Chapter 248: U.S. Reaction and Influence

PS: This chapter is 500 words free! Everyone's tickets still can't be stopped!

————

"Good evening, today, our compatriots, our lives, and the freedoms we cherish are deliberately attacked by terrorists.??

Many of the hijacked passengers, office workers, who may have been killed: secretaries, clerks, businessmen, women, military or federal government workers, parents, friends, relatives or neighbors.

More than 100,000 people suddenly lost their precious lives under the despicable and criminal acts of terrorists.?

In the face of pictures of plane crashes, raging fires, and building collapses, we can't believe the tragic situation in front of us, and feel extremely sad and angry.

The widespread massacres of terrorists are designed to lead our country to chaos and regression. But their plot will not succeed. Our country is still strong. The great American people and the country that was mobilized to defend itself.??

Terrorists can shake our buildings, but they can't shake the solid foundations of our nation. These acts can crush the iron, but they cannot dampen the determination of the American people to defend their country.

The United States is being targeted because our beacon of freedom and opportunity is the brightest and brightest on the shijie. No one can stop this light of freedom.

Today, we see the dirtiest soul in human nature, and we respond to sin with American goodness. Our rescuers have shown courage and people have donated their blood and love to strangers and neighbors.

After the first attack, I ordered the implementation of the government's emergency rescue jihua. Our mighty army is ready to go into battle at any time. Emergency Action Teams are carrying out rescue efforts in New York City and other parts of the Washington government.

Our first priority, the city, is to rescue the wounded and protect Americans at home and across the city from being harmed again.

The administration of the U.S. government is still going on as normal. Important agencies in the federal departments that were forced to withdraw from the government in Washington today have resumed their offices tonight, and all departments will be back in office tomorrow. The various economic sectors of the United States will also work normally.

The investigation into the culprits of this evil incident is ongoing. I have ordered all intelligence and police agencies in the United States to have the right to find out who is responsible. And bring it to justice. Those who dare to shield the terrorists who are responsible for the crime will also be considered terrorists by us.

I pray to the people in the Cabinet who are joining me in the fight for those who have been hurt in the incident, for the children who have been hurt. Pray for those whose sense of security has been broken. I prayed that they would be appeased by God, as the Bible has been passed down through the generations: "Though I walk in the valley of the shadow of death, I fear not evil, for you are with me," ???

Today is a day for all Americans to unite in their quest for justice and peace. In the past, the United States defeated its own enemies, and today's Americans will also defeat their own enemies.?

Every American will never forget today, but we will fight hard to defend all that is good and just on Shijie. ”

Half past eight in the evening Washington time. Twelve hours have passed since the terrorist attack, and in one of the few remaining untouched corners of the back garden of the White House, Obama delivered his speech in front of the nation's major media, and here there were not only journalists, but also the speaker of the US House of Representatives, the president of the Senate pro tempore, and the surviving members of Congress.

"Under normal circumstances, the president should have spoken in Congress, but such a request was no longer necessary tonight. Because the American people have raised their cry for the sake of America.

We see this spirit of the American people in the tenacious and tireless work of our rescuers. We saw fluttering flags, burning candles, people donating blood, and people praying, whether they were praying for America in English, Hebrew, or Arabic.

We have seen people caring for each other and giving selflessly, and they take the grief of strangers as their own.

My compatriots. Over the past twelve hours, the entire Shijie has witnessed what the United States is like – and it's still going strong.

This evening, our country woke up to threats. Our people are called to defend freedom. Grief has turned to anger, anger has turned to determination. We will bring the enemy to justice. Justice will be done.

I would like to thank Congress for its exemplary role at such an important time. All the American people who were shocked by this tragedy have seen Republicans and Democrats come together. Sing the national anthem "God bless America". And you, my members of Congress, you have done so much more. You're acting, and you're getting Congress to pass $80 billion in emergency grants to rebuild our homes and meet the needs of our military. On behalf of the American people, I thank Shijie all over the world for the support they have provided to the United States.

