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"It's time for me to show up, too." The old man said to everyone. Compared with the military strength of the Americans, it is better to go out and hang around with the old man.

Americans have a misunderstanding of China, and they have always believed that people like the old man attach great importance to economic construction under national defense security and national dignity, so they can not worry about the overreaction of the current leadership collective due to small overseas frictions, but are more worried about the backlash of the old man's mood and the mood of the leaders of his generation.

In the final analysis, it is still the intelligence problems of the Americans, and they cannot figure out what China's hole cards are. On 1 June, at the scene of the national children's celebration of the festival, the old man personally went out to have a cordial conversation with them, and the media from all over the country flocked to record the old man's various words and deeds.

It is noteworthy that the old man did not wear regular clothes, but wore a grass-green wide military uniform without military ranks.

Although the old man didn't say anything special, this gesture was very scary, how many years had the old man not worn a military uniform?

A lot of people can't remember it anymore. Moreover, domestic troops have also begun to move on a large scale, with the Nanjing Military Region increasing troops in Fujian, the Northeast Military Region's military columns continuing to march into the DPRK, and air force units also beginning to take to the air.

The Americans are also very well informed, especially for such a big matter, the White House and the Pentagon are already in chaos, and the Clinton administration has only been in office for five and a half months.

Where has it been tested by such a serious crisis?

"What kind of fame is going on in Beijing?" Clinton sent a letter to Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Colin Brown. Powell asked.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff, along with the War Department, the Navy Department, and the Air Force Department, is the most important body of the Department of Defense, and is under the dual leadership of the President and the Secretary of Defense.

Since the President and Secretary of Defense of the United States are both civilian officials, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff becomes the top military commander of the United States armed forces.

At the beginning of the founding of the United States, the military establishment only had the Department of the Army, and later the Department of the Navy and the Department of the Air Force were established one after another.

During World War II, Congress passed the National Security Act and created the post of Secretary of Defense. Subsequently, the post of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was created.

The Army, Navy, and Air Force have all been downgraded to the level of first-class institutions subordinate to the Ministry of National Defense. The Ministry of Defense stipulates that the Joint Chiefs of Staff receive orders from the Secretary of Defense.

Issuance of strategic and operational orders. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is appointed by the President from among the senior generals of the Army, Navy and Air Force for a two-year term and can only be re-elected once, except in wartime.

Colin. Born in 1937, Powell attended reserve officer training while in school, was awarded the rank of second lieutenant after graduation, was twice sent to Vietnam to fight in the war, and later served as commander of a U.S. Army in Korea.

and National Security Advisor to President Ronald Reagan. After President Bush took office, he appointed him chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and promoted him to a four-star general.

He was the first and youngest chairman of the Black Joint Chiefs of Staff in U.S. history, and during his tenure he participated in and directed major events such as the invasion of Panama and the deployment of troops to the Philippines and Somalia.

Of course, the fight against Iraq did not leave his command, and it can be said that he has extremely rich military experience. It's just that when Clinton came to power, he obviously didn't like the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who was reused with the former Bush, and he wanted to replace Powell.

However, considering that Powell's popularity is still very high, it is not easy to act rashly. After all, the CIAs in the Middle East would not have been able to block China's cargo ships without the support of US warships.

For these guys who are making a big fuss. Although Clinton understands something, he can't help but find a scapegoat.

Containment of Chinese freighters. Clinton can turn a blind eye and test Beijing's attitude.

But now that the Chinese have begun to mobilize troops on a large scale, the situation in the Taiwan Strait is tense, and the Korean Peninsula is in crisis, all of which directly threaten the national interests of the United States, he cannot sit there and watch the excitement.

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is only the chief military adviser to the president and the secretary of defense, and it is still the president who really commands the whole army.

Besides, he was not interested in this black man in the first place. Powell, of course, is not a fuel-efficient lamp, he will be ready to retire in a few months, and when the time comes, he will break up with Clinton and write a memoir or something to earn a pension, how beautiful is that?

Just the little in the bay is enough for him to write millions of words, not to mention that a publisher has already contacted him, and the manuscript fee is favorable.

"Mr. President, you should ask CIA Director James Brown. Woolsey, he should know very well what his men are doing. \\\\\" Powell replied without humility or arrogance.

