There is a famous saying in the world of travel that "the inertia of history is powerful", of course, without delving into whether the "writer God" who built the world is easy to write because they write the same historical events, but some things do have their inevitability.

The occurrence of the 911 incident actually surprised Qi Yiming, after all, because of the appearance of him and the Red Police Base, there have been a lot of medium and large stools in this plane, and the trend of history is completely different, but the scene of the plane hitting the building happened like a reserved bridge.

Qi Yiming has a deep understanding of the establishment and development of al-Qaeda, and has always asked the Strategy Bureau to closely monitor its development and operations, although it does not have full control over its situation, but it is also able to understand its general information. In particular, Qi Yiming also sent a number of Red Alert spies to infiltrate al-Qaeda, but he was a little unlucky, and no one became a relatively high-level personnel.

Before the 911 incident, Qi Yiming had already known that bin Laden's attempt to use an attack to justify al-Qaeda had long been aware, but Qi Yiming did not expect that it would be September 11, 2001.

In fact, since its establishment, al-Qaeda has been equally hostile to China and the United States, and al-Qaeda has repeatedly planned attacks on China. They reached out to some uneducated Islamic masses in northwest China and brainwashed them into launching attacks in China. However, China's domestic security efforts are extremely tight, and it is difficult for terrorists to return from abroad, whether it is guns or explosives, after all, Qi Yiming's powerful surveillance network built on the Red Police base is not a dry meal, and has helped the country successfully prevent many serious terrorist incidents.

Al-Qaeda has also slowly found it difficult to attack China, so at most it has kidnapped Chinese overseas, and even then it is often attacked and rescued by Chinese special forces. After many failures, bin Laden abandoned his intention to focus his attacks on China.

US President George W. Bush, who had just taken office not long after taking office, said in a speech after the incident that it was a "national tragedy" and that the US Government would go all out to investigate the truth of the incident and arrest those behind the incident and severely punish them. New York City was under martial law, roads and bridges were closed, the White House and Capitol Hill were closed, martial law was imposed nearby, all planes flying over the United States were ordered to land, and planes flying over the United States were also asked to return or suspend Canada.

The worst attack on the U.S. mainland since Pearl Harbor has made the entire U.S. nation nervous and has taken the highest posture to deal with the incident. Instead of flying back to Washington, George W. Bush arrived directly at Bucksdal Air Force Base in Louisiana to respond to the situation. He then went to the Strategic Air Command in Nebraska and acted as if he was in command. However, in fact, his actions had no real significance, and also caused some criticism afterwards.

At the Strategic Air Command, George W. Bush held a video conference with several cabinet ministers, and American aviation has been disrupted, and these cabinet ministers cannot come to Nebraska to meet with him, so this is the only way.

“…… We are now almost certain that al-Qaeda, an Islamic extremist group that was recently assessed by the CIA as a major threat, launched the attack on us. The leader of this group, bin Laden, is a Saudi, and he is also related to the Saudi royal family, he once participated in the Mujahideen in Afghanistan, and then began to fight in the Arab world, his ideas are very extreme and dangerous, he advocates the use of terrorist attacks as a means to attack our major Western powers, and restore the powerful Arab empire, and this person is also a person with strong anti-American sentiments......" said Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, his tone was low, and no one would appear to be in high spirits in such a situation.

George W. Bush said with some dissatisfaction: "Is George Tenet a rice bucket?" They knew that there was a great danger to al-Qaeda, so why didn't they take effective measures to stop the tragedy? This is not only thousands of casualties, hundreds of billions of dollars in direct and indirect economic losses, but also a challenge to our American honor and status, I bet the Chinese must be happy now! ”

Secretary of State Colin Powell said: "China and the SCO member states have expressed their shock at the incident at the first time, and at the same time expressed sympathy for our country, mourned the victims, and strongly condemned the culprits. China also said that strengthening the country's counter-terrorism cooperation is urgent and absolutely necessary. ”

Bush Jr. shook his eyebrows and said, "What a fake!" ”

Rumsfeld added: "Al Qaeda's main areas of activity are in some of the more chaotic places in the Middle East, such as Iraq and Yemen, and they also have a stronghold in the tribal areas of northern Pakistan. In his early years, bin Laden was active in Afghanistan and even had close contacts with the current Taliban regime. ”

George W. Bush suddenly said: "Afghanistan? Is the Taliban regime an accomplice of al-Qaeda? So it's possible that China is also involved? ”

This president, who has not been in office for a long time, is not as scheming as his father and Clinton as long-sleeved, but he is extremely tough and believes that the United States should dominate the world, and China, which is in the way, is the number one enemy of the United States, and the United States should comprehensively counterattack and counter China.

