Chapter 1714 Keeping up with the United States
And Bush Sr. has left unsaid that, with the Soviet threat becoming smaller, the United States is not going to look like the old days, when it was competing with the Soviet Union to see who could afford to be more affordable. Some of the inputs that are not hotspots are going to be scaled back, like South Africa, which is already safe.
Bush Sr. told Mrs. Thatcher, “Dear Prime Minister, we should understand that the white regime in South Africa is untenable and they are unreliable, corrupting the free world, even more so now.”
The longevity of the South African regime has always been an embarrassment to Britain and the U.S. The Soviet Union hardly had to do anything to gain a group of supporters in Africa, on the grounds that it was anti-colonial.
Talking about the South African problem, the old Bush is also mentioning Mrs. Thatcher, not only has the problem of South Africa, in fact, there is also the problem of Rhodesia, Britain’s contraction does not talk about it, or in many important places to leave the pedal of the interference, of course, things have to be from easy to difficult, the United States must now be the best solution to South Africa.
While Mrs. Thatcher still wanted to argue her case on South Africa, Bush Sr. was unmoved, stating that the matter was settled by the U.S., and was not asking Britain if she agreed, but was simply giving notice.
“There are already too many countries in this world with nuclear weapons to have more during my term of office. We have experience in this, and prevented the Fraud Island regime from acquiring nuclear weapons two years ago, and it would work just as well for South Africa this time.” Bush Sr. calmly elaborated, “Colonial regimes should be history.”
Compared to all her previous visits to the U.S., when Mrs. Thatcher never got so little and had to cooperate with the U.S. so much, Bush Sr. and Reagan were indeed different.
But it doesn’t matter, Alan Wilson still warmly welcomed Margaret Thatcher back home, reassuring the Prime Minister that she had done enough, as for the future of NATO, the problems of South Africa, all these small problems can be solved in time, “Of course we are cooperating with the United States, and we are cooperating to the best of our ability, this is a program of pressure and subversion of the white government of South Africa.”
Mrs. Thatcher’s eyes immediately appeared, how to drive the white regime in South Africa to extinction, so that these evil white colonists to die, Mrs. Thatcher looked at the shade, “Secretary General, you and the old Bush has the same view?”
“If I had to answer that question, white lives are no more valuable than any other race. Millions of white lives are worthless compared to the goodwill of hundreds of millions of Africans. If the leaders of the African nations like it, it’s not a problem for us to shoot the white leaders.”
Alan Wilson replied with a smirk, “Ethnicity is not delineated by blood, now that DNA technology is available, how about a national screening to see just how many people on the mainland, are truly British?”
Alan Wilson hemmed and hawed, not to mention too remote examples, close to Europe, the Turkic bloodline that is the understanding of the problem. Arabs are not also relying on religion and culture, assisted by military power to promote out?
All in accordance with the blood to shape the nation, Central Asia’s Turkic people do not quite understand, a large part of the Turks have to be scratched into the Greek inside.
“This matter we fully cooperate with Washington’s view, in fact, think about it is also good for us.” Alan Wilson snapped his fingers, “Australia would actually love to have white immigrants settle in Australia, and these country-breaking whites would be great supporters of White Australia’s policies when they got there.”
In Africa, where whites are a minority, Britain certainly can’t offend Africans in general, but in Australia, where they already have an absolute majority, they don’t have to be so polite, and the criteria can be applied flexibly.
Another batch of White Australia policy was the raw power to join in, and could keep Australia’s laying flat life going, and Alan Wilson, when he thought about it that way, was simply too good to be true, but the move to overthrow the white regime in South Africa had to put the United States out in the open.
A unilateral output, Allen Wilson exuberantly said, “In this way, we respect the will of the United States, the United States to carry out sanctions, and then we are compelled to follow up. I will communicate with the US now.”
It doesn’t matter that the Prime Minister doesn’t want to overthrow the white regime in South Africa, isn’t there a real champion of the Anglo-American special relationship here? Alan Wilson was willing to be a strong backer of the United States and support it in tightening the noose around the white South African regime.
After the start of the Angolan War, facing the Soviet Union and under the No. 1 hitter Cuba’s attack, South Africa’s already isolated environment makes the economy even worse, if not for the British and Americans to make the sanctions a sham, South Africa would not have been able to hold out, and now since the United States want to get serious, then the United Kingdom should also come to the real thing.
Seeing Alan Wilson almost with a trot out of the prime minister’s office, Mrs. Thatcher face cloudy, “men ruthless up really terrible.”
Mrs. Thatcher still believe that blood should be thicker than water, but obviously Alan Wilson and Bush do not care about that kind of nothingness, there is Mrs. Thatcher this in vain British and American special relationship between the big picture of the Prime Minister, the Cabinet Secretary’s work is much better, the first connotation of Mrs. Thatcher once again, and then in the call to Washington to express the resolute support for President Bush.
Alan Wilson was in no way mocking, but he went home and confessed the day’s events to his wife, and Pamela Mountbatten laughed out loud as she listened, “She’s fit to be Prime Minister in Australia. About the fourth generation fighter thing, I have an idea, want to pull Australia in, you also know, Australia has a very low gap between rich and poor, in how to work hard can not earn much more, even if people are very lazy, can live well.”
“That’s true, living is easier than both the UK and the US.” Alan Wilson nodded his head, the kind of place where God rewards you with food, as long as the population is under control.
And Australia’s population wasn’t growing fast, even if you added inward migration, it was nowhere near as large as a few of the Gulf countries.
Pamela Mountbatten is to carry out joint development with Australia, Allen Wilson has guessed, Australia is certainly not much help, simply a role of money.
After hesitating for a moment, Alan Wilson agreed, “If you want to do it, go ahead, I’ll convince the cabinet.”
“Therein lies the problem.” Pamela Mountbatten spoke up, “Even the Typhoon fighter was babied like this, joint development is bound to have the risk of leaks.”
“You can’t say that, you have to understand that modern weapons are already getting more and more expensive, a country like the UK is already struggling to maintain its current military strength, looking for foreign aid is nothing.”
Alan Wilson shook his head, “Isn’t the Raging Wind a joint European development? In fact, compared to France and Germany, Italy, Australia is a good partner, there is no better partner than just paying money and not caring about things, Australia is such a role model.”
Not to mention 4th generation fighters, as far as Alan Wilson can remember, even the Typhoon isn’t something any European country can handle on its own anymore.
The French didn’t believe it and came up with another Rafale on their own, but that was about it, fourth generation fighters Europe had collectively laid back from competing with a few monsters.
There is another advantage of joint development with Australia, joint development in the efficiency of the problem, the Rafale was European countries back and forth tug of war, but Australia does not have the scientific research strength, is a pay out of the money of the collaborators, so certainly will not be and the United Kingdom tug of war, so that the biggest shortcomings of the joint development of no longer.
And there is another advantage of joint development, but compared to the disadvantage of delayed efficiency, this advantage is not excellent. That is, the joint development of multiple countries must eventually come out of the finished product, this is not a project that can be terminated when the United Kingdom says it will fail, but also depends on whether Australia agrees or not.
Australia has the money, and the joint development will prevent the UK from cutting the order as soon as they get their heads in the sand, so why not agree to it? Even Fatty Electric can be co-developed, what’s not to like about the Storm Fighter.
“No problem then, watch me.” Pamela Mountbatten a pat on the thigh, suddenly so a pain in the head of the family straight grimace, the richest woman of course not pat their own thighs, quite painful.
Pamela Mountbatten has enough confidence to persuade Australia, Allen Wilson said first wait, “Britain and the United States after the embargo on South Africa, you then go to talk to Australia, that is more easy.”
Do not have to wait too long, after all, Alan Wilson is a staunch defender of the special relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States, the plan to sanction South Africa has long since been formulated, just to wait for the United States to announce it first, and the United Kingdom will only be announced with it.
The northern hemisphere is waiting for the arrival of spring, while the southern hemisphere is heading towards winter, this winter for South Africa, the heart of the cold must be far more than the climate of the cold.
The United Kingdom and the United States, which have long supported South Africa, finally came to the real thing, the old Bush administration published a list of embargoes on South Africa, this time unprecedentedly serious, no longer like the original net one side.
Britain followed in the cool South African government poured a bucket of cold water, Britain and the United States, two of South Africa’s largest foreign aid, this time the joint cut off South Africa’s external financing channels.
Changes in public opinion have also begun to attack the white government does not give the vast majority of citizens the right to vote reports, began to fill the pages of the two countries, and then quickly spread throughout the English-speaking world.
As for the two countries in the other camp, France, which has always been the enemy of South Africa and has been neutral from time to time, also realized that it was natural to defend the basis of unanimity of the great powers and joined in the verbal attacks on South Africa.
Since all the countries, that is, these five countries have agreed, this time the sanctions must be unprecedentedly severe, and South Africa, which has long been supported by Britain and the United States, instantly felt the power of sanctions.
The latest news came from the German Foreign Office that Chancellor Kohl wanted to invite Margaret Thatcher for a talk, and when the Prime Minister asked for the opinion of the head of Whitehall, Alan Wilson said matter-of-factly, “I don’t have an opinion, and as a person declared persona non grata to the outside world by the Federal Republic of Germany, what do I have to say about it?”
“How about letting you follow me around or I won’t respond.” Mrs. Thatcher slowed her tone, only this man had special treatment with her.