After talking about foreign issues, it is natural to turn back to domestic problems. Domestic problems are always greater than foreign problems. It is foreseeable that the Labor Party will definitely not let this matter go. In recent years, the prime minister who has been most enthusiastic about the special relationship between Britain and the United States has been directly criticized by the United States.
If the president is slapped in the face, he will inevitably be ridiculed by the Labor Party.
"Having a bad mouth is not the way to solve the problem. An iron fist is the basis for starting from a position of strength." Alan Wilson tried his best to make suggestions. "Increasing military spending and starting the construction of an aircraft carrier battle group are more important than anything else. The external environment has just defeated Argentina.
If the citizens are not satisfied with this, you cannot win the election. Once the Labor Party makes trouble on Grenada, increase military spending to silence the Labor Party."
"Are you mocking me again?" Mrs. Thatcher glanced at the man who was boasting. He had a bad mouth and an iron fist. He was obviously accusing her, the Prime Minister, of attacking the Third World and the US invasion of Grenada.
She is submissive, the so-called Iron Lady is not worthy of her name.
"I don't mean that, but even if it is, your understanding is correct." Of course, the supreme authority can choose a more tactful way of expression, but he thinks it is not necessary. "At least it can reduce the naivety of the prime minister and tell the truth.
, it makes sense for previous governments to stay away from the United States. After the war, the United States had one eye on the Soviet Union, and the other eye never left the United Kingdom. Its purpose was of course to hope that Britain would weaken to a level that the United States could accept. This invasion
Grenada is just a sideshow."
The female Prime Minister is naive. The problems faced by Mrs. Thatcher in the world are really not that big compared to the problems faced by previous governments.
Alan Wilson has already reminded that the United States will not give face to Mrs. Thatcher because she advocated the special relationship between Britain and the United States. If people don't believe her, what can he do?
"As for the aftermath, since the United States has become a foregone conclusion, the United Kingdom will send troops no matter what, under the banner of the special relationship between Britain and the United States. Even if it is only a symbolic force, it must send troops, and it can use public opinion and diplomatic means to do so.
Trying to get U.S. troops to leave Grenada after the military operation. That shouldn't be difficult."
Alan Wilson is persuasive and talks about solutions. The United States is now only tentatively trying to gather national self-confidence. On the one hand, the United Kingdom must accuse the United States of such self-deception, and on the other hand, it must fight hand-to-hand to prevent being picked off by the United States.
Since the United States won't make Britain look good, Britain can also embarrass the United States and rub its shit on the United States.
The invasion of Grenada was just an attempt after Reagan came to power to change the United States' loss of confidence in military operations after the Vietnam War. The British first had to point out the fact that Grenada was a country of 100,000 people and did not even have a regular army.
Mask, and then let the United States get nothing.
"Okay!" The Prime Minister, who had been made very ugly by his close ally, was aroused by a woman's desire for revenge, and listened to the persuasion of the Cabinet Secretary-General.
The sudden attack across the ocean deeply embarrassed Mrs. Thatcher. Parliament held an emergency debate in the afternoon. At the meeting, the Labor Shadow Foreign Secretary denounced Mrs. Thatcher as "Reagan's lackey" and accused her of saying that now
"It's time for you to kneel down."
Mrs. Thatcher, whose stakes had been cleared, directly retorted, "The United Kingdom will restore order in Grenada later, but the United States is closer to Grenada. In fact, this government is also committed to the stability and prosperity of the Commonwealth."
Military forces will also be dispatched to maintain local stability."
Mrs. Thatcher was given a meal of ecstasy by the Secretary-General of the Cabinet, and she directly changed her position from non-interference to peach picking. Since the United States now looks like a hypocrite, it does not dare to continue to put its military power abroad for a long time to prevent major disasters.
Relive the past events of the Vietnam War.
Then the UK is not polite and just pushes up. Grenada is small and has small advantages. Since there are no major interests involved, the UK will push hard. How can the United States still be among the top ten in the world just because of an area and a population of less than 10%?
A small country with hundreds of thousands of people turns against Britain?
At the end of the debate, Mrs. Thatcher came up with her own countermeasures, including increasing investment in military spending and a plan to build a new aircraft carrier, which would be funded by the lifting of the lottery ban.
While the British side was discussing Grenada, the US military operation against Grenada had already begun. It may be that the shadow of the failure of the Vietnam War was still at work. This time the US military operation could be described as killing a chicken with a knife. It dispatched aircraft carriers and amphibious aircraft.
A task force including attack ships, more than 200 aircraft and nearly 10,000 soldiers including the Marine Corps.
In comparison, Grenada's army has no navy and air force, not even tanks, only some armored vehicles. The country's air defense force has only one anti-aircraft artillery company, which is obviously no match for it.
