Chapter 1036 Discuss countermeasures
This is just the beginning, just like a movement, once it is started, it is not that easy to end.
On the 27th, at least most people still demanded the release of Chen Kangjie. As the government's suppression progressed, the meaning was different. By the 28th, few people collectively demanded the release of Chen Kangjie. Many cities in the United States were in a melee, and people pointed their finger at the government and the president.
The United States is a country where guns are legal, and most families have guns. In the United States, whether it is a rifle or a pistol, one person can get one on average.
In normal times, under normal control, I don’t feel anything, but in this chaos, it’s not the case.
Overall, the conflict on the 27th was still a great loss for the protesters. The young people's thinking was very simple. If they suffered losses, they had to find the place. Therefore, on the 28th, a large number of guns appeared on the streets, and loud noises in downtown Los Angeles were heard one after another. At the beginning, the military and police suffered heavy losses. Three policemen and five soldiers were shot down at the door of the U.S. Court House. When they were sent to the hospital, the four were dead and only three were rescued.
Whether out of self-defense or infuriation, the unauthorized military and police began to use thermal weapons to fight back on a certain scale.
At this time, Valve had not developed the CS game, but the real version of the game had already been launched in Los Angeles and many cities in advance. The modern city instantly became a venue for guerrilla warfare and street fighting. The entire social environment became a panic, and everyone was in danger. It was impossible to say when he would be hit by a bullet that came out of nowhere.
At this time, the federal government led by President KLD finally felt that something was wrong and was in a hurry.
There is no way they are not in a hurry. This kind of social chaos and economic downturn has not happened in the history of the United States for a long time. On the 28th, shootings across the country caused 1,002 deaths and the injured reached a terrible number of 2,098, which was greater than the losses they suffered from a war. The New York stock market fell by 4.7%, and the approval rating of President KLD was even lower than the lowest point since he was elected as president, which was less than 35%.
Whether for himself or for the country, the KLD president must come up with a feasible solution immediately. Now, not only does the public's support for him have decreased, but the Congress' criticism of him has been rising and falling. Both the Senators and the House of Representatives have established independent investigation committees, which has put KLD in a very passive state.
On the evening of the 28th, KLD held an emergency cabinet meeting at the White House. The Vice President, Secretary of Defense, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Secretary of State, Secretary of the Interior, Minister of Transportation, Secretary of Education, Secretary of Labor and other cabinet members attended the meeting. The President's Assistant for National Security Affairs, Directors of the FBI and the CIA attended the meeting.
"The situation is extremely urgent now. This meeting must come up with a feasible solution. Otherwise, I don't know what our country will be like tomorrow." Everyone sat down, and the poor-spirited President KLD stood at the top of the conference room, with his palms on the edge of the brown and red conference table, and his body was leaning forward. His blue eyes flashed with a depressed light, and he glanced at the cabinet officials and said deeply.
The cabinet members sitting on both sides of the conference table all had complicated expressions, and were all big-name people who were usually very good at hand and eyes. At this time, they sat quietly, looking at each other in a glance. Some lowered their heads and placed the Buddhas on counting the patterns on the table. The Minister of Education and Labor, who were not responsible, were a little better. They could be ashamed of their hearts as if they were at ease. The Minister of Justice was the Minister of Justice. He felt like he was sitting on pins and needles here today, and the relaxed person was the Minister of the Interior. He planned to only attend the meeting with his ears today.
FBI Director Dickland Smith, who was attending the meeting, crossed his hands together and stared at his leather shoes with his head down, as if there were patterns on his black leather shoes. In fact, he did not dare to look at the president. If the responsibility was held accountable, his biggest among the people present.
"Mr. President, for the sake of the present, the first thing is to issue orders quickly so that garrisons from all over the country can immediately participate in the maintenance of local security. Cities such as Los Angeles, Chicago, New York need special treatment. I suggest that more marines can be drawn from Pearl Harbor and other places," said Bieber, the Secretary of Defense, who was on the left hand of the president, when he saw that everyone was not talking, he pondered for a moment and spoke first.
