Chapter 434: Knowing is Knowing
The guys, first said that the Humvee should be improved, and then changed back and forth, and a lot of money was spent, and the soldiers still couldn't protect themselves from the roadside bombs.
Then, they asked the Pentagon to buy the latest armored vehicles, saying that they could effectively protect against roadside bombs, and then they sold their mine-sweeping robots
These greedy bastards, if he hadn't gotten the shares they gave him, he wouldn't have bothered to pay attention to them.
For more than a year, the soldiers still did not dare to relax in the slightest, and the troops that should have been evacuated and returned to China a long time ago were now not able to withdraw their troops, but on the contrary, they had to continue to increase their troops.
Congress has already rejected the new military spending proposal because of this incident.
What should I do?
Mr. Bush stared blankly at the Iraqi briefing on the table, not knowing what to do.
Managing a country seems to be much more difficult than managing a ranch.
It's better to let them go east, not west, as long as they are fed forage, they will be safe, how good, instead of those damn so-called people, who demonstrate in front of the White House every day, holding signs and calling him a murderer.
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Even if I'm a murderer, I'm killing for the Union!
Bush angrily punched the desk, and the bald eagle wood carving on the table bounced and fell to the ground.
He hurriedly got up and picked up the wood carving again.
The bald eagle's right wing was broken.
The nerve in Bush's ear throbbed, which really didn't bode well.
Knock knock~
There was a knock on the office door, and then the door was pushed open and the Pentagon's security adviser walked in.
"Mr. President, I have something I want to talk to you about."
The president put the bald eagle with its broken wings back in its place, frowned and said, "It's not going to be Iraq again, is it?" Where did the attack take place? How many people died? If there are no rice people, there is no need to report. β
"No, this time it's the East."
The security adviser found himself a couch, spread out his papers, and sat down, apparently preparing to make a tirade.
"Putty?" The president stopped trying to find the adhesive and glued the bald eagle's wings back and looked at the security adviser, "They're here too?" Do you want oil, or do you secretly support certain forces? β
"Of course they want oil, but they don't have their share!"
The security adviser seemed to think that he had told a joke, grinned, and handed over a document with a straight face, "You better take a look at this, I have received these reports for a long time, and the CIA has only submitted them to you after a long time of sorting and analyzing." β
The president glanced at him dissatisfied, picked up the report, and quickly skimmed through it at a glance: Mobilization of the three services. Coastal fishing vessels Air Force transfer
What exactly are these reports talking about?
"Oh my God! They are intended."
The president suddenly thought of something, and stood up at once, his face turned white.
"No, no! Mr. President, you're thinking too much, it's just a mock show. The security advisor leaned forward slightly, and said unhurriedly.
"Are you sure? Who are they targeting? We, or the island nation? β
The president quickly flipped through the information in his hand, "Haha, they actually regard Maoist Russia as an imaginary enemy, what kind of idea are they playing?" β
The security adviser smiled: "It's nothing, they're just scared, our performance in Iraq is too amazing, and they are also a little scared, so this exercise, codenamed 07, was held to test the soldiers' mobilization ability and extreme combat effectiveness." β
"That's what I remind you, knowing their bottom line will be of great benefit to our diplomacy in the future."
Mr. President is a one-line thinker, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have any brains.
He shook his head and said, "These are not enough as evidence, under what circumstances are they going to use atomic fission weapons?" β
"After all, I can't order our soldiers to test their bottom line, we want to be a superpower, but not a superpower under the mushroom cloud!"
He put the report aside and said, "Okay, put the report here first, I'll read it when I have time." β
Seeing that the security consultant had no intention of leaving at all, he was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Do you have anything else?" β
The security adviser is a little helpless, and the cowboy president's thoughts will only go straight to the point, and he will always think less carefully about those questions that are roundabout and slightly meaningful.
If he didn't explain it to him, he wouldn't have been able to see the true purpose of the report.
"Mr. President, I suggest you take note of the report that I have put together, especially the data contained in it."
"From this report, we can clearly see that with the rapid development of their economy, their military technology strength has also grown rapidly."
"Even in some respects, it's not inferior to us at all."
The president stared at him for a while, blinked his eyes, picked up the report again, and put on his glasses: "Two Aegis-class destroyers, six stealth frigates, one hundred and twenty J-10"
He put the report down: "This data is also comparable to our military strength in the island country, you are exaggerating!" β
"Mr. President! I'm talking about the strength of military technology, it's technology! β
The security consultant patiently explained to him: "You see, in terms of the Air Force, their J-10 has reached the level of our third-generation aircraft, and they must also be developing stealth fighters, so we have a maximum of ten years of advantages in this regard." β
"Looking at the sea again, the advent of the Aegis ship shows that their warship manufacturing technology is no longer weaker than ours."
"Analysts point out that they are already fully capable of building aircraft carriers, and it is only because of the excessive expenditure that they cannot make up the required convoy and carrier-based aircraft group, and the construction of aircraft carriers has been temporarily shelved."
"So, our advantage is getting smaller and smaller."
The president's expression began to become serious, and without saying a word, he took the report and read it carefully word by word.
The security adviser added: "It's nothing, it's all public information, we already know it, and the reason why I'm only putting together this report now is because of that simulated battlefield platform."
"Simulated battlefield platform? How come I haven't heard of it at all? β
The president was somewhat dissatisfied.
Most of the materials sent to his office were summarized by his subordinates, and he rarely saw the original materials, so he had no chance to analyze them himself.
If the person below does not submit the report, he will not know much more information than an ordinary person.
"At that time, your attention was focused on the aftermath of the Iraq war, and we did not distract you with a loose piece of information." The security consultant took it lightly and put the problem to light.
The cowboy president is inexperienced, and he has to ask the staff for advice on everything.
And many of his staff members are spokesmen for some big conglomerates, arms dealers, and oil companies.
They only need to submit some specious reports to get the president to make decisions that are in their interest. (End of chapter)