Red Alert Somalia

Chapter 248 U.S. Response and Influence

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"Good evening, today, our fellow citizens, our lives, and our cherished freedom have been deliberately attacked by terrorists.??

Many of the abducted passengers and working staff were unfortunately killed. They may be: secretarial clerks, businessmen, women, military or federal government staff, parents, your relatives, friends or neighbors.??

Hundreds of thousands of people suddenly lost their precious lives under the despicable and criminal acts of terrorists.?

Facing pictures of plane crashes, raging fires, and collapsed buildings, we couldn't believe the tragedy before us, and felt extremely sad and angry.??

The mass killings of terrorists are designed to lead our country to chaos and regression.Fan, but their conspiracy will not succeed.Our country is still strong.The great American people and that mobilized to defend their country.??

Attacks by terrorists can shock our buildings, but they cannot shake our solid national foundation.These actions can crush the iron, but they cannot dampen the determination of the American people to defend the country.??

The United States has become the target of attacks because our beacon of freedom and opportunity is the brightest and most dazzling in the world.No one can stop this light of freedom.?

Today, we have seen the dirtiest soul in human nature, and we respond to sin with American kindness.Our rescuers showed great fearlessness, and people contributed their blood and love to strangers and neighbors.?

After the first attack, I ordered the implementation of the government's emergency rescue plan.Our powerful army is ready to go into battle.Emergency operations teams are carrying out rescue operations in New York City and other parts of the Washington government.?

Our top priority is to rescue the injured and protect Americans at home and around the world from harm.??

The government affairs of the US government are still going on normally. Important agencies in the federal departments that were forced to withdraw from the Washington government today have resumed operations tonight, and all departments will resume operations tomorrow.? The various economic departments in the United States will also operate normally.??

The investigation of the culprit of this evil incident is ongoing.I have ordered all intelligence agencies and police agencies in the United States to find the culprit.And bring it to justice.Those who dare to shield the terrorist who caused the incident will also be regarded as a terrorist by us.??

I pray to the cabinet with me in praying for the injured in the incident, for the injured children, and for those whose sense of security has been broken.I pray that they can be comforted by God, as the Bible has been passed down through the generations: "Although I walk in the valley of shadows of death, I am not afraid of evil. Because you are with me,"???

Today is the day all Americans unite in search of justice and peace.In the past, the United States defeated its enemies, and today's Americans will also defeat their enemies.?

Every American will never forget today, but we will strive forward to defend all the good and just things in the world."

8:30 PM Washington time.Twelve hours have passed since the terrorist attack. In the few untouched corners of the back garden of the White House, Obama gave his speech in front of major media across the country, and here, there are not only reporters. .There are also the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, the Speaker of the Senate, and the surviving members of Congress.

"Under normal circumstances, the President should speak about this in Congress, but such a request is no longer necessary tonight, because the American people have already issued their cry for the United States.

We have seen this spirit of the American people in the tenacious and tireless work of rescuers.We saw flying flags, burning candles, people who donated blood, and people praying, whether they were praying for America in English, Hebrew or Arabic.

We have seen people caring for each other and making selfless donations. They regard the grief of strangers as their own pain.

My fellow citizens.In the past twelve hours, the entire world has witnessed the situation in the United States-it is still strong.

Tonight, our country was awakened by threats, and our people were called to defend freedom.Grief has turned into anger, anger has turned into determination.We must bring our enemies to justice, and justice will be done eventually.

Thank you Congress for setting an example at such an important time.All the American people who were shocked by this tragedy have seen that Republicans and Democrats gathered together to sing the national anthem "God Bless America."And you, my members of Congress, you have done more.You are in action.You allowed Congress to approve an emergency grant of $80 billion to rebuild our homeland and meet the needs of the military.On behalf of the American people, I thank all parts of the world for the support provided to the United States.

The American people have learned about war for a long time, but apart from the (Pearl Harbor) incident that occurred on Sunday in 1941 and the enemy of freedom launched a war against our country on September 11, the wars that have occurred in the past 148 years have been in foreign countries. Carried out on the territory.The American people have already known the casualties of the war-but those casualties were not in a peaceful morning.Happened in a great city.The American people have also been attacked-but the attack has never targeted tens of thousands of civilians.All of this happened in one day, and then it was dark night, and the entire free world was being threatened.

Tonight, the American people have many questions. They are all asking, who on earth attacked our country?

Since 9/11, government departments have devoted a great deal of energy to combating world terrorism. Under our attack, Al Qaeda has long since lost planning an attack of this magnitude.Please everyone trust me, trust the US government, we have the ability and determination to defend the interests of the entire United States.No matter which country or organization is involved in this matter, it will be a declaration of war against the United States. We will launch the most determined military strike and revenge against the enemy this time.

At the same time, we also hope that we can unite with major countries in the world to jointly respond to the world's extreme terrorist threats, and strive to achieve intelligence sharing and joint action.Establish a coordinated fight against extreme terrorists.Although we have not identified the real attacker in just twelve hours, all this is pointing to a target, a region that can nourish terrorists, that is-Africa.Those Islamic extremists.

These Islamic extremism doctrines have long been abandoned by Muslim scholars and most Muslims, but these terrorists have regarded them as gods and arbitrarily misrepresented the Islamic teachings that advocate peace.The theory of terrorists is to kill all Christians and all Americans, whether they are soldiers or civilians, whether they are women or children.

There are hundreds of such terrorists.Widely distributed in more than 60 countries in the world.They recruited members from their own countries and neighboring countries, brought them to countries like Somalia to receive terrorist training, and then were sent back to their own countries or hidden in other countries to plan criminal activities and conduct sabotage.The Somali Youth Party is an obvious representative.According to effective intelligence, in recent years.The Somali Al-Shabaab has grown stronger with more than 5,000 extremist members. It is a cancer of the world.

We hope to urge relevant regional forces not to have any ties with such organizations, otherwise they will become our key targets.

The American people respect the people of Somalia—after all, the United States is the largest humanitarian aid country in Somalia, but we condemn the terrorist regime.Not only does it fail to respect its own people.And by supporting, sheltering and helping terrorists, they scared their own people into fright and avoided them everywhere.By funding and inciting terrorists to commit murder.

Tonight, the United States of America made the following request to individual extremist forces: Release all illegally detained foreign personnel, including Americans.Protect foreign journalists, diplomats and rescuers.Close the terrorist training camps immediately and permanently, and hand over all the terrorists to the relevant parties.Give the United States free access to terrorist training camps and ensure that these camps are no longer used.All these requirements are non-negotiable and there is no room for negotiation.Must be executed, must be executed immediately.They should hand over the terrorists, otherwise the end of the terrorists will be the end of individual extremist forces.

tonight.I also want to say something directly to Muslims around the world: We respect your faith.In the United States, there are millions of people who believe in Islam freely, and more people in America’s allies believe in Islam.Islam is good, and it promotes peace.Those who sin in the name of Allah have desecrated the holiness of Allah.Our Muslim friends and Arab friends are not enemies of the United States.Our enemy is a terrorist extremist organization and any government that supports such organizations.

For more than a decade, our fight against terrorism will begin with the fight against Al Qaeda.But it will not end with bin Laden.We will continue to fight until terrorist organizations around the world are discovered, stopped and completely defeated, otherwise we will not stop."

At three o'clock in the morning in Somalia, Li Lan did not go to bed, but sat in the console accompanied by Natasha and Tan Ya, watching Obama's speech.

Li Lan smiled when he heard the U.S. target Africa and Somalia.

This was a long speech. As the initiator of the incident, Li Lan listened very carefully, and he would not miss any news he was interested in.

During the live broadcast, Obama’s speech continued:

"The American people may be asking: Why do they hate us?

Because they hate everything in our edifice-we are a democratically elected government, and their leaders are appointed.They also hate our freedom-our freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of elections, freedom of assembly, freedom of opposition, etc.

These terrorists attempt to overthrow the existing governments of many Muslim countries, such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan.They want to drive out Israelis from the Middle East, and to drive out Christians and Jews from large areas of Asia and Africa.

These terrorists wanton massacres are not just to end lives, but to disrupt and end a way of life.The reason they have committed atrocities time and time again is to make the United States a country filled with fear, retreat from the world stage, and abandon their friends.They attacked the United States only because we blocked their way.

We have not been deceived by their hypocritical religious piety. We have seen their so-called good deeds before. They are nothing but the remnants of some notorious theories in the 20th century.To realize their extreme ideas by giving their lives at sacrifice, and by abandoning all values ​​and the desire to believe in rights alone, they took the same path as fascism, Nazism, and extremism.They will follow this path.Until the end of this road: the nameless mound of history built by abandoned lies.

The American people are asking: How do we start this new war, how do we win this forced war?

We must use all resources—all diplomatic channels, all intelligence agencies, all law enforcement agencies, all financial influences, and all weapons of war—to dismantle and defeat global terrorist organizations.

This war is not like fighting against Iraq. At that time, our goal was to liberate the Iraqis and end the war.This war is not like the war in Libya, when we did not have ground troops to fight.Not a single American died.

In addition to immediate retaliation and pure military strikes, there is much more we need to do.The American people should not expect that there will be only one battle. This will be a long-term war, a war with a wider scope than after 9/11.

It may include some large-scale blows, which you will see on TV.It may also include some secret action plans.You may not know even if it is successful.We must cut off terrorists’ sources of funds, turn them into enemies and fight with each other, and drive them to flee without a place to hide.Every country in every region of the world, you are now at a moment of choice, you either stand with us.Either collaborating with terrorists.Starting today, the United States will regard any country that continues to shelter and support terrorism as a hostile country.

We have warned the people that we may still be attacked.We will take defensive measures to combat terrorism and defend the American people.

Starting today, dozens of departments and offices of the federal government, and government departments in various states and regions.All have the inescapable obligation to defend national security.These tasks must be coordinated by a supreme organization, which was established after 9/11-the National Security Office.And today, we will strengthen the actual control capabilities of this institution, allocate more funds, unite more departments, and cooperate closely with friendly countries and forces around the world.

These measures are the most basic.However, the only way to prevent terrorism from threatening our lives is to stop it, eliminate it, and destroy it where it grows.

But this is not just a struggle for the United States.It is not just American freedom that is at stake. This is the struggle of the entire world, this is the struggle of the entire human civilization, and this is the struggle of all people who believe in progress and pluralism, and believe in tolerance and freedom.

We ask every country to join us.We will ask, and we also need the police, intelligence agencies, and banking systems of the world to help us.The United States is very grateful.Many countries and international organizations have responded-expressed sympathy and support. These countries are all over the world, from Latin America, Asia, Africa to Europe, and then to the Islamic world.Perhaps the NATO Charter most accurately reflects the attitude of the international community: to attack one is to attack us all.

Civilized societies are all on the side of the United States.They understand that if terrorism goes unpunished, then their cities and their people may be the next targets.There is no doubt that terrorism will not only attack buildings, but also threaten the stability of legitimate governments.We will not allow them to do so.

The American people may be asking: What should we do?

I ask you to live and embrace your children.I know that many people feel terrified tonight. I ask you to be calm and resolute, even if the threat still exists.

I ask you to promote American values ​​and remember why so many people come here.We are fighting for principles. Our primary responsibility is to survive on these principles. No one can be treated unfairly and accused of being unfriendly because of their race and religious beliefs.

I hope you will use what you have and continue to support the victims of the disaster.Those who want to donate can log on to the government website to find the name of the institution that directly helps.

Thousands of FBI staff who are working also need your help, and I hope you can help them too.

I also hope that you will remain patient in the various delays and inconveniences caused by the strengthening of security, and in the possible long-term struggle.

I also hope that you will continue to invest in national construction and have full confidence in the economic prospects.Terrorism is only a small sign of American prosperity. They will not touch the root of American prosperity.The reason why the United States is successful.It is because of their people's diligence, creativity and enterprising spirit.These are our true economic strength in the past, and our strength today.