"It is not wise to suppress it blindly. Besides, it does not fundamentally solve the problem. Only by prescribing the right medicine for the root cause can we prescribe the right medicine. At present, many of our embassies and consulates abroad have been affected by protests from local people. This is extremely unfavorable for the spread of the American image around the world. This morning, the Chinese Foreign Minister called me again to express their concerns about the incident," said Kate Xina, a female secretary of state who was sitting on the right, looking at the president.
"At present, our pressure is not from outside, but from domestic. The two consecutive days of protests have been significantly out of control, causing a large number of casualties and property losses. Affected by this, our country's financial industry has suffered heavy losses, and investors have withdrawn their investments. Early this morning, the group of financiers in New York complained to me again, and several major high-tech companies expressed dissatisfaction. This has a huge harm to our economy," the vice president gently tapped the table with his right hand and said slowly.
"I already know all this," President KLD nodded and sat down in the black chair with heavy body.
Then the Minister of Education and the Minister of Transport reported some of the situations in their departments. In terms of transportation, the problems existing are not big, mainly because the urban areas of large cities have been affected, and interstate highways and railways have basically remained normal. As for civil aviation, due to the violent conflict, the number of passengers has dropped sharply, and the questions in education are much more serious. More than half of the colleges and universities have been involved in different degrees. Some schools have directly striked, while some directly participated in demonstrations, protests and even violent confrontations. The school order across the country has been severely challenged.
"Minister of the Interior, do you have any suggestions?" Among the cabinet officials present, only the Attorney General and the Interior Minister had not spoken yet. President KLD's eyes were on them for a long time. He originally wanted to make the Attorney General, but in the end he would take a look at the Interior Minister's thoughts first.
In many countries, the Ministry of Interior is a government department with great real power, with a wide range of business and is often linked to law enforcement agencies. The highest department of the law enforcement unit is the Ministry of Interior. However, the Ministry of Interior is a bit special. Its main responsibility is to protect and develop land and resources on land owned by the US federal government (including marine waters under the federal jurisdiction) and other resources. It is the main management department of the US federal government for public land (including marine waters under the federal jurisdiction) and other minerals, oil and other resources. In fact, it is also an important economic department of the US. During this period, the Secretary of Commerce negotiated trade cooperation in Europe and could not attend the meeting. Then the Secretary of the Interior is the person most related to the US economy among the participants.
The Minister of the Interior was considering not to speak today, but the president asked, and he could no longer be a mute.
"Mr. President, the impact of this large-scale protest on us has been said by my colleagues, so I will not repeat it. It is something that everyone can see. We all know that the root cause of this matter was caused by the FBI's arrest of LONG, so,,,,, may only start from this person," the Minister of the Interior cleared his throat and said after only a little hesitation.
The people in front of them have not seen such obvious key points of the problem. The reason why they did not mention it is that the one who ordered Chen Kangjie to be investigated was President KLD himself. In order to take into account his face, no one directly raised this point.
After hearing the words of the Minister of the Interior, the Attorney General and the Director of the FBI suddenly raised their heads and stared at him in amazement. The other people's eyes also focused on him.
President KLD's face changed slightly, his eyes were concentrated.
The Minister of the Interior’s suggestion was arguably the most appropriate and appropriate, and was an unreasonable word, but KLD was still a little embarrassed, but after taking a few deep breaths, he did not express any opinion.
"I agree with the Minister of the Interior. Our approval rating has dropped to the lowest point now. If we don't face this problem directly, there will be more trouble, Mr. President, look." The quiet atmosphere was broken by the echoed assistant to the National Security Affairs, who is the one who knows the details and has a huge influence on the president.
"Eliot, Jody, I just asked you to investigate the relationship between LONG and the Atlanta Olympic Park bombing. How could it be like this?" President KLD's pupils shrank, glanced at the National Security Assistant, sighed, and asked the Attorney General and FBI Director Jody King in a bad tone.
KLD did say that at the beginning. He did not appoint him to arrest Chen Kangjie, but after doing so, he did not object, and he was considered accusation. However, one time and another, as the highest leader of the administrative system, he not only wants to resolve the crisis, but also needs to pