The next day, the White House.

General Austin, the commander-in-chief of the Grenada government forces, announced that Grenada had entered a state of **, and Prime Minister Bishop was controlled by Austin's army. ”

William Clark, President Reagan's national security adviser, rushed into President Reagan's bedroom in an unstable mood after being briefed by the military attaché to report the bad news.

Obviously, Adviser William Clark has been in a lot of trouble after the Soviets shot down the Nanbon Airlines 007 passenger plane and even the Lebanese peacekeeping force was killed by the first self-detonating truck a few days ago.

And William Clarke's talent type is clearly not suitable for dealing with this fast-paced, hot-war crisis.

He became the president's national security adviser early last year and has been there for 20 months so far.

The general background was when the Soviets were just beginning to have a tendency to deepen the quagmire in Afghanistan. Therefore, Li Gen felt that he needed a dovish national security adviser, so that he could enlist a few more junior brothers in the Middle East and embark on a long-term strategy of "uniting with Middle Eastern oil-producing countries to lower international oil prices and worsening the Soviet Union's space for earning foreign exchange in international trade."

Historically, the strategy of the Americans to join forces with Middle Eastern oil-producing countries to drive down oil prices and block Soviet oil exports was very effective in the long run, and ultimately contributed to the decline and end of the Soviet Union.

However, it is also a protracted battle, which needs to be interrupted by other more important short-term contingencies.

In particular, those advisers who are good at playing good people to win over the oil-producing countries in the Middle East will be very incompetent when dealing with the sudden use of force by hawks. So once the situation erosively needs hawks, Li Gen has to change advisers.

Historically, the William Clark adviser had only two days to perform his duties – two days later, on October 17, 1983. Clark was fired by the president because he could not find an excuse for Mr. President to "bypass congressional supervision and quickly use force against Grenada."

Then he was replaced by Robert Maiker Nuoleng, who was said to be very good at dealing with the diplomatic troubles caused by special warfare because he helped Li Gen initially solve the Iran hostage crisis in that time and space, as a national security adviser. (Two years ago, he was only the third-in-line adviser, the second adviser to the national security adviser.) Later, I finally pried off my boss and turned it into a regular one)

Historically, it was Robert Maike who reminded Li Gen that he could use the excuse of "who knows that other evil countries in the world will not have a bottom line like the Iranians, so they should quickly evacuate their overseas Chinese", bypass Congress and send troops, and finally kill Grenada in seconds.

And he later served as Li Gen's national security adviser for more than two years, until the end of 85, and then in early 86, because of the Iranians' blackmail, all the evidence of the hostage crisis settlement process was exposed, which made Li Gen a big ugly. Then he was completely fired by Li Gen if it was cold.

Of course, in this world now, Gu Biao's butterfly effect has already killed whether it is cold or not.

Because the radical faction and Gu Biao solved the Iran crisis in a better way, and when reviewing the evidence, it was confirmed that there was a real risk of being blackmailed by the radical faction, but fortunately it was blocked by the radical faction.

So this guy has fallen out of favor two years ago and was pushed to the end, and he will never have a chance to pry off his former boss and turn him into a regular, let alone speak to the president.

At present, there is a shortage of advisers around the president who are knowledgeable enough to remind the president to use the excuse of "speculating on the enemy's unlimited degree" to use force.

Or even if there were, there was no way to argue in law, and there was no way to shout and shout, and there was no way to win a congressional hearing in a debate.

Even if Reagan fires William Clark now, he doesn't know who will take over this mess.

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After listening to the report, Li Gen had a headache.

He complained angrily: "Those people in the Grenada New Jewel Movement are still not convinced? Bishop himself has reached a secret understanding and compromised with us, where did that General Austin get his confidence? Now the key is, how can we send troops to kill him immediately?"

"Mr. President, the anti-war faction in Congress has been very strong for eight years since Vietnam was withdrawn...... "Adviser William Clark reminded with embarrassment.

Li Gen scolded bitterly: "You waste! The value of your existence is to let me do those things that Congress does not allow me to do under normal circumstances! If Congress doesn't let you do it, you can't think of a way, what use do I want you!"

Adviser William Clark was scolded and retreated.

As he left the Oval Office of the White House, William Clark was confronted by the Secretary of State, His Excellency Scholz, who had hurried to discuss international affairs.

"Your Excellency George Schultz, Mr. President does not seem to be in a good mood, and I have already told him the bad news about Grenada. I'm sorry I don't have a good solution......"

William Clark also hoped that Secretary of State Schultz would be able to redeem a little of the president's anger, so he reminded him.

Who knows, Secretary of State Scholz is full of confidence. With the attitude of a senior master, he patted Clark on the shoulder: "Don't worry, I have my own clever plan." ”

Then, Schultz proudly walked into the Oval Office.

William Clarke was suspicious, but decided to wait a little longer in the lounge outside to see what happened.

Does Your Excellency the Secretary of State have a clever solution to the current crisis?

After 30 minutes.

The door to the Oval Office opened again.