Finally, please pray for our victims in terror and their families, for firefighters, police, soldiers, and for our great motherland.Prayer will heal our pain.To boost morale for our future journey.

Tonight, I thank all Americans, and thank you for everything you have done and will do for your country.Ladies and gentlemen of Congress, I also thank you for everything you have done and will do for your country.

Tonight, our country faces new and unexpected challenges.We must work together to strengthen aviation safety.Increase the number of domestic flight security inspectors on a large scale and formulate new measures to prevent the occurrence of hijacking incidents.

We must strengthen our law enforcement, grant law enforcement agencies everything they need, and thoroughly crack down on all domestic terrorist activities.We also need to strengthen our intelligence agencies in order to intercept terrorist information in a timely manner and kill their terrorist activities in the cradle.

We need to be united.Actively take steps to strengthen the US economy and restore people to work.

After all this has happened, after all the losses have occurred, you may ask, what is the future of the United States?Will you live in fear?

I know that there are still challenges ahead.There is still danger in the future.But our country will write our era, not the era to write the country.As long as the American country and people have firm beliefs, we will not be hit by terrorism, because this is not the age of terrorist activities, this is an age of freedom, whether it is here or anywhere in the world.

We suffered serious damage and loss in this incident.In the midst of grief and anger, we found our mission and realized the moment we were in.Freedom will fight fear.The advancement of the cause of human freedom-the great achievement of our time, and the great pursuit of people in any era-counts on us.

Our country—our generation—for our people and our bright future, must dispel the darkness and threats of violence and terror.We will not be tired.We will not be discouraged, and we will not fail.

In the next few months and years, people’s lives can return to normal is my hope.We will resume our normal life again, which is what everyone desires.As time goes by, the sadness will gradually pass.But our determination to fight terrorism will continue.Each of us will remember what happened that day and that moment.And who left us forever at that moment.

We will remember the moment when the horrible news came, where we were and what we were doing.Some of us will remember the scene of the fire, or the news of a rescue.And a certain face and voice that is always away from us will always be frozen in the minds of some people.

You may also ask, what will our army do?

Here, as the supreme military commander of the United States of America, I would like to show you the position of the military. All organizations or individuals involved in this matter will face our most ruthless blow.We will retaliate with all weapons, exert our military presence around the world, compress the living space of any extreme terrorist forces, and then eliminate them one by one.

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The hour-long speech finally came to an end. In front of the console, watching the disappearing live broadcast, Li Lan felt surprisingly calm.He is not worried that the United States will use this to suppress him. Even if there is no such excuse, the United States should suppress it.What's more, he still has the most important move that he hasn't used.

By then, how much energy will the United States have to deal with him?

The impact of this incident was extremely significant. The most important landmark buildings in the United States were destroyed.The two f-15 fighter pilots disguised as spies will inevitably bring extremely negative effects to the US military.

If it is said that part of the 9/11 incident is believed to be self-directed and performed by the United States, then this time the terrorist attack, even fools all understand that the United States has suffered a lot.There is no country.Being able to withstand such a loss, the face of the world overlord has been cut off by more than one layer, but it is a blatant insult.This kind of thing is placed on the head of the saint, and it is an endless situation.Let alone the world leader.Unlucky to catch anyone.

And Li Lan is not optimistic about whether the United States still has the energy to carry out more arduous anti-terrorism operations.Osama bin Laden’s appearance was an opportunity. Had it not been for Osama bin Laden’s presence, to be honest, Li Lan did not have such a big layout.

If it is said that the news of his director at the back was spread out and confirmed.That would give Li Lan a few more years of development time.Nor can it resist the anger of the United States in full retaliation.Especially the NATO organization as a whole, because six hours after this incident, just like 9/11, NATO announced that it would resolutely stand on the same front with the United States, "playing one slogan means slogan all."Already shouted out.

