Chapter 380 America's Failure

"Our China strategy can be said to be a complete failure!" President Carter sat in a chair with dissatisfaction on his face: "If we win over China, we can pose the greatest threat to the Soviet Union in Asia! But now, China's policy is leaning towards the Soviet Union!"

"We offered such favorable conditions to those guys in China. They could use our weapons to arm China without any restrictions, but they didn't accept it! Instead, they spent a lot of money to buy fighter planes from the Soviet Union! I heard that in order to buy fighter planes, all the livestock in China, including cattle, sheep, pigs and dogs, were taken to the Soviet Union! Barter!" Secretary of State Warren said: "These statements by China are simply playing tricks on the entire West!"

"Yes! We must use strong means to let China know what a wrong path they have chosen!" Carter gritted his teeth and said, "So, I suggest that we provide support to Vietnam and let the Vietnamese army teach the Chinese a lesson!"

"No!" President Carter had just finished speaking when Secretary of Defense Harold and Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Brzezinski both shouted at the same time, No!

What is the president thinking? Is he crazy? Our army was beaten to a pulp in Vietnam. The biggest joke of the 1970s was the war against Vietnam! Now, the president wants to help Vietnam? Don't be ridiculous! Congress will not agree, the country will not agree, and the many soldiers who died in Vietnam will not agree!

In fact, if we put aside other factors, supporting Vietnam now is really a good choice. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. There are no eternal friends, only eternal interests. But on the issue, Vietnam has really hurt the faith of Americans. If President Carter cooperates with the Vietnamese, God knows how big the demonstrations will be!

"So what should we do?" President Carter said.

Even with your ass you can imagine how much President Carter has lost to the United States in the past few years! If he doesn't do anything to save the situation, it can be said that Carter's next election will not be necessary at all, and another candidate will have to be selected from the party to avoid wasting the quota!

Carter had to do something!

"Since China's policy has begun to lean towards the Soviet Union, we did not expect it. At the same time, we must also re-examine our attitude toward China. This is always the most important thing. We cannot bring socialism into our camp. We can only strike against them! I suggest that we can sell a batch of high-performance weapons to Taiwan!" said Vice President Walter.

China has already bought weapons from the Soviet Union, and the United States has been fooled like a monkey! Now, how should the United States respond? Obviously, China's policy is to lean towards the Soviet Union again. In this case, it is better to continue the previous policy and use Taiwan to balance the mainland! In recent years, Taiwan's economy has also developed well. They have been applying to the United States to buy new fighter jets to replace their old fleet. Now that China has leaned towards the Soviet Union, it is better to support Taiwan again!

Carter nodded repeatedly: "Yes, let the Chinese know that we, the United States, are the most powerful force that can influence the situation in East Asia!"

Secretary of State Warren frowned. At this time, selling weapons to Taiwan would undoubtedly anger China. In fact, China only purchased Soviet fighter jets and did not completely turn to the Soviet Union, let alone become a Soviet republic. China did not have any connection with the door to the West. If they did this, they would force China to the Soviet side.

However, there seems to be no better way. What are these Chinese people thinking?

"Mr. President, we must focus on the Middle East. Right now, the situation in Iran is still unstable. Our personnel have discovered that anti-American sentiment is still high in Iran, and the HMN government does not seem to have fulfilled our original agreement at all. It is even fanning the flames and inciting their people to oppose us." said Admiral Stein, director of the CIA.

Because the revolution in Iran has caused a surge in international crude oil prices, the United States and other Western countries have begun to suffer. The economies of these countries are all dependent on oil, and cheap oil is the prerequisite for the West to enjoy a high quality of life.

The United States has also made a lot of efforts to stabilize the Western world and stabilize oil prices. For example, with the current situation in Iran, the United States is trying to restore calm.

In order to pacify Iran, the United States can even abandon the Pahlavi regime and choose HMN!

At the end of last year, Iran was completely paralyzed by constant strikes, and the revolutionary wave was unstoppable. The foundation of the Pahlavi king's rule was collapsing, and even the army on which he relied to maintain his rule was shaken. Some soldiers defected to the revolutionary camp, and members of the royal family, senior officials and officers transferred their property overseas. Pahlavi's rule could no longer be maintained.

At this time, the United States began to cooperate with HMN for its own interests, and the two sides reached a secret agreement: as long as the United States persuaded the Iranian army not to launch a coup and drove the Shah out of Iran, Khomeini would continue to maintain relations with the United States after taking office. HMN agreed, so General Hughes, the commander-in-chief of the US nato, went to Iran. He called all the senior generals of the Iranian army together for a meeting, asking them to stop following the Shah, not to launch a coup after the new regime came to power, and to support the new regime.

In this way, Iran's regime was smoothly handed over to HMN, Pahlavi left Iran, and HMN's revolution was successful!

Without the help of the United States, Iran's revolution would last a long time and there would be constant bloodshed. After all, Iran has the most powerful army in the Middle East!

Unfortunately, the Americans didn't know. They thought HMN would be a puppet like Pahlavi, at their mercy. But now, the development of the situation has obviously exceeded their expectations. HMN has been using them all along. It is a charlatan who goes back on his word!

In the final analysis, it is still! They don’t like the West in the first place, and they want to implement religious rule. How can they get along with the West?

Americans are so naive.

"It is also possible that the Iranians were unhappy because we accepted the Shah's request for medical treatment," Secretary of State Warren said.

After leaving Iran, Pahlavi first went to Europe, but soon fell ill. Later, the Americans accepted Pahlavi's request to come to the United States for treatment. Perhaps, these made the Iranians dissatisfied!

"Mr. President, it's bad. The Iranians broke into our embassy and detained 52 of our embassy personnel!" While the Iranian issue was being discussed, a shocking piece of news reached the Oval conference table in the White House.