Secretary of State Colin Powell hurriedly said: "This should be unlikely, al-Qaeda has also planned many actions against the Chinese, and it is unlikely that China is willing to put down its position to support such a tainted terrorist organization." Powell could hear the danger in Bush's tone, and Bush is extremely hostile to China and does not seem to be afraid of a major war between China and the United States. If Bush is really caught with Chinese elements in it, a world war may be inevitable.

George W. Bush tapped the table with the knuckles of his fist and said, "Freedom has been attacked, but it will be protected eventually." Now the whole world is watching how we deal with the aftermath of the incident, and if we fail to deal with it, it will only cause the United States to lose face again. Now we must show the world our determination, we need to set up a target, an enemy, and destroy it with the iron fist and anger of the United States, so that both the terrorists and the Chinese will be shocked by our strength and will. ”

Rumsfeld was very surprised: "The target you are referring to is Afghanistan?" ”

"That's right, we have established that the Taliban regime in Afghanistan has ties to al-Qaeda, so we can identify him as an al-Qaeda associate and an enemy of our America!" Bush said in a deep voice.

Everyone's minds are spinning rapidly, and if you want to say that Al Qaeda has caused trouble, it is obvious that there is some crime to be added to Afghanistan. Anyone who knows a little bit about the inside story knows that not only is the Taliban not an associate of al-Qaeda, but the Taliban, after taking power in the country, also carried out a purge of al-Qaeda, and there is even hatred between the two sides. While al-Qaeda does have some presence in Afghanistan, there is no inevitable partnership between the two sides.

Afghanistan is a member of the SCO, and although it is not a core force of the SCO, it has also signed a mutual defense agreement with China. George W. Bush didn't know what he thought, but he actually thought it was a good choice to do something about Afghanistan.

“…… Afghanistan is poor and backward, and it is of little significance to China compared to other SCO countries, China will not necessarily go to war with us for such a country, and if China abandons Afghanistan, it will obviously shake the alliance that it has worked so hard to build, and it will be beneficial to us. Bush consciously spoke eloquently and wisely, and did not notice in the slightest that several cabinet officials on the video screen were very helpless about him.

Vice President Cheney asked, "But what if the Chinese are really determined to fight us?" ”

Bush said: "The arms race between China and the United States has been going on for many years, and the pressure on our fiscal budget is also increasing. Moreover, if we have a war in Afghanistan, we can control the intensity and scale, and I believe that the Chinese may not be willing to fight a war with us that is too fierce. ”

Several cabinet members were even more frustrated, and the president's rhetoric was based on assumptions. What's more, the only way to fight a war in Afghanistan is obviously through the Indian Ocean, and the Indian Ocean is the sphere of influence of the Chinese, and if the United States wants to fight Afghanistan, it must first ask Pakistan whether it agrees, and Pakistan has almost zero chance of agreeing when China has troops.

Even with the intention of forcibly landing, it is really not easy for the US landing fleet to be able to launch a landing offensive; the Chinese have regularly deployed two aircraft carrier battle groups in the Indian Ocean, and once a war breaks out, they will inevitably send other aircraft carriers over, and the military presence in the region is also much stronger. Controlling the scale and intensity of the war, as mentioned by Bush, is itself a rather difficult task. Because if a war is to be fought, it can only be fought in a big way, and it is absolutely impossible to fight a small war.

A group of people are constantly deliberating like this, and it is still difficult to come up with a good answer. However, at this time, Rumsfeld added: "Afghanistan may not be a particularly good option, but Al Qaeda still has a strong presence in Iraq, especially in the central region, and they control a lot of extremist forces." Now the Chinese are encouraging Shiite independence and marching into Baghdad, which is quite unfavorable for us. Perhaps, in the name of fighting al-Qaeda forces in Iraq, we can reintegrate the Sunni areas in the center and the Shiite areas in the south. ”