Aspin resigned because he refused the request of tanks and armored vehicles. At the same time, the "Task Force" Delta Force and the 75 Ranger Regiment were in contrast. In the movie, there are Delta players tied grenades and taped to mark their blood type (you can get injured in first aid. Rapid blood transfusion); the Rangers do not carry bullet-proof steel plates, no night vision devices (the Marine Corps night vision devices are always carried with them), and even the water bottle is not full; there is also a section of the Delta team reminding the Rangers of the frontal exchange of fire Don’t lean your back against the wall (the bullets in the firefight may cause ricochet due to the shooting angle, and you can easily be injured by the wall. An RPG-7 will be used as an explanation in the movie immediately); so you can see that they are all special operations. Elite troops, in different environments and emergencies, the Delta troops (Sea Leopards 6), which have missions all year round, are obviously more experienced than the 75 Rangers that only fought in large-scale wars; and this operation is dominated by Delta troops. , The 75 Rangers Regiment is responsible for the defense, and the commander of this operation is the "Joint Special Operations Command", the immediate boss of the Delta (Sea Leopard); the political game behind the war. Modern warfare is the product of the political game. Today's world, war It’s no longer a product of a feudal king and emperor’s order, especially in a democratic country like the United States; even a military action that does not require Congress is a decision made by the president and his staff after weighing the political gains and losses. Political interests, he was fed up to start the war; Somalia is not a strategically important place, nor does it have as precious natural resources as the Middle East oil, or a country without a unified regime, frequent civil wars, and years of famine. Such N has no territory, why the United States Will you plug it in? American politics is complicated. It is 100 times more complicated than the politics of other democratic countries such as Britain, France, Germany, and Japan, and 10,000 times more complicated than the politics of the Chinese dynasty. Those who are beeping about the American president and the American government all day, even American politics. I haven't figured out the fur on the edge! I don’t want to discuss politics here, I just want to figure out why the United States would intervene in this unprofitable place; applying Francis Underwood’s confrontation with former subordinate Remy in the first season of the latest American drama "House of Cards" Denton (later became a natural gas company lobbyist) said, "Money will eventually dissipate with the passage of time, and only the cornerstone of power can be immortal!" Francis Underwood is the whip of the majority party, in the three powers In the separate [legislative system], he is already a high-powered figure, so that the president needs his support. When the presidential election wins, but he failed to fulfill his promise to nominate him as the secretary of state [administrative system], why is he right? What about this brooding? Very simple, just fine Like a movie, the audience will be very familiar with the actors; the director is quite familiar; the screenwriter, photography and editing, who are you? ...People are very familiar with the [administrative system] such as the president and even the then Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense. However, unless they can sign the bill in history, the Senate and the House of Representatives will have 500 The number one is selected every two years. The replacement of personnel is like flowing water. Who remembers who you are? In the third season of "House of Cards", Francis Underwood finally became president, but in a very bad situation, he could almost certainly not be re-elected, but he did not care about pushing forward his universal protection bill. Among them, he repeatedly mentioned one The word "political heritage"; for example, the great President Roosevelt in the minds of Americans led the United States through the Great Depression and World War II during his four terms. What is his "political legacy"? It’s the “U.S.’s existing social security system” and the “United Nations”. Seven or eighty years have passed. Although the United States is carrying out social security reforms today, these two “political heritages” have been firmly established for a century. At the level of the president, their pursuit is actually very simple, that is, the influence brought by power [the power of the president is locked by the constitution and the separation of powers, and can no longer be expanded], that is, political achievements, which is the so-called "lifestyle". "! In this way, it is not difficult to understand why the United States has gotten a foot in the seemingly unprofitable issue of Somalia; not only that, we can see that in almost every U.S. president’s term, as long as it is in the interests of the United States in foreign affairs Or political interests, the United States will eventually step in, because in some cases, although it seems that there is no national interest at all, for the president, as long as there is political interest, it is enough. Good reputation is enough! Here is an explanation, why are all foreign affairs? In the United States, first of all, each state in the Federation has its own three complete and independent systems [judicial, legislative, and executive] (so we can see that the laws of each state in the United States are different, which is why there are outside the police system FBI reasons); Secondly, the three federal systems [Judicial-Supreme Court, Legislative-Congress, Executive-White House] are also very complete, with clear functions, and the White House only has executive power; it can be said that the White House not only has small powers, but also has nothing to do all day long. It can be done. State affairs cannot be intervened (not to mention intervening, and the fingers will interrupt you), federal affairs are handled by various functional departments, and finally report to the White House; the biggest task of the White House is to implement federal bills and Congress ( Behind the representatives are the 50 federal states) competing all day...