William Clark had already drunk two cups of coffee outside and was drinking a third — he was close to the president and knew that the president would discuss a specific issue and that the meeting would normally last no more than 15 minutes. Therefore, the people around the president drink coffee in the lounge, which also forms a biological clock, and it will definitely not be 15 minutes before drinking a cup of coffee.

Now, he's not drinking until he's had a third drink before the office door opens, which says only two things:

First of all, the issue discussed by the president is important.

Second, the plan put forward by the reporter was very satisfactory to the President.

If it is expressed in Chinese, it is almost the level of "poor night empty seat".

Awesome, worthy of Your Excellency the Secretary of State. For such a sudden war, we can come up with an emergency plan and have a plan in mind......

No wonder someone can be a secretary of state, and he William Clark is only worthy of being a national security adviser.

However, what surprised Clark even more was that after the door of the Oval Office was opened this time, it was not the president's female assistant who came to summon people, but Mr. President himself got up, probed his head at the door and looked around for two seconds, and then beckoned to him in person:

"William, come here, I'll say you're still here!"

William Clark hurriedly flattered and followed.

A companion is like a tiger.

The job of national security adviser seems to be high-powered, but after all, it is the president's personal staff, and it is hired by the president personally, not by the US government. In contrast, the secretary of state was hired by the U.S. government and had a much more stable position.

Therefore, the national security adviser is very easy to mix when things are going well, and if a sudden war cannot be handled for the president, he will be completely removed from office at any time, and his political future will be ruined.

William Clark's mood today is like riding a roller coaster in the clouds several times, with big ups and downs.

The president pulled him, dragged him directly into the room, and then pointed to a document on the table: "William, look at what George's three solutions are." ”

On the president's mahogany desk, three plans were divided equally, and it was clear that one of them was an imaginary enemy plan drafted by Kissinger and Gu Biao. The other two are made up by Scholz's staff to meet the president's "upper, middle and lower choices".

After a little look, Clark said very knowingly: "I think this plan B is simply God bless the United States! I never thought that I could use the excuse that 'the evil countries in the world at present are very likely to follow the example of Iran' to evacuate their nationals by force."

And this legal theory is really old-fashioned, like a top master who has blocked many difficult congressional cross-examinations for Mr. President......"

Clark said this, paused slightly, and did not say any more.

Because after all, he also has a bit of a human attribute, and if he can get mixed into this high position, how can he not understand his colleagues.

Secretary of State Scholz became secretary of state this year after Haig stepped down from office, having previously served only as secretary of the Treasury in the Nixon administration.

Such a person does not seem to have dealt with many opportunities for Mr. President to deal with the difficulties of Congress......

If Clark were to go on, wouldn't it seem that "Schultz also relied on the wisdom of others".

Therefore, when his ass was halfway through, he immediately stopped it, and then hurried to find something else.

Fortunately, the president is in a good mood and does not care about these things for the time being.

"Your vision is good, and I think Plan B is the best, the perfect solution to the Grenada problem and a loud warning to the Soviets! George, my choice is good, I will say that anyone who knows how will definitely choose like me. ”

The last half of the president's words turned to George Schultz.

Obviously, he came in just now to prove that "the hero sees the same thing", to finalize his confidence, and by the way, to show that he is wise.

Schultz was naturally happy to carry people in a sedan chair and said with a smile:

"Mr. President, your decision has been so wise. In addition, what I just said is only the response to the incident itself. I think it's more important to analyze the reasons behind the incident, and to prevent the Soviets from opening up more battlefields of confrontation. Here's a more comprehensive precautionary plan that you can look at when you have time. ”

After that, Scholz also handed over an analysis of the situation in other Latin American countries that are currently in the process of transitioning to the populace and the risk of left-wing forces being infiltrated by the Soviet Union.

In fact, he doesn't need to be in such a hurry, he can wait for the Grenada war to be over before taking it out. In that way, his escort options for plan B and plan C can also be done more perfectly, and he can copy less discarded drafts from unknown sources.

However, if he is not in such a hurry, how can he show that he "expected it a long time ago"?

Scholz's purpose is to prove that "including Grenada, the Soviets have not yet made a move, and I have already comprehensively analyzed it, thought of this possibility, and thought of countermeasures."

In this way, he is the secretary of state, and he is worthy of following the president for another five years.

The president was pleasantly surprised.

"Oh, you're saying that you had long expected that Grenada might be one of the directions in which the Soviets would divert pressure? You made a plan before the Soviets did it? Oh, George, it's a blessing for the United States to have you, God bless America!"

If the president praises a person and says, "God bless America if the United States can get you," it is almost the highest level of praise.

Secretary of State Scholz felt like he was floating on the clouds.

The old friends of the basic faction are worthy of deep friendship.

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PS: Tomorrow's update will be in the early hours of the morning, so don't read it in the middle of the night, wait until after 6 o'clock in the morning.

Of course, most people won't see it in the early morning, mainly to remind book friends who work night shifts, forgive me.