The American people have long learned about war, but with the exception of that Sunday in 1941 and a war waged against our country by the enemies of liberty on September 11, the wars that have taken place for the past 148 years have been fought on foreign soil. The American people have long known the toll of war — but none of those casualties occurred in a great city on a peaceful morning. The American people have been attacked in the past – but never against tens of thousands of civilians. All of this happened in one day, and then it was night, and the whole freedom shijie was being threatened.

Tonight, the American people have a lot of questions, and they are all asking, who exactly attacked our country?

Since 911, the government has devoted great energy to fighting Shijie terrorism, and al-Qaeda has long since lost planning attacks of this magnitude. Please believe in me, in the United States government, that we have the ability and determination to defend the interests of all of America. No matter which country or organization participates in this matter, it will be a declaration of war against the United States, and we will launch the most resolute military attack and retaliation against the enemy this time.

At the same time, we also hope to join forces with all major countries in Shijie to jointly deal with the extreme terrorist threat of Shijie. Strive to share information and act together. Establish a coordinated mechanism to combat extremist terrorists. Despite the short twelve hours, we have not identified the real attackers. But it's all pointing to one goal, a region that can feed terrorists, and that is Africa, the extremists of Islam.

These Islamic extremist doctrines have long been abandoned by Muslim scholars and most Muslims, yet these terrorists worship them as gods and wantonly misinterpret the teachings of Islam that promote peace. The theory of the terrorists is to kill all Christians, to kill all Americans, military and civilian, women and children.

There are hundreds of such terrorists. It is widely distributed in more than 60 countries in Shijie. They recruit members from their own countries and neighbouring countries, take them to countries like Somalia to receive terrorist training, and then send them back to their own countries or hide in other countries to plot criminal acts and sabotage. Al-Shabaab in Somalia is a clear example of this. According to effective intelligence, al-Shabaab has grown in recent years, with more than 5,000 extremist members, making it a shijie cancer.

We wish to urge the relevant districts shili. It is better not to have anything to do with such an organization, otherwise it will surely become a target of our main attack.

The people of the United States respect the people of Somalia — after all, the United States is the largest humanitarian donor to Somalia, but we condemn the terrorist regime. Not only does it fail to respect its own people. And by supporting, sheltering and helping terrorists, they frightened their own people into hiding in all directions. By financing and inciting terrorists to commit murder.

Tonight. The United States of America has made the following demands to individual extremist shili to release all unlawfully detained foreign nationals, including Americans. Protect foreign journalists, diplomats and aid workers. Immediate and permanent closure of terrorist training camps. Hand over all terrorists to the relevant parties. Give the U.S. free access to terrorist training camps and ensure that they are no longer used. All of these demands are non-negotiable. It's non-negotiable. It must be carried out, and it must be carried out immediately. They should hand over the terrorists, otherwise the end of the terrorists will be the end of individual extreme shili.

Tonight, I would also like to say a word directly to Muslims everywhere in Shijie: We respect your faith. In the United States, millions of people freely practice Islam, while many more in America's friends believe in Islam. Islam is haode and promotes peace. Those who commit sins in the name of Allah have blasphemed the sanctity of Allah. Our Muslim and Arab friends are not enemies of the United States. Our enemy is a terrorist extremist organization and any government that supports it.

For more than a decade, our fight against terrorism will begin with the fight against al-Qaeda, but not in the present one. Osama bin Laden ended. We will continue to fight until terrorist organizations across Shijie are discovered, stopped, and completely defeated, otherwise we will not stop. ”

At three o'clock in the morning Somali time, Li Lan did not sleep, but sat in the console in the company of Natasha and Tanya, watching Obama's speech.

When he heard that the United States was pointing the finger at Africa and Somalia, Li Lan smiled.

It was a long speech, and as the initiator of the incident, Li Lan listened very carefully, and he would not miss any news that interested him.

During the live broadcast, Obama's speech continued:

"The American people may be asking: Are they going to hate us?

Because they hate everything in our edifice – we are a democratically elected government, and their leaders are appointed. They also hate our freedoms – our freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of election, freedom of assembly, freedom of having opposing opinions, etc.

These terrorists seek to overthrow existing governments in many Muslim countries, such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan. They want to drive the Israelites out of the Middle East, and they want to drive Christians and Jews out of the vast areas of Asia and Africa.