The new director of the CIA, James Brown. Woolsey was appointed by Clinton, and Powell's answer to Clinton's question was naturally a bit slanderous; to understand why the Chinese mobilized military forces on a large scale, it is natural to look at what the Americans have done recently.

"Okay, then put James. Woolsey also called over to see what he could explain? Clinton said with some annoyance that he really has no deterrent effect against Powell, and although the president is the supreme leader of the army, he is as tender as a chicken in front of these senior generals, especially those who are accepted by the people and have high prestige in the military.

Soon, James. Woolsey arrived at the president's office, he was a bald man, wearing a pair of wide gold-rimmed glasses, his eyes were gloomy and full of worry at all times, and he looked like a scheming guy, and he was indeed a very suitable figure as the director of the CIA.

"Your Excellency, the Chinese are bluffing." James. Woolsey had just come in and said to Clinton.

It is generally recognized that the directors of the CIA generally do not end well, such as William, who was appointed by Nixon as the director of the CIA. Colby, who was once an excellent agent and is known as the surviving spy king.

In the 5201973 year of his first novel, during Colby's tenure, the CIA was deeply involved in the Watergate scandal, and he naturally became the target of fierce pursuit from all walks of life.

In particular, before the end of his term, President Ford set up a special commission of inquiry to review the CIA's illegal espionage activities.

Realizing that the president was shifting the blame to the C.I.A., Colby either played dumb or deliberately denied it during the investigation.

But Colby knew too much, and he couldn't escape his fate in the end. Ford made a series of decisions to oust senior officials in what came to be known as the Halloween Massacre, and Colby was the first casualty, replacing him with George H.W. Bush.

Disheartened, Colby revealed to Congress many of the CIA's involvement, including the alleged drug smuggling case and the assassination attempt on Cuban leader Fidel Castro.

He also revealed that the NSA's mission is to spy on communications in the United States or abroad, and that American citizens are inevitably under its surveillance.

Such a move was naturally not in the interests of the United States, so Colby was immediately marginalized. But James. Woolsey was an outlier, not so much in terms of how well he did his intelligence work as how well he did business.

Woolsey is very economically minded and strongly advocates that the CIA should spare no effort to help the government understand and grasp the economic and technological development trends of countries around the world, and collect trade secrets of foreign companies in international economic activities to serve American companies.

Clinton knew who he was, and the first thing that came to Clinton's mind from the Chinese freighter incident was James. Did Woolsey profit from this?

Are there any U.S. companies that are benefiting from this? Powell was very interested in James. Woolsey's words were somewhat disapproving

"Someone has already put on a military uniform, do you think he doesn't have the guts to start a war? At least one local war, the Chinese can still afford to fight! ”

"The Chinese's focus now is to develop the economy, which can be verified by their public and private conversations, so I don't think the Chinese will make a big move because of a freighter." James. Woolsey lifted the glasses on the bridge of his nose and said-for-tat.

Powell immediately pointed out,

"You should never try to guess what the Chinese are going to do! Otherwise, you will regret it! Isn't it enough that we have suffered losses before?! From the historical support of the United States to the Korean War and the Vietnam War, these were all actions that the Americans felt very humiliated; if it were not for the fact that the Chinese's naval and air forces were really weak, it is certain that the situation in the Taiwan Strait would not be the pattern it is today.

"I don't have the heart to talk about history right now---," Clinton said to the two men.

"I just want to know, what should we do now?"

"I am a military man and completely obey the president's decisions." Powell replied without hesitation.

"I want advice, not complete obedience to this slogan." Clinton said with some dissatisfaction. James. Woolsey glanced at Powell, then said to Clinton,

"I believe in the competence of our CIA agents, since they say that there are sensitive materials on board the freighter, it will not be wrong, and we should be responsible for the security of the Middle East."

"We should also be responsible for the security of the Taiwan Strait and the security of the Korean Peninsula." Powell said sarcastically.

Clinton listened to the words of the two people, and felt that it was better not to ask them, and to bring these two guys for questioning was simply to add a blockage to his heart, and finally he said a little helplessly,

"I can't afford to be forced into war because of the slightest problem, especially with a permanent member of the Security Council that has nuclear weapons." After a pause, Clinton reluctantly pressed the button on the table and instructed the people outside,

"Connect to Beijing."