Chapter 584 Taking the Blame (Please Collect, Recommend, and Vote for Me) Second Update, Please Vote for Me!!!
Los Angeles has become a battlefield!
This was the first news headline posted on major websites. The government was not able to control public opinion in the first place. After all, such a big thing happened in a big city like Los Angeles. It was too difficult to cover it up.
Although the government has been controlling public opinion, with the rise of the Internet and the promotion of smart phones, this control has become increasingly difficult. Look, in just a few hours, the Internet is full of video materials about the Los Angeles War.
At the same time, the government and the military also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. After all, the appearance of the mythical monster covered up the previous actions of the military. Especially when Batman killed the Abomination, it was a military personnel, and the blame would most likely be placed on the military. After all, the successive appearance of the two giants caused Los Angeles to suffer at least thousands of casualties.
This is Los Angeles! The public opinion pressure brought by these thousands of casualties is not ordinary.
Just like during the Rwanda genocide, millions of people died in Rwanda, but even so, the impact was not as great as the thousands of deaths in Los Angeles.
This world is so realistic.
In short, the military and the government didn't know what to do. Especially the military. After all, the current president is a pacifist. He prefers to use diplomatic means to resolve disputes and maintain the international order dominated by the United States. He strongly disagrees with the inefficient means of war. If this incident breaks out, the military will only get worse under the pressure of public opinion.
But now it's good. With the appearance of the monster, the influence of the military's little thing is much smaller. When the time comes, the military will operate again and guide public opinion, and the trouble will be much smaller. Although it will still be unlucky, the price paid is acceptable. →
The military is actually dissatisfied with the president, but this dissatisfaction is still within the acceptable range. After all, the president can only serve two terms at most, eight years. It will pass if you hold on. You can't even wait for eight years. You know, the lobbying group of the arms dealers is quite powerful. As long as you give money, you can get anything done.
So the military doesn't have a deep hatred for the current president. At most, they hate him. But with the American political system, the military really doesn't have many good ways. They can't participate in politics, at least not directly.
I've gone off topic. Anyway, for the US military, things are bad, but not to the worst.
Anyway, the military leaders have reached a consensus that Ross will take the blame!
This time Ross will be completely expelled from the military. There is no way. He entered Los Angeles without authorization, and the impact is too bad. This is unacceptable to the big men on Capitol Hill. If the military plays this way, the US political system will be completely ruined, and a military government may even be born.
A military government has appeared in the beacon of freedom. What's the point? His personality has collapsed.
In short, everyone decided calmly that Ross would be finished.
As for Ross's fate, it is still up for discussion. The military is unlikely to plead for Ross, but they don't want it to be too miserable. At least Kai's accusation of Ross's treason is unlikely to be accepted by the military. This is too exciting. A general treason... The military can't afford such a stinky hat. So it is likely that Ross will be tried by a military court for violating orders. As for the result, whether he will be imprisoned or directly expelled, it also needs to be discussed.
The military side is considered to be Luo Ding, anyway, the worst is just like this.
But the government side is in a big headache.
Damn, Los Angeles has become a battlefield!
This is going to be the end!
Now the US government has approached SHIELD and asked them to give an explanation.
Why is there such a dangerous thing in Los Angeles, and the US government doesn't know about it?
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"Nick... We are in big trouble." Pierce didn't feel gloating at all now. After all, this matter really can't be blamed on Nick Fury from the root. When the Ares statue was stolen, Nick was just an unknown little agent... Even Pierce was not the main person responsible. At that time, it was Pierce's predecessor, Ms. Carter, who was in charge.
But the problem is that Pierce was in charge of the subsequent research on the statue.
So after all, it's still Pierce's fault.
Of course, this is not the main thing. It's not painful for Pierce to bear this kind of blame. Pierce has already resigned as the director of SHIELD. What else can others do?
Now the problem is that the US government is dissatisfied with SHIELD.
Logically speaking, with Pierce's identity, the worse SHIELD is, the happier he is, after all, he is Hydra.
But there is a problem.
Who can tell the difference between SHIELD and Hydra now? Anyway, if you ask who cares most about SHIELD, it must be Hydra, after all, SHIELD belongs to them.
How could Nick Fury know that his old boss and old friend had this idea in his mind?
He was also worried.
Of course, he knew about the information about the first generation of British superheroes sealing Ares during World War I. (At that time, Kai and Diana were both considered to be on the British side, and even the British themselves thought so)
Unfortunately, no one knew the detailed information about that war, and the participants at that time did not elaborate on the details of the time later.
So Nick Fury was also very worried about the current situation.
But Nick Fury has an advantage, that is, he is very cunning and never expresses his emotions casually.
So even if things are already very troublesome, this guy still has a stable face.
"The Ares statue issue still can't shake S.H.I.E.L.D.... After all, we also transported the statue back to the United States to maintain world security. In a sense, we are also helping the world resist lightning."
"This kind of rhetoric can't move the government. The pressure from the Security Council is very high. They have begun to put pressure on me and let us give an explanation." Pierce said helplessly. They are all old hooligans. Who the hell believes this kind of rogue rhetoric? The old men in the Security Council are all veterans in the political arena. They don't know how many rogue rhetoric they have said. "And the president is also very dissatisfied with this. He thinks that the annual secret funding for S.H.I.E.L.D. does not guarantee the security of the United States! It seems that he intends to cut our funding."
The purpose of the establishment of S.H.I.E.L.D. was to be an intelligence agency without a political stance, independent of the country, and an international military and intelligence agency with world security as its sole responsibility.
But from the beginning to now, this is bullshit.
Even the original founders, Ms. Carter and Howard Stark, did not do it. In fact, what they do is equivalent to the combination of the FBI and the CIA, with the security of the United States as the center and ensuring the world order with the United States as the main body.
So no matter how much autonomy SHIELD has, it cannot jump out of the framework of the American political system.
"What else can we do? We can only throw out the main responsible person." Nick Fury curled his lips, let someone take the blame. It's not just the military.
After that, Nick Fury threw out two documents.
Those were the files of Dr. Edgar Cisco and Barbara Minerva.
"Are these two people not qualified?" Pierce is a firm supporter of Nick Fury, because Nick Fury's style is most suitable for Hydra, and it can even be said that they are a perfect match. So he will never allow Nick Fury, such a useful chess piece, to get into trouble. But it is still okay to weaken him appropriately. Take down Nick Fury's people and replace them with Hydra's people. Kill two birds with one stone, isn't it beautiful?
"The words are said by people." Nick Fury smiled mysteriously and opened the information.
Pierce looked at the nonsense in the information, with a look of pain on his face.
It was too much.
The identities of Barbara Minerva and Dr. Edgar Sisko were infinitely exaggerated, and there was also evidence that these two people were former Soviet agents...
"Now their identities are enough." Nick Fury said confidently.