The wanton massacres of these terrorists are not just about ending lives, but about disrupting and ending a way of life. The reason why they commit atrocities again and again is to make the United States a country full of fear, retreat from the shijie stage, and abandon their friends. They hit the United States only because we were in their way.

We have not been deceived by their hypocritical religious piety, and we have seen their so-called good deeds before, which are nothing more than the remnants of some notorious theories of the 20th century. By sacrificing their lives to achieve their extreme ideas. By abandoning all values and believing in the desire for rights, they are following the same path as fascism, Nazism and extremism. They will go down this path. Until the end of the road: the historical grave of abandoned lies.

The American people are asking: How are we going to start this new war, how are we going to win this war that we are forced to fight?

We must use all our resources — all diplomatic avenues, all intelligence agencies, all law enforcement agencies, all financial influence and all weapons of war — to dismantle and defeat the criminal organization of global terrorism.

This war is not like a blow to Iraq. Our goal was to liberate the Iraqis and end the war. The war was also not like the one fought in Libya, when we did not have ground forces and not a single American was killed.

There is much more to be done than immediate retaliation and a purely military strike. The American people should not expect a single campaign, it will be a long war, a war that will have a much wider impact than it did after 911.

It may include some massive blows, as you will see on television. It may also include some covert operations jihua. Even if it's successful, you may not know it. We need to cut off the sources of financing for terrorists, turn them against each other, fight each other, and drive them into flight with no place to hide. Every country in Shijie, you are now at a moment of choice, and you will either stand with us or be in the league with the terrorists. Starting today, the United States will consider any country that continues to harbour and support terrorism as a hostile nation.

We have warned the population that we could still be attacked. We will take defensive measures. Fight terrorism and defend the American people.

Starting today, dozens of departments and offices of the federal government, together with state and territorial government departments. They all have an unshirkable obligation to defend national security. All of this work had to be coordinated by a supreme body, the post-911 office of Fatherland Security. And today, we will also strengthen the actual control capacity of this institution. Allocate more funds and unite more departments. And with the whole Shijie friendly countries and Shili, we work closely together.

These measures are the most basic. But. The only way to prevent terrorism from posing a threat to our lives is to stop it, to eradicate it and to destroy it where it grows.

However, this is not only the struggle of the United States, nor is it only the freedom of the United States that is at stake, this is the struggle of the whole Shijie, this is the struggle of the entire human civilization, and this is the struggle of all those who believe in progress and pluralism, in tolerance and freedom.

We ask every country to join us. We will demand, and we will also need the police, intelligence agencies, banking system of the whole shijie to help us. The United States is grateful that many countries and international institutions have responded — expressing sympathy and support from countries all over Shijie, from Latin America, Asia, Africa to Europe to Islamic Shijie. Perhaps the NATO charter most accurately reflects the attitude of the international community: to attack one is to attack all of us.

Civilized societies are on the side of the United States. They understand that if terrorism goes unpunished, then their cities and their people may be the next target. There is no doubt that terrorism will not only attack buildings, but also threaten the stability of legitimate governments. We will not allow them to do so.

The American people may be asking: What should we do?

I ask you to live and embrace your children. I know that many people are terrified tonight, and I ask you to be calm and resolute, even if the threat remains.

I ask you to promote American values and remember that so many people are here. We are fighting for principles, and our first responsibility is to live on them, and no one can be subjected to unfair treatment and accusations because of their race and religion.

I hope that you will continue to support the victims of disasters with all you have. Those who want to donate can go to the government website and look up the name of the organization they are directly helping.

Thousands of working FBI employees need your help, and I hope you will help too.

I also hope that you will be patient with the delays and the many inconveniences that have occurred as a result of the increased security, as well as in the struggles that may be going on for a long time.

I also hope that you will continue to invest in nation-building. Confidence in the economic outlook. Terrorism is only a small sign of American prosperity, and they do not touch the root of American prosperity. The reason why the United States succeeded. It is because of the diligence, creativity and enterprising spirit of their people. These are the real economic strengths we had in the past, and they are also the liliang we have today.

zuihou。 Please pray for our victims of terror and their families, for the firefighters, for the police, for the fighters, for our great motherland. Prayer will heal our wounds and boost our morale for the future.