In the early morning, the U.S. military launched a surprise attack. Four hundred Marines took off from an amphibious assault ship in helicopters and landed at Pearl Airport in a flash. The Grenada defenders were caught off guard and were defeated within two hours. At the same time, the U.S. Rangers
Seven hundred people suddenly airborne at Salins Airport, the second largest airport.
What the U.S. military did not expect was that the Grenadian army at the airport was already on alert and deployed anti-aircraft artillery units. After discovering the U.S. transport plane, Grenadian soldiers began air bombardment. At the same time, attack aircraft on the aircraft carrier and anti-aircraft firepower conducted suppressive bombing.
After the debate in the House of Commons ended, the cabinet held another meeting that afternoon to discuss countermeasures. Mrs. Thatcher seemed filled with resentment and was convinced that she had been betrayed by her allies.
But in public, Mrs. Thatcher has always maintained a calm and restrained attitude towards this crisis in the "special relationship" between Britain and the United States, and her words are very gentle and appropriate, without losing the true qualities of a politician.
In an interview with the press, Mrs. Thatcher stated that she accepted the consequences of the U.S. military deployment and was only opposed to the approach taken by the Reagan administration because no country has the right to send troops into another sovereign and independent country.
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"It's never over."
"This is what happens if you really take the special relationship between Britain and the United States seriously. Seeing you look like you now reminds me of my past."
Alan Wilson lied with a straight face, as if he had really tried his best to promote the special relationship between Britain and the United States. But at this time, he acted as if this was really the case, and he had only been hurt by the United States, so he adopted countermeasures that were both overt and covert.
It is true that Mrs. Thatcher did not attach much importance to the Commonwealth. After all, the Commonwealth does not have the right to vote. However, this time the United States acted not to give her the face of the British Prime Minister.
This is a big problem, women are all petty, not to mention the Cabinet Secretary-General is here to make a fuss.
After the fight was over, Alan Wilson left Mrs. Thatcher alone to sulk and got off work. It really made me happy just thinking about it.
Who dares to say that the UK is not tough? Hasn’t the UK already made a decision to send troops to maintain order in Grenada? It just has to wait until the war is over to reach the designated position. By the way, the draft for an increase in military expenditures was passed. Anyway, the Conservative Party has a huge
Advantages, the draft was passed.
This made Reagan, who was paying attention to the actions of the US military, disgusted. He had clearly said before that he would not interfere in Grenada, but now that the US has sent troops, the UK has changed its decision. This is simply praising the United States.
The British Foreign Office was even more disgusting, saying that Mrs. Thatcher was originally unwilling to interfere, but it was Alan Wilson's hard persuasion that changed her mind and sent troops to maintain the special relationship between Britain and the United States.
Does Washington now need Britain to maintain the special relationship between Britain and the United States? It hopes that Britain will be as far away as possible and not delay its own military operations.
But the British took the initiative to post, and Reagan couldn't tell you to stay away. It was okay for women to have chicken intestines, but to ask Reagan to do the same, he also wanted to get some face. So in response to Britain's actions, all Reagan could do was not
In response, we quickly settled the matter in Grenada before the arrival of British military forces.
Alan Wilson had contacted Governor Scoon of Grenada and explained the fact that British armed forces would arrive soon to prepare him to restore the constitution.
Alan Wilson was very surprised. Although Governor Scoon of Grenada was under house arrest, his contact with the country had not been cut off. At this time, the president was broadcasting the war situation live.
The Grenadian government dispatched a company of troops and four Soviet-made BTR-60 armored vehicles to "protect" the British Governor and prevent him from being taken away by the "imperialist" troops. According to the instructions, for fear of harming the Governor, the Grenadian infantry could only use light weapons and
U.S. military exchange of fire.
"Such an experience is rare, and I hope the Governor can face it calmly with a fearless spirit." Alan Wilson said to the foreign ministry official who reported the report, "After the war, the Governor will still need to exert influence to restore Grenada's
Prosperity."
The reason why Alan Wilson persuaded Mrs. Thatcher to intervene in Grenada and changed the previous resolution of non-intervention was because he remembered the Grenada War. The United States quickly withdrew after the war and did not stay on this small island.
The love for war may be to avoid the tragedy of the Vietnam War.
Now that we know that the US military is going to hit and run, we, the British, will no longer hide and tuck in. We must later demonstrate the influence of the empire on which the sun never sets. The United States can also see that the British will not leave after they come, but
It means that we have to keep spending to maintain the stability of Grenada.
Britain has dispatched a gun cruiser docked in Newfoundland, preparing to join this war to defend the special relationship between Britain and the United States. However, Alan Wilson estimates that by the time the British warship arrives, this war should be over. , the troops dispatched by the United States account for one-tenth of the country's population, how can it still fight guerrilla warfare?