"Alright, now I propose to vote on the pending draft of SC/15458, and ask the representatives of the countries on duty to complete the necessary procedures and complete the voting process."

"Damn, how can you say that you will vote!

We, we are going to protest and promise to use the veto to prevent this ridiculous resolution from going through! ”

Almost in the midst of everyone's rhetoric, the somewhat annoyed and angry EC representative Maxell no longer cares about his image, and even the deputy is shouting in his seat, repeatedly muttering "this is not fair" - having been in the UN for so many years, they know very well what the current voting in the Security Council is like, and among the five permanent members (well, in fact, the five hooligans), the European Community has only one vote, and there is not even a single familiar one among the non-permanent countries; If the veto is used too frequently to prevent resolutions from being passed, it will be tantamount to self-isolation from the public, and it will be a very serious blow to the image and diplomatic activities of the entire European Community.

"Haha! Yes, you can use the veto. ”

"No, we have repeatedly reiterated our position, and we will definitely prevent these resolutions from going through!"

"Well, we're totally convinced!"

Seeing that there was chaos in the seats of the European Community representatives, Wu Xiuquan, who put down the water glass, smiled indifferently, and looked at Alan Maxell thoughtfully, as if he was looking at an incorrigible fool, "The matter of voting, naturally listen to it." However, I still recommend that you be cautious; Playing with fire in the no-fly zone, in case of any accidents, you are responsible for it, don't hit your head and bleed when the time comes. Running and crying again. Say you've been treated unfairly! ”

As the words landed. There was another mixed discussion in the room, and the representative of the European Community, who stood up to speak, was also a little stunned at this time, and he intuitively felt that all the countries in front of him seemed to be colluding against him, especially the Chinese diplomat who had just spoken, and that was simply a naked threat -- but in his heart, although he was angry, he felt an invisible pressure in the face of the representatives of almost all the members of the Security Council. made his speech a little more scruples, and his tone unconsciously softened:

"All in all, our side has always abided by the relevant Security Council resolutions and has not taken any action to aggravate the situation in the Middle East or take sides!

If this is the formal requirement of the Security Council, then I can make some similar statements and commitments on behalf of the EC authorities......"

As the debates progressed, the discussions lasted for a long time, and finally ended without any resolution.

Just after the long discussion had come to an end, and seeing that the delegates in the room had almost left, Wu Xiuquan, who was sitting in a chair, watched the messy-paced and somewhat nervous EC representative Maxell and his two assistants leave through the side door. Then he stood up leisurely and moved his hands and feet, tucking his handbag under his armpit.

Generally speaking. At the end of the debate, which had lasted throughout the afternoon, delegates were able to leave United Nations Headquarters straight from work.

However, as in the usual many cases, seeing the representatives of the ten non-permanent members in the chamber leaving one after another, and the three-member delegation of the European Community also walked out of the door with a suspicious face, Wu Xiuquan glanced at his entourage, and walked with Petrov, the representative of Soviet Russia, to greet the representatives of the Atlantic Federation who were still grinding in their seats:

"It's getting late, gentlemen, see you in the conference room?" Good. ”

Just a few minutes later, in a nondescript conference room in the United Nations Headquarters building, representatives from the world's two largest groups of countries, or the four countries that de facto determine the direction of the world, gathered for an informal operational consultation -- "informal" is merely procedurally speaking.

In the current international situation, the League of Eastern States and the Atlantic Federation both occupy two permanent seats in the Security Council, and under the premise that "at least nine votes are required for bills to pass", the so-called "reverse balance" has basically been formed: that is, although there is no guarantee that the bills they expect will be voted on by the Security Council, on the contrary, they can prevent any bill that is unfavorable to them from going through without using the right of veto.

In order to do this, the way is actually very simple: any bill must get at least nine votes to pass, even if any of the permanent members abstain from two votes, as long as a few reliable countries in the non-permanent members refuse to vote in favor.

In this new era of balance of national power, after several years of great debates in the chamber, the Alliance of Eastern Nations and the Atlantic Federation have basically become accustomed to each other's existence after a short period of mutual suspicion, and have gradually formed such a complete high-end consultation mechanism.