Tonight, I thank all the Americans for all that you have done and will do for your country. Ladies and gentlemen of Congress, I also thank you for all that you have done and will do for your country.

Tonight, our country faces new and sudden challenges. Together, we need to strengthen aviation safety. Massively increase the number of security inspectors on domestic flights and develop new measures to prevent hijackings.

We need to strengthen our law enforcement efforts and empower law enforcement agencies with everything they need to fight all terrorist activities in the country. We also need to strengthen our intelligence agencies in order to intercept information from terrorists in a timely manner and to nip their terrorist activities in the bud.

We need to unite and take steps to strengthen the U.S. economy and get people back to work.

After all this happened. After all the losses, one might ask, what is the future of the United States? Do you live in fear?

I know that there are still challenges ahead. The future is still dangerous. But our country will write our times, not the times to write the country. As long as the American nation and people have a firm conviction, we will not be hit by terrorism. Because this is not the age of terrorism, this is the age of freedom. Whether it's here or anywhere in Shijie.

We have suffered severe damage and loss in this incident. In the midst of grief and anger, we find our calling. Be aware of the moment you are in. Freedom will be at war with fear. The advance of the cause of human freedom — the great achievement of our time, and at the same time the great pursuit of people of any age — is counting on us.

Our country — our generation — must dispel the darkness and threat of violent terror for the sake of our people and our bright future. We won't get tired, we won't get discouraged, and we won't fail.

In the coming months and years, it is my hope that people's lives will return to normal. We will get back to our normal lives, which is what everyone desires. Over time, the grief will fade away. But our resolve to fight terrorism will endure. Each of us will remember that day, what happened at that moment, and who left us forever in that moment.

We will remember the moment when the terrible news came, where we were and what we were doing. Some of us will remember the scene of the fire, or the news of a rescue. And a face and voice that is forever gone from us will forever be frozen in the minds of some people.

You may also ask, what will our military do?

Here, in my capacity as the Supreme Military Commander of the United States of America, I would like to make clear to you the position of the military, and that any organization or individual involved in this matter will face our most merciless blow. We will dispatch all weapons to retaliate, exert our military presence in various parts of Shijie, compress the living space of any extreme horror Shili, and then eliminate them one by one.

……”

The hour-long speech finally came to an end, and in front of the console, looking at the disappearing live broadcast screen, Li Lan's heart was surprisingly calm. He is not worried that the United States will use this to suppress him, and even if there is no such excuse, the United States should still suppress him. What's more, he still has the most important move he hasn't used.

At that time, how much energy will the United States have to deal with him?

The impact of this incident was extremely significant, and the most important iconic buildings in the United States were destroyed. The two F-15 pilots disguised as spies will inevitably have an extremely negative impact on the US military.

If there is still a part of the 911 incident that is believed to be directed and staged by the United States, then this terrorist attack. Even fools understand very well that the United States has suffered a lot of losses. There is not a single country. Able to withstand such losses, the face of the shijie overlord. It was cut off more than a layer, but an explicit insult. This kind of thing is resting on the head of the saint, and it is a situation that never stops. Not to mention the shijie boss, who catches who is unlucky.

Moreover, Li Lan is not optimistic about whether the United States will still have the energy to carry out more arduous anti-terrorist operations. The emergence of bin Laden was an opportunity, and if it weren't for bin Laden's existence, to be honest, Li Lan would not have had such a big layout at all.

If it is said that the news that he directed it in the back was spread and confirmed. That's a few more years of development time for Li Lan. It cannot resist the anger of the United States in all-out retaliation. In particular, the entire NATO organization, because six hours after this incident, as in the original 911, NATO announced that it would resolutely stand on the same front as the United States, and the slogan "to fight one is to fight all" has been shouted.

As for the practical actions that the United States may take, Li Lan does not think that the United States has been fighting terrorism in recent years and in terms of its finances. The United States can still last for a long time. Perhaps 911 can become an opportunity for the global strategy of the United States, but this time, in the case of the eastward shift of the United States' strategy, I am afraid it will not be an opportunity. It's a brutal test.