Regarding the practical actions that the United States may take, based on the United States’ counter-terrorism forms and financial aspects in recent years, Li Lan does not believe that the United States can still continue for a long time.Perhaps 9/11 can be an opportunity for the US global strategy, and this time, with the US strategic eastward shift, it may not be an opportunity.It's a cruel test.

Whether to consider revising strategic policies, how to give the people an explanation, how to maintain the status of world hegemon, and continue to maintain global influence.These are all aspects that the United States needs to consider.

Regardless of how the United States recovers it, the drawbacks of this matter will inevitably become more prominent in the future.The most important point is that the world is questioning the strength of the United States.This point, the United States may be able to use war to recover in the future.

But what about the domestic people's thinking?Why Obama gave a speech in a hurry, hoping to stabilize domestic emotions.

Because since 9/11, when fighting terrorism and ensuring national security have become the top priority, the domestic political climate in the United States has begun to change.A single "Patriotic Act" has caused great dissatisfaction among the people.According to the bill.The U.S. government can obtain any information from anyone, conduct surveillance and espionage in the country, use informants in social groups, and take various measures to suppress protests, etc., and has even prepared for large-scale domestic protests similar to the Middle East. Prepared for suppression.

such as.The registration of Muslims aged 18-25 in China has expanded from Muslims from 11 countries to Muslims from 23 countries.This has caused intense controversy in American society.Critics believe that the law allows the government to conduct secret surveillance of specific citizens without judicial review and other provisions, which violates civil rights in the name of "patriotism and anti-terrorism." Many district courts declared these "patriotic provisions" of "secret surveillance" unconstitutional. Eight states and nearly 400 cities across the country have passed their own decrees condemning the "Patriotic Act" for infringing civil rights.

However, out of safety considerations, the public still reluctantly agreed to transfer personal freedom and support the sacrifice of individual civil rights in exchange for the implementation of the bill.And this sacrifice has resulted in even greater harm, which has made the domestic people extremely dissatisfied.

After the attack was over, the various dissatisfaction destruction and demonstrations that broke out in various regions have already explained many problems.

After 9/11, in foreign countries, the United States implemented a plan code-named "Operation Condor". Without judicial orders and judicial procedures, people were arrested at will in any corner of the world and thrown in prisons in Guantanamo and in Romania, Poland, Secret prisons established in Lithuania, Thailand and Afghanistan.As the well-known constitutional rights of the United States pointed out, "The nature of the country has changed. Ordinary people have accepted the government’s violation of its basic rights, international citizenship rights, and the rights granted by the U.S. Constitution. People can already accept the government’s legal authorization. The government can do so because of an official excuse to "war on terrorism". This cannot be predicted before 9/11."

In the face of ten-year-long political, economic, and security difficulties, the conflicts between race, religion, and class, as well as immigration issues that have long accumulated in the United States in the process of globalization, have become increasingly prominent, and the differences between the two parties Significant expansion, the development of sharp opposition between the two extremes has become increasingly prominent.

During the George W. Bush administration, the Democrats seized on the banner of opposing the Iraq War and took back control of the House of Representatives, which caused great containment on the Republican government.After Obama chanted the slogan "change" and won the election with his anti-war and economic recovery proposals, the Republican Party used its control of the Senate and House of Representatives to make a fuss about health care reform and reduction of fiscal deficits, which brought the federal government to the brink of twice Closed doors and defaulted on debt.The functional weaknesses of the US political system in dealing with major crises have been fully revealed.

In this context, the "Tea Party" has emerged as the third political force outside the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. It represents the voice of the middle and lower-class people who are increasingly dissatisfied with the government and society. They oppose the big government and tax increases. The political structure led by the Democratic and Republican parties constituted a huge impact, increasing the fragility of the entire social and political ecology.As a result, inward voices advocating reducing involvement in international affairs have risen, and conservatism has risen.

A war on terrorism that has been fought for more than ten years has cost countless money, and the result is that the more anti-terrorist, the more terror!In the face of the various disasters, the government is no longer simply dissatisfied and distrustful, but a strong wave of resistance.