bullshit in Bob's eyes, he was also young, and he was full of enthusiasm and ambition, and what he got in exchange was nothing more than toying and sacrifice under authority