Chapter 1377 The Role of Neutral Countries

After India reported the dangers of Agent Orange, the Soviet camp immediately reprinted it, and then the public opinion storm crossed national boundaries and spread throughout the world, including the United States.

The United States' hegemony of public opinion, which is even stronger than that of the United Kingdom, is of no use in this report on Agent Orange. It is simply unworthy of the term hegemony of public opinion. It can be said that it was defeated in the field in which it is best.

But it makes sense if you think about it carefully, because the place where the incident broke out was the Vietnam battlefield. In the world of 1970, anti-war had almost become the consensus of all countries. Even in the United States, there was sharp public opposition. Against the airtight defense of public opinion, Agent Orange reports were like a knife cutting through butter, revealing the bloody side of the Vietnam War.

"This is how neutral country status is used." Now Britain is also full of reports about Agent Orange. Of course, Alan Wilson did not buy even a single newspaper that reported it because the pictures were too disgusting.

He was just talking about the matter and emphasized the reason for choosing the location of the revelation in India, because India is a neutral country. Even if it is a neutral country that is pro-Soviet, it is also a neutral country. This is the reason why India was chosen as the country to support justice this time. You must not choose a certain big country. The national system of a certain big country is destined not to be trusted.

"You must have made Washington very uncomfortable this time." Pamela Mountbatten sighed, believing that Nixon would be very uncomfortable now.

"It is definitely much more powerful than the germ warfare in the Korean War." Alan Wilson was quite proud of this ruthless attack, and used the germ warfare in the Korean War as a comparison.

The impact of germ warfare in the Korean War on the free world? I can’t say it’s completely absent, I can only say it’s almost none. In fact, almost all countries in the free world believe that it was framed by a certain major country.

This comes to the issue of national attributes. The system of a certain big country is destined to be an enemy. If you say that the city on the top of the mountain launches germ warfare, it is framed.

Even the United Kingdom, led by the Attlee government, believed that it was a propaganda campaign and that the evidence was insufficient to prove anything.

This time the Agent Orange report was completely different. Alan Wilson chose India as the reporting country because he learned from the Soviet Union’s manipulation of public opinion on AIDS. After the emergence of AIDS, the Soviet Union began to attack the United States from laboratory leaks, but the Soviet Union knew Even if it was reported as its enemy, it would be considered framed. The Soviet Union finally chose India as the reporter.

In fact, the public opinion attack was so successful that many countries around the world believed that it was a leak from the US virus laboratory that allowed AIDS to spread. But in fact, declassification after the collapse of the Soviet Union showed that the Soviet Union did not actually know the origin of AIDS, and instinctively chose to use this disease to attack the United States.

Another reason is that the United States cannot deny the harm of Agent Orange because there are too many victims and the area where Agent Orange is used in the United States is too extensive. Compared with the germ warfare in the Korean War, it is much more difficult to cover up the past through public opinion manipulation. Thousands of times.

When hundreds of thousands of victims can be easily found, the hegemony of public opinion is useless. Once this shit pot is locked up, the United States will not be able to take it off even if it wants to.

As for the Indian media's ridicule that European countries did not dare to report this matter, there was no need for Foreign Secretary Patrick Gordon Walker to respond. The Foreign Secretary's specific response showed that the United Kingdom was taking it too seriously.

Alan Wilson asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to send a protest to New Delhi, "It is not that the UK did not report it. The UK did not know about this before this. If it is discovered, it will definitely report it. The British media has the determination not to be afraid of power."

When the Ministry of Foreign Affairs refuted India's shameless attacks on the UK, major British newspapers followed the pace of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and criticized India's accusations in a series of articles. For a time, British public opinion was extremely sublime, expressing its views on India from multiple levels and angles. dissatisfaction, but this rebuttal also confirms that the dangers of Agent Orange are real.

The British cursed, the Soviet Union expressed gratitude to India for its just actions, and North Vietnam also praised India for its impressive role as a great power.

Facts have proved once again that

Although India cannot maintain its status as a world power, it can still embarrass many countries if it occasionally throws blame.

However, this time the main embarrassment is the United States. The British side's public opinion war with India is just speaking up and defending the special relationship between Britain and the United States.

Without ordering American newspapers, Alan Wilson could guess that the United States was suffering. Even when discussing the Sterling Area and the Imperial System of Preferences with Commonwealth Secretary-General John Hunt, he expressed sympathy for the United States. If the United States were to choose another war, In the Vietnam War, the United States may still choose to go to war. After all, the interests of the military are there, but it will definitely improve a lot.

"Facts have proved that the United States is still unwilling to risk a land war with China, which is very uncomfortable. I have to say that when the Soviet Union and China are in the same camp, it is really difficult to deal with." John Hunter said with emotion, when the United States When he launched his troops in high spirits, he would never have thought of his current embarrassment.

"What is even more difficult to deal with is that the Soviet Union and China are in the same camp, but their national power is reversed." Alan Wilson corrected John Hunter, "Now is not the most difficult time."

Isn’t it just like this a few decades later? Russia cannot be said to be more capable of breaking pot than a certain big country in the 1970s, but its courage to do so is definitely greater than that of a certain big country. The nickname of the so-called fighting nation is nothing more than poverty.

The Soviet Union is an industrial country with rich resources, while Russia is a resource country with strong industry. Once they find their own position, Lao Maozi is still a very difficult opponent.

The most important thing is that the imperialist powers of the 21st century cannot compare with the imperialist powers of the Cold War.

Russia has declined, and so have the European powers except the United States. Russia still has the ability to deal with any country except the United States. As for the United States, it is competing for strategic strength in East Asia.

Of course, he also knew that Nixon would soon start from reality, bow his head and give up some unrealistic hostility, and buy time for the United States to reverse its disadvantage. This is better than those chanting scriptures in the Democratic Party. The Republican Party has always been much more realistic than the Democratic Party, and this has been true throughout the ages.

"I think in a few years, the situation in Malaya will reach a turning point. Maybe we won't have to worry about local independence, and we can be given the status of a royal territory." Alan Wilson has now begun to consider the United States' insistence on Vietnam. An untenable future, of course, is based on the premise that the United States can deal with a certain big country before withdrawing from Vietnam.

John Hunter frowned and said, "Of course I hope this possibility becomes a reality, but how do we arrange Malaya's role?"

"In the entire Commonwealth, we and Malaya bear mutual responsibilities. The mainland is responsible for communicating with Australia, New Zealand and Canada, and Malaya manages other non-white countries. After all, it is a non-European, non-white place, and it is easier for us to manage other countries." Ai Len Wilson envisioned, "In fact, based on the current economic and industrial comparison between Malaya and neighboring countries, the trend is already obvious."

A manufacturing base naturally has extra benefits. In fact, just look at the three East Asian countries that are taking similar routes. The developed manufacturing industry can at least guarantee that they can enjoy the same hardware facilities as those in Europe and the United States. In fact, the hardware facilities of a large country are also those of developed countries. level, which is completely different from countries with similar statistical data.

The statistics of Mexico and Turkey are similar to those of a certain big country, but it can be seen at a glance that these two TV drama powers are definitely not as glamorous as in the TV series.

In fact, the current Japan has also entered the level of hardware that is on par with Europe and the United States. Although Alan Wilson uses Malaya to snipe Japan at fixed points and has an overwhelming advantage in Japan's population size, it is not that he and others are afraid of me and are greedy. It can be offset by operation.

It's just that Japan's lack of resources has become more obvious. When the United States wants to kill people who eat meat, there is even less room for resistance.

As the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, John Hunt was of course well aware of Malaya's benchmark against Japan and asked, "Secretary-General, you have always been paying attention to East Asia."

"It's impossible not to pay attention. Pamela is still fighting a rice paper lawsuit with Japan." Alan Wilson shrugged. The Mountbatten Group's legal department and Japan accounted for a large proportion of the lawsuit.

The UK is joining forces with the European Community to chase Japanese ships fishing for bluefin tuna in the North Atlantic. It has also launched a joint initiative to sign the Whales Are Mankind's Good Friend initiative and is promoting an initiative to ban the capture of whales.

Not to mention that in semiconductors, the UK and Japan are also competitors. The UK is doing high-end products, and Malaya is doing low-end products. Together they compete in automobiles and shipbuilding. Malayan steel is also competing with the Japanese steel industry for the market. , using Malaya’s geographical location to prevent Japanese companies from going south to invade Southeast Asia.

"Okay, let's not talk about this." Alan Wilson raised his wrist and said, "Pay more attention to things in South Asia. I have a football match to watch with people from the Soviet Embassy."

The ripples caused by reports of Agent Orange in the United States are not over yet. The victims of the Agent Orange incident are not only Vietnamese, but many American soldiers who are often in contact with it are also victims. After a large number of photos of deformed children were reported in American newspapers, many American soldiers who participated in the Vietnam War also launched protests because their bodies were affected to varying degrees by frequent exposure to chemical substances.

Alan Wilson was not surprised at all. The United States has always treated everyone equally in this regard, and it will not change what it does not change. Decades later, there will be depleted uranium bombs, which also hit many of its own soldiers.

"The Germans and I have basically reached an agreement, and the Germans also agreed to finish this matter first, and then talk about future cooperation between Britain and Germany in the financial field." Pamela Mountbatten finally told the reporter with a relieved expression. The husband informed the news that this time Britain and Germany would join forces to get back the United States' still generous gold reserves.