Bush's dilemma
President Bush's term of office is 1989.1.20-1993.1.20. Prior to this, as President Reagan’s deputy, he witnessed the disintegration of the Soviet Union, and the dark clouds weighing on the entire United States and Europe finally dissipated; if you chat with ordinary Americans, he would say that Washington leads the United States to independence; Lincoln let the United States Freedom from division; Roosevelt led the United States through the depression and won World War II; Kennedy dismantled the nuclear bomb under the US ass; Reagan played a "Star Wars", and then the Soviet Union collapsed...
In the United States, perhaps influenced by the constitution and democracy, in history, presidents with military backgrounds seem to be rarely seen by the people. Moreover, politicians and soldiers, whether in character or professional characteristics, are completely opposite extremes. ; The aforementioned Lincoln, Roosevelt, Kennedy, Reagan, including later Clinton, which was not the best speaker; and those with a military background, even Eisenhower, had an impression of Americans during his presidency Do that
Bush Sr. also had a military background. When he ran for the presidential election, he won with Reagan's support. During his term of office, his domestic political performance was mediocre. The public did not see any changes. Although international affairs won the Gulf War, it was for ordinary people. The war originally had little to do with the United States, and the United States did not gain any benefits after the war. It is not as decisive as his son Bush Jr. who directly overthrew Iraq under the pretext of wooing Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, deterring Iran, disintegrating, and completely solving the hidden dangers of the oil crisis. [Benefits from the country, I’ll take the culprit, I don’t know if Bush Jr. is really patriotic or really stupid]; Facing Clinton’s aggressiveness, domestic achievements are not expected, so try to gain another reputation in international affairs;
Extended reading
Here is an extension. Obama promised to withdraw troops from Iraq during the 2008 campaign. However, until the end of his tenure, he will not completely withdraw troops from Iraq, because that is impossible. As mentioned earlier, the US excuses to overthrow Iraq during Bush's tenure. Destroy the most powerful military powers in the Middle East, win over Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, deter Iran, and completely dismantle OPEC [Iraq, Iran, Venezuela have long been anti-Americans, and Iraq was once the strongest military in the Middle East] In the past two years, I have sharpened Venezuela. This is a decision to solve the US oil crisis and is to continue the national policy of several or more presidents. [This kind of thing is not something that a few people can think of, such as the study of the Vietnam War in the United States. The report, Volume 47, has more than 7000 pages. The RAND Corporation concluded that: the United States’ policies and concerns have led to the path of war. If it withdraws from Vietnam, there will be no “domino effect” that the US government is worried about, that is, after China, If Vietnam joins the Soviet camp, it will have a chain reaction. All Indochina countries and all Southeast Asian countries will change color one by one and expand to other places. The balance of power between the two sides of the Cold War will be greatly changed; this report is It was leaked to the "New York Times" and the "Washington Post", and was published, speeding up the process of ending the Vietnam War in the United States. Iraq, like North Korea, has a long-term hostile attitude towards the United States. To ensure that there is no longer an anti-US power in the Middle East, Iraq must either be pro-US or continue to chaos. It is impossible without a garrison. Obama campaigned for votes. He promised to withdraw, and when he sat in that position, he realized that it was not as simple as he thought.
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