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Chapter 338 About Future Choices
Under the influence of Lynch, some of Mr. Truman's ideas have also undergone tremendous changes.

He had attached great importance to the establishment of diplomatic relations with Nagalil before. In addition to the things, resources, and other things Lynch said, he probably hoped that a group of allies would surround the Baylor Federation.

Everyone is very confused about how to take the future road. They don't know whether the next step is to step on the road or get stuck in the mud. If the Federation has more allies, there will be more opportunities to share the pressure and more rejections. confidence.

But now, his mind has changed. He doesn't want to admit that an adult was persuaded by a young man, but the fact is that he was persuaded.

Lynch's words miraculously cut into his nerve center along his most "vulnerable" place, making him shudder and blood boil.

All soldiers are willing to write their medals with brilliant wars, to defend the dignity of the country with iron blood and bravery, and to shed blood and sacrifice for the prosperity of the country.

Lynch's words were in line with the appetite of Mr. Truman, who was a soldier. After he was persuaded, he would go to persuade Mr. President. This time, he not only went by himself, but also invited others.

One is the chief of operations of the National Security Council, the other is the second secretary of defense, and the three appeared together in the office of the president.

In the past two days, everyone has become aware of the Preton Pirates Group—the opponent they will face next is likely to be a pawn supported by the Royal Navy of Gafla.

As we all know, some things are not easy to deal with in a national way, such as attacking merchant ships, fishing boats and even cruise ships of some hostile countries.

If any country sends troops to do this kind of thing, it will definitely attract public opinion.

Gefra is a country with a monarchy system. The emperor cherishes his own face very much, so it is his best choice to support a person who does dirty work. This is also the favorite way of most politicians.

Once this naval battle to eliminate pirates starts, it is very likely that the Federation will be pushed to an unknown place.

The Conservative Party, which has been silent for a long time these days, also stood up and lashed out at some ideas of the Progressive Party in the media, believing that blindly launching a military strike for Nagalil, which has nothing to do with it, would do nothing for the newly established international alliance of the Federation. A positive image has dire consequences.

They did not tell the public that the Preton Pirate Group might be impersonated by the Gefra Royal Navy. This would bring panic and anxiety to the entire society of the Federation, and it was not in their interest.

What they need is to end this worthless diplomatic activity in their eyes, instead of causing social turmoil and panic among the people, so they just tell the people that doing so is not in line with the interests of the Federation at this stage.

Of course, by the way, they also created some questions to attack the establishment of diplomatic relations with Nagalil, and raised some seemingly soul-torturing questions, such as "why help others develop instead of keeping opportunities in China?" class questions.

In the stage of confusion, there will always be various ideas popping up, and the people will be firmly attracted by different ideas, and some people are indeed on their side.

In the past few days, there have been some spontaneous demonstrations that interfere with the continuation of the establishment of diplomatic relations. Some people even ran outside the presidential palace for demonstrations. Their slogan is "Take care of ourselves first", which is in line with the style of the Conservative Party.

Using mostly similar slogans, they called on the federal government to keep the resources and wealth originally intended to aid Nagalil in the country.

In short, the situation of Mr. President is improving now, but he is also facing some new problems. Just when he himself was a little hesitant, Mr. Truman brought two lobbyists to find him.

"Do you already know what happened yesterday?" Truman asked a question after introducing the identities of the two entourages around him to the president.

Mr. President nodded, "Yes, I already know, you told me about it last night!"

After the incident, Truman told Mr. President about some things that happened during the negotiation process, as well as the tacit performance between him and Lynch, so that he could make a preparation, but the deeper content has not yet been revealed, and now he has found two He didn't come to meet the president until he found someone who he felt could help him convince the president.

Mr. Truman looked at the two people around him, and then looked at Mr. President, "We have signed a non-disclosure agreement before coming here, and only the three of us know what we are going to say next, except you."

Mr. President was a little surprised. His expression showed appropriate surprise. Senior federal officials are rarely asked to sign confidentiality agreements. Only those contents that may bring unpredictable and huge impact are required to sign. It became straightened up.His expression also became serious.

