Chapter 441: Victory? Not to be rejoicing
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The meeting was held in the base, and when Li Lan pushed open the door and walked in, a trace of displeasure flashed on his face.
In the conference room, most of the people were talking very excitedly, and their voices were coming and going, as if they had encountered some great joy.
It wasn't until Li Lan walked in that this voice gradually subsided.
Words such as greatness and victory also dissipated in the conference room as everyone closed up, and Li Lan did not speak, quietly walking to his own position.
Looking around at the people in the entire conference room, Li Lan saw that eighty percent of the people had joy on their faces, which was completely reversed from the tense atmosphere during the meeting a while ago.
Of the crowd, only three did not smile, Farah, Mohammadi, and Kahin, and instead of showing joy, these three had a hint of melancholy on their faces.
"Everybody's happy, why don't you three laugh? The war is over, we have held our roots, and Somalia is still ours. Under normal circumstances, after Li Lan came in, the meeting began, but Li Lan did not start the theme of today's meeting, but asked the three people on his left and right, and at the end of the day, he also specially added a question: "Isn't this war worthy of the three of you to be happy about?" ”
Hearing Li Lan's words, the three of Farah looked at each other, and after a while, Farah got up and tidied up his clothes, bowed to Li Lan very respectfully, and said, "As a Somali." I am so grateful to you, but have we really won this war? ”
Speaking of this, Farah turned to face the people in the conference room, stared at everyone in the room very seriously, and slowly said: "As Mr. President said, this war was not what we wanted from the beginning. We have not won this war to this day. It was only a short-lived peace, the enemy could not continue to fight, they had to reconcile with us, so. Can such an outcome be called a victory?
Don't forget. In order to maintain our military and strategic superiority, we still have a large area of land in the hands of the enemy, and their tanks and soldiers are still stepping on our land. Southern cities and Somali citizens. It is still in enemy-occupied territory.
At times like these. I couldn't be happier because there are so many things that we need to keep working on. ”
Farah said this, a deep feeling of guilt flashed across his face. With a flash of light in the corner of his eye, he tried to hold back his tears and continued: "Do you know what we have paid for this war? Have you ever thought about what we have lost in just a few days?
For me, we are the losers in this war. What if we defeat the four powers, but what we gain cannot make up for our own losses. Although I don't know how much the military has paid in this war, I don't know how to count. It can keep the opponent's fighters, tanks, and artillery out of our cities, and can make the enemy's missile strikes turn to no avail, facing the most powerful military group in the world. If we can fight so that the other side can't afford the next war, then what price will we bear!
I couldn't be happier when I thought about it. ”
The atmosphere in the conference room gradually became serious with Farah's words, and the joy on everyone's faces quickly faded.
Li Lan's face was expressionless, and the corner of his eye swept at Muhammadi and Kahin, and continued to remain silent.
As a relatively new member of this political group, Kahin has now gained the trust of Li Lan, and he has gradually brought himself into this group, and after a moment of Farah's words, he also stood up and said: "In the eyes of ordinary people, this war is extremely gratifying, it can be said that we have proved our worth, have been internationally recognized, and will never look down on us Somalis again." However, we are not ordinary people, and all of us who are able to walk into this room are at the heart of the Somali regime.
To put it mildly, the happier the general public, the harder we have to work harder, and we have to be more careful. As Farah has just said, we, as people in high positions, can no longer see the nature of things.
Mr. President has often reminded us that Somalia is just beginning to take its place in the world, and that it will take a comprehensive national strength, not just an army, to take its place in the world. There is no economy, no national cohesion, no strong industrial base, and a strong military is just a paper tiger. ”
At this point, Kashin picked up the document in front of him, opened it, and spoke again: "There are indeed things to be happy about in this war, but there are also many things that we must bear. As a result of this war, the economy that we have just built up with great difficulty is facing a great test.
In a week's time, all our economic operations have basically stopped, all factories have also stopped, and the harm caused by the weak economic foundation is also further revealed. We have issued Somali shillings for just over a month, and because of the shutdown of industry, commerce has come to a halt, and the new currency has been dealt an incomparably heavy blow......
