This is all about the development of the United Kingdom and Oman in the new era. Sooner or later, they will take this step. Harold Wilson is also a little lost, not knowing whether his decision is right or wrong.
"We still have enough control over a country the size of a medium power. One military base is enough to influence it." Alan Wilson comforted the Prime Minister.
Middle power is actually a concept proposed by Americans. It originated before World War I and was mainly used to describe the imperialist powers in Europe such as Britain, France, and Germany.
This concept is not important. When the United States was at its most optimistic, it also applied this concept to Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. It obviously believed that it had taken care of Russia, just like Eden had taken care of Nasser. Of course, it turned out that the United States still had not.
This old Cold War rival.
A moderately powerful country has a population of tens of millions and a land area of hundreds of thousands of square kilometers. It can be considered a powerful player, but it is not particularly powerful.
Oman is obviously not even close to the concept of a middle power. It is a country that the British can firmly control. With its financial and military power, it is enough to prevent Oman from falling out of control.
The Prime Minister and the Cabinet Secretary discussed the issue of Britain's role in the Middle East. Apparently both of them agreed that Britain must still have a place in the Middle East. We cannot place all our hopes on the special relationship between Britain and the United States. So how many countries are there?
You must not give in.
Harold Wilson believed that Britain's prosperity was closely related to its voice in the Middle East, and then asked the head of the civil service what he thought. The answer was, "Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. Controlling these two countries is enough to give Britain a place in the Middle East. As for Egypt,
Strictly speaking, they are no longer British protectorates. In the long run, Iraq and Oman will protect their own interests more. But Kuwait and us have combined to create the United Arab Emirates, which should be the bottom line for Britain to never compromise."
This is not to say that Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, and Oman will be strangers to the United Kingdom. Alan Wilson definitely does not mean this. In fact, we can all adopt a cooperative attitude and jointly safeguard each other's interests in the future. The only countries that really need protection are
Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, whose per capita resources are sufficient to support the status of wealthy people.
Since World War II, Britain has lost its national power to reach out to Saudi Arabia, but if it can maintain control of Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, it will be enough to support Britain's voice. And these two countries really need a country to guarantee their security.
This is also to guard against Saudi Arabia. Although Saudi Arabia is not very capable of fighting and cannot show off against countries such as Iraq, Egypt, and Syria, it is still easy for Kuwait to crush the United Arab Emirates in terms of national strength.
Once Britain withdraws, it will be easy for Saudi Arabia to integrate these younger brothers who are inferior to itself and increase its say in the oil field.
If Saudi Arabia follows the lead of the United States and increases its voice, it will be tantamount to taking the British protectorate to the United States. We must prevent such a future from happening.
As for the future headquarters of British troops in the Middle East, they will of course be among the emirates gathered together in the United Arab Emirates, and they will be ready to protect the security of Kuwait at any time. As long as the British troops in the Middle East do not leave, British influence will not dissipate.
Now, in addition to opening a chain of hotels, Princess Margaret is also engaged in the clothing industry, especially for the emirs of Middle Eastern countries. This is influence, and these emirs are not at a loss either.
Princess Margaret's clothing industry was dedicated to serving feudal lords, and the royal families that still existed in Europe were also included. The difference was nothing more than a suit and an Arab robe.
After discussing the Middle East strategy with the Prime Minister, Alan Wilson left work. It is of course important to continue to follow up on the Watergate incident, but this does not delay the call of Her Royal Highness.
"If you weren't here, I would feel that I am not as attractive as a computer." Princess Margaret hugged Alan Wilson's neck and said with a look of sadness on her face.
"It cannot be said that Turing made a major contribution to Britain. He is definitely a scientist whose name will go down in history." Alan Wilson had to defend Turing. The value of the national treasure scientist is unquestionable.
Although it is unlikely that a story about one person turning things around will appear in modern society, the existence of such a scientist can at least avoid the detour in Britain's industrial development.
If the leadership level is average, it is not impossible to cause losses to the country. This kind of thing is common even in modern society. For example, the Ford's electromagnetic catapult, isn't that the most obvious example?
In fact, this is just the tip of the iceberg. The F35 is the only mass-produced weapon system in the United States in the 20 years of the new century. The United States continues to rank first in the world in military spending.
"I think his biggest role is to cover up a sanctimonious supreme authority." Princess Margaret teased the man. As soon as she finished speaking, her long skirt was pulled down and fell to the ground.
Whitehall has never paid so much attention to the United States as it does now. Of course, Whitehall also paid attention to the United States before. After all, the United States is the leader of NATO.
But obviously because of the outbreak of the Watergate scandal, attention has risen to a certain level. Although the gentlemen of Whitehall are still in London, the talent has already arrived on the warm beaches of North America.