Informal, but extremely effective, and no less so is today's discussion.

After the agents of both sides inspected the conference room and walked out to bring the door, Wu Xiuquan, dressed in gray Tang suit, opened the wooden chair, beckoned the delegates to sit down in turn, and then quickly took out a few pieces of A4 printing paper from his handbag and put them on the solid wood countertop where several representatives were sitting:

"Mr. Blair, to make a long story short, how about we explain the charges in Syria first?"

"Accusation, which one?"

While looking up to ask, Hahn Blair motioned for his assistant to take the printer paper and flip through it, while he raised his hand to support his forehead, and after thinking for a moment, he clapped his hands together: "Oh, is that the case, Mr. Wu?" "I think all of you here can make a rational interpretation, and we don't even need to refute it; If I had to say something, I would summarize it in two words:

Chasing the wind and shadows, nonsense!

Yes, that's it. ”

"Well...... Anton, what do you see? ”

"Haha! That's probably the same in my opinion. ”

Petrov, the representative of Soviet Russia who was seated in a chair, was raising the tablet in his hand to Wu Xiuquan at this time, on which was a high-resolution photo of an F-22 "Raptor" loaded into the warehouse through the guò hatch; In this way, he reminded his old friend that since the Americans, like the League of Eastern States, have approved the export license of the Arab League's fourth-generation stealth fighters, there is really no need to smuggle arms into Syria on the smuggle.

Yes, the dignified United States of America, which has been the world's policeman for so many years, even if the scenery is no longer good, will not fund the damn Liberals for a small profit!

"Well, that's it for now; In the latter case, it is still necessary to delegate it to the intelligence department to investigate. ”

"That's totally fine. - All right, gentlemen; Now let's get down to business, what news have you brought to the table about the development of the Middle East? ”

……

The consultations in the room were brief and productive.

However, in view of the deterioration of the civil war in the Middle East, the United Nations, or several major powers, have already been communicating with each other and gradually increasing their preparations for armed intervention.

While the secret consultations in New York were underway, a large fleet was sailing westward in the starry Indian Ocean.

The gray-white slender battleships, shrouded in the dark night, the mighty figures with smooth lines are still faintly visible; In the center of a whole group of ships deployed in an air defense and anti-submarine formation, the lights on the Type 002A nuclear-powered aircraft carrier "Zhejiang" are dotted, and a J-30 fighter returning from a night flight has just landed on the flight deck.

The Chinese Navy's Fifth Mixed Ship Strike Group, with the 713 "Zhejiang" aircraft carrier as its flagship, is now advancing at high speed along a route to the Persian Gulf, reinforcing the Soviet and Russian naval warship formations already on standby in the Gulf region led by the Type 1153 aircraft carrier "Tbilisi," and forming a powerful combat lineup to intervene in the Middle East situation.

The fleet to the east is on its way, and on the sunny Atlantic, the Ford-class aircraft carrier CVN-80 "Enterprise" also leads a group of frigates to the east, preparing to join the CVN-75 "Truman" stationed in Port Said, Egypt, and exert pressure on the parties to the Middle East civil war from the west coast of the Arabian Peninsula.

The fact that the aircraft carriers of the two blocs are about to converge in the East at the same time to intervene as the situation may be, is undoubtedly deeply concerned about the development of the war in the Middle East, but also pessimistic about the prospects of the Syrian regime in the civil war.

The two major military blocs put on a tough posture of joint law enforcement in the Middle East and put forward a "package of plans for peacekeeping operations in response to the situation in the Gulf" during the Security Council discussion the next day.

The competition at the conference table continued, but the military deployment at the practical level did not stop for a moment.

Completely different from the naïve idea of "defending world peace" among ordinary people, there have been frequent wars in the Middle East for many years, and the counterbalancing forces, including the Security Council, have often watched from the sidelines and do not actively participate in peacekeeping operations.

Today, in order to ensure that "a solid land where radicalism has nowhere to hide" is not occupied by the Liberal Party, and that the vast Arab world is not allowed to form a powerful and unified bloc of states, the balancing game of confrontation between the two sides of the conflict and the bigwigs behind the scenes has been manipulating the superpowers for decades, and it still seems to be so. (To be continued......)