Whether we should consider revising our strategic policies, how to give an explanation to the people, and how to maintain the status of Shijie hegemon. Continue to maintain a global presence. These are all aspects that the United States needs to consider.

And no matter how the United States tries to redeem it, the drawbacks of this matter will inevitably become more and more prominent in the future. The main point. That is Quan Shijie's questioning of the strength of the United States. The United States may be able to redeem this with war in the future.

But what about the thoughts of the domestic population? Obama Weishenme hurriedly gave a speech. It is hoped that this will stabilize the mood in the country.

Because since 911, the domestic political climate in the United States has begun to change, with the fight against terrorism and ensuring national security as top priorities. The Patriot Act alone has caused great dissatisfaction among the people. Under the bill, the U.S. government can obtain any information about anyone, conduct surveillance and espionage in the country, use informants in social groups, use various means to suppress protests, etc., and even prepare for the crackdown on large-scale protests similar to those in the Middle East.

For example, the registration of Muslims aged 18 to 25 in the country has expanded from Muslims from 11 countries to 23 countries. This has caused a fierce debate in American society. Critics argue that the law's violation of civil rights in the name of "patriotic counter-terrorism" by allowing the government to conduct secret surveillance of specific citizens without judicial review is an infringement of civil rights, and that many district courts have declared these "patriotic provisions" of "secret surveillance" unconstitutional, and eight states and nearly 400 cities across the country have passed their own decrees condemning the "Patriotic Act" for violating citizens' rights.

However, for security reasons, the people reluctantly agreed to cede their personal freedom and supported the sacrifice of their civil rights in exchange for the implementation of the law. And this kind of sacrifice has brought even greater harm, which has made the domestic people extremely dissatisfied.

The vandalism and demonstrations that erupted in various regions in the aftermath of the attacks have already illustrated a lot.

After 911, abroad, the United States carried out Operation Condor, which was code-named "Operation Condor", and without a judicial order or judicial process, arrested people at will in prisons in Guantanamo and in secret prisons in Romania, Poland, Lithuania, Thailand, and Afghanistan. As the famous constitutional rights of the United States point out, "The nature of the state has changed, and ordinary people have accepted the government's encroachment on their fundamental rights, their internationally accepted citizenship rights, and the rights conferred by the U.S. Constitution." The public has become comfortable with the government's legal authorization to spy on them. The government can do this because of an official pretext of the 'war on terror'. This could not have been predicted before 911. ”

In the face of the 10-year-long political, economic, and security difficulties, the contradictions between races, religions, and social strata and the immigration problems that have accumulated over a long period of time in the process of globalization in the United States have become increasingly prominent, the differences between the two parties have noticeably widened, and the trend of developing toward two extremes of sharp confrontation has become increasingly obvious.

During the administration of George W. Bush, the Democratic Party seized the banner of opposing the Iraq war and regained control of the House of Representatives, thus greatly restraining the Republican administration. After Obama won the election with his anti-war and economic recovery slogans, the Republican Party used the House and Senate and House of Representatives, which he controlled, to make a fuss about health care reform and reducing the fiscal deficit, bringing the federal government to the brink of a shutdown and defaulting on its debt twice. The functional weakness of the U.S. political system in responding to major crises is on full display.

In this context, the "Tea Party" has sprung up as the third political force in addition to the Republican Party and the Democratic Party, representing the voice of the middle and lower classes of the people who are increasingly dissatisfied with the government and society, opposing big government and tax increases, etc., which has a huge impact on the existing political pattern dominated by the Democratic Party and the Republican Party, and has increased the vulnerability of the entire social and political ecology. As a result, inward-looking voices advocating reducing involvement in international affairs have risen, and conservative sentiment has risen.

A war on terror that has been fought for more than ten years, spending countless amounts of money, and the result is that the more anti-terrorism, the more terrifying it becomes! In the face of the current disasters, there is no longer a simple dissatisfaction and distrust of the government, but a strong wave of resistance. (To be continued......)