Magins came to the Cabinet Secretary's Office to say something. What does this have to do with the Ministry of Defense? Well, even if it does!
Brest also wanted to express his thoughts when he came? The Ministry of Interior also has something to do with the United States? This is obviously the internal affairs of the United States. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Treasury Department did not forget to talk about whether they thought Nixon would be safe or that he would eventually be disgraced.
, each failed in the midterm elections.
But almost no one thinks that Nixon will step down, because since the founding of the United States, there has been no precedent for a president to step down because of an incident that should be considered a scandal.
If it were possible in the UK, a tandem of backbenchers from the ruling party could unseat the Prime Minister. In the memory of Alan Wilson, the latest victim was Bao Zhongtang.
It was difficult for Alan Wilson to stop his colleagues from being concerned about the Watergate incident, because he was also very concerned about it, and he also knew that Nixon could not escape it. Because it also involved anti-Semitic remarks. Anti-Semitism began after World War II because Jews were killed in the war.
Massacre is a political red line in any European and American country.
The investigative committee organized by the Democratic Party has learned a new situation. Starting from the beginning of 1971, Nixon ordered the installation of bugging devices in the White House office to record the contents of conversations and phone calls with his staff. The committee asked Nixon to provide these recordings and information.
But Nixon refused, citing executive privilege. In the end, the court held that the president was also bound by the law and had to hand it over.
The audio recordings of Nixon that were discovered contained anti-Semitic remarks. Nixon said that Jews were spies, that they were very arrogant and that they were above the law.
Nixon said that the U.S. government is full of Jews, and that most Jews are not loyal at all. But he said that his Jew, Kissinger, is trustworthy. He also said that you must not trust those bastards, they will betray you.
He didn't see any Jews returning from the Vietnam War, and he didn't know how these Jews escaped the war.
Of course, Alan Wilson knew that Nixon saved Israel in the fourth Middle East war in history, ordered everything the United States could fly to be sent to Israel, and won Israel's gratitude.
But the Democratic Party would not let go of Nixon, seizing on the anti-Semitic remarks and slamming him as a racist.
Moreover, Nixon's own political operations were very similar to the British political structure. He relied heavily on his appointed chief of staff, such as Kissinger, and did not take the Senate seriously. For example, his stance on the Indo-Pak war was opposed by the U.S. Congress.
It was against India, but only the groups of Nixon, Bush Sr. and Kissinger ignored the views of the US Congress and stood firmly on the side of Pakistan.
This has nothing to do with the British, but in the United States, the clerk threw the parliament aside, which made the congressional gentlemen very unhappy. It was also one of the reasons why the Watergate incident was clinging to the Democratic Party.
In fact, judging from the polls during Nixon's re-election, there is no need for anyone to do anything like the Watergate incident. However, the election of a person as conceited as Nixon did not go smoothly. After serving as Eisenhower's vice president for eight years, there were kitchen debates.
In this famous scene, he actually lost to the fledgling Kennedy.
The conceited Nixon was obviously deeply impressed by his defeat to Kennedy. Even though he was a sure winner of re-election, he made this completely unnecessary arrangement just for peace of mind.
Nixon himself is very arrogant. At this time, he is not giving in, but showing his toughness. Nixon is accusing it of being fake news and an enemy of the country.
At this time in the United States, Judge Silica, who was in charge of the trial, felt that this might be a milestone in his life, but the judge was not sure of everything, so he decided to deceive the three people who were pushed out as scapegoats in the field that he could do.
prisoner,
Use severe punishment as a threat.
After thinking about it, McCord, one of the three prisoners, decided to rebel. He wrote a letter to Judge Silica, mentioning the following points. What he said in court before was perjury; he committed perjury.
He was under pressure from higher-level politicians; he could fully confess and reveal all the inside story, but only in the presence of Judge Silica.
After McCord's letter was received by Judge Silica, it was immediately made public, shocking the entire United States. Before that, people thought it was a boring soap opera.
"This is really a stinky and long soap opera." Alan Wilson, holding a copy in his hand, finally got a preliminary result, and he also understood that this was not the final result.
Alan Wilson was paying attention to Washington, and the mother and son in Moscow were paying attention to him. After Alexeev returned home, he relayed to Furtseva the conversation with the supreme authority, including that the Watergate incident would not end so easily.
When news spread that Nixon was in trouble, he recalled the original conversation.
This is just like many currencies in the pound area are anchored by the pound, Alan Wilson is eyeing Nixon, and there are still people in Moscow who are anchored by him.
"Mother, what do you think?" Alexeyev put away his poker face. He knew very well that Fortseva had much more experience than himself.
"I only know that he is a very honest person and really does what he says." Fortseva fell into deep thought, but her answer was affirmative, "Now he is waiting for the most favorable moment to come.