"Actually, I didn't finish the report with you yesterday. I talked to Lynch later. He thinks that what we really need now is not who will stand with us, but that we can defeat our opponent!"

Mr. President's expression was always dignified, and his brows were also furrowed at this time, "Our opponent?"

This is a standard interrogative sentence and ends the entire sentence with a slightly empty tone, so that it maintains its original meaning.

"Our opponent!" repeated Mr. Truman, and the game became very certain. "We will create an opponent and defeat it. We can get everything that the Federation needs from the war and at the same time Building the self-confidence of the people of the Federation can also make us closely united as a whole, let us defeat the next opponent!"

Mr. President shook his head slightly, "This is what you are talking about, it is terrible!"

He didn't say why it was terrible, but everyone in the room knew that this was imperial hegemonism, plundering and expanding everywhere in order to strengthen one's own power, which formed a strong contrast with the spirit of the free and peaceful Federation.

It's not that there are really people who think that these are not good enough. The leaders of any country, the ruling class of the country, hope that their country can expand to every corner of the world.

Only when the scope of rule becomes larger, the power in their hands will become more sweet, but sometimes some things are not as simple as words, and require corresponding strength.

Now imperial hegemonism... is not very popular in the world. This world war has changed many things, including the shape of some ruling classes.

Plundering does not necessarily mean taking the other party's territory into its pocket, and it can also be done in other ways, but this does not mean that hegemony will disappear completely, it just changes its form and continues to exist in another way, essentially Still nothing will change.

Mr. Truman didn't show some sort of guilt that he should?
Maybe he should be ashamed of his own thoughts, but at this moment, there was another kind of luster flashing on his face, a kind... like the luster of being favored by something.

"Mr. President, the war between us and the pirate group stems from our need for victory. We need a huge victory to revive the Federation as a whole. After defeating the Preyton pirate group, we can get a A long-term and stable supply of raw materials."

"But now those people in Nagalil seem to have some agreement with Preton. They plan to give up establishing diplomatic relations with us. Once they do that, we will face some huge troubles."

"First of all, the Conservative Party may take advantage of the momentum. They have recently begun to criticize some of your new policies in the media. We cannot quickly open up the situation internationally, which has also brought you some negative effects."

In fact, Mr. President and his cabinet have done a very good job, but the problem is that the Baylor Federation is here to share the cake. This alone will not make people like him, and it is naturally impossible to bring the Baylor Federation. How many benefits and orders.

On the contrary, with the limited opening of some free markets, some foreign goods have begun to be dumped to the Federation, and the three free trade zones in the south are the most serious.

A large number of high-quality and cheap foreign products have completely defeated domestic products. Many small businessmen pack and ship these products to various places, squeezing the market share of similar products, and severely giving some domestic companies that are still struggling. .

These are all problems, it's just not obvious enough, but already some wavering people are on the side of the Conservative Party again.

In their words, there is no benefit now, but more factories will close down. If more countries have diplomatic relations with each other, the more factories will close down, then it is better to continue to engage in "escapism".

"Secondly, the frustration brought about by the failure to establish diplomatic relations will make the people feel a deep sense of disappointment, which will make us less confident, and social problems and conflicts will also increase and even explode."

"Third, the United Kingdom of Nagalil, an ignorant and backward small country, can make us look bad in diplomatic relations, or play tricks on us. If we can't wash away the shame, our international image, status, It's only going to get lower."

"People don't respect a fool who loves peace, they only respect a butcher with a scythe."

"Gafla's status today is not because of how much they love peace, not because of how many small countries they have helped develop industries and economies, but because their warships are all over the world!"

"Mr. President, this is also my reason for coming today. If this diplomatic activity does not meet our expectations, I hope you can authorize us to launch this war!"

The President's brows were almost knit together, and he waved his hand, "Let me stroke it, are you sure you just said the word 'war'?" His expression was serious, "I thought we were just going to fight Just a bunch of pirates."

(End of this chapter)