Therefore, I hope that when you think about the side of victory, you will not forget the disastrous side of this victory, we cannot be like ordinary people, happy and then go home and sleep, and when there is a big problem, we can pray to Allah. When encountering problems, we must deal with them as soon as possible, and there must be no negligence in the post-war reconstruction work......"
Hearing the speeches of the two, Li Lan also somewhat understood the intentions of the two in her heart. To tell you the truth, Li Lan was very satisfied with the outcome of this war, but he was really not happy. This war is a great victory for all the benefits it will bring.
But whether it is the price that Farah said, or what Kashin said, Li Lan is not too happy at the moment.
The political group he wants is a highly united and highly efficient political group, and the entire group must work together with one heart and one mind.
Governing a country is by no means a simple matter, and Li Lan has long been deeply aware of this, and under the watchful eye of foreign enemies, Somalia will continue to struggle step by step in the future. It will definitely not be less difficult than in the past.
Li Lan also felt very pleased with the ideas of Farah and Kahin, and their thoughts and actions were more in line with his mind and they were able to do things.
Muhammadi next to him saw that the two of them spoke one after another, as he had been with Li Lan for the longest time, and now he is by no means Wuxia Amun, under Li Lan's training, Muhammadi has already received a higher education, and under the experience, he has also become very mature, and he can share a lot of Li Lan's things, and the efficiency and results of his work have also made Li Lan basically unable to find fault.
At this time, Mohammadi also stood up after Kahin finished speaking, he was more rude, and his words were a little less civil, but his words were not coarse, "In 1991, Mogadishu made the United States a feather, and today we still let the United States go home, a thing that seems very simple, but it always tells us that these things are not easy to come by."
I very much support that after the meeting is dismissed, we have a good celebration, because we are the first hard bone that the United States cannot gnaw on since the information age, not Iraq, not Afghanistan, not Libya, and our leader is not Saddam Hussein or the pathetic Gaddafi.
But before we celebrate, we must do our own thing, first of all, we must think about how to drive those white Europeans and Americans out of our land and completely restore the complete sovereignty of Somalia. This is fundamental, the coalition forces have to send people to negotiate, and we have to think about how to fight for what belongs to us.
There is a saying in the West that what cannot be obtained in war must be taken back from the negotiating table by all means. That's what white people think, and so do we. Only by taking back what belongs to us can we celebrate with all our heart's content. So, it's too early for everyone to be so happy now. I prefer to put my smile on the back of the enemy's negotiating team as it slips away. ”
"Sit down!" After the three of them expressed their views one after another, Li Lan spoke out at the right time, and the reality made all three of them sit down, and he continued: "The three of them just said very reasonable, and I won't go into too much detail here, the purpose of today's meeting is mainly to discuss post-war reconstruction and who to send to hold peace talks with the enemy. ”
After Li Lan made the beginning of the meeting, his voice changed and he said: "However, before I talk about this, it is necessary for me to tell you some data, presumably after listening to these data, everyone will have a deeper understanding of this war. To tell you the truth, I have never had a sincere smile in this war until now, because the price we have paid is no less than that of the enemy.
If the government were to bear the cost of this war, then according to last year's financial revenue, we would not be able to afford to pay it back for 50 years without food or drink. I say this, you may not have a deeper picture, so let me give you an example, we have an intermediate-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile that costs nearly $20 million. In terms of striking at the US aircraft carrier USS Bush, we have used 60 medium-range ballistic missiles for this purpose, and we have indeed earned $1.2 billion in exchange for US losses of $10 billion, but if we let the government's experience bear it, then the Somali economy will fall into a crisis, while the United States, on the other hand, is just a matter of sticking its head out, and $10 billion is completely within the scope of US finances.
This is the economic gap between the two countries, and I have always emphasized comprehensive national strength, and this is one of the reasons, without the economy, we cannot afford to fight any war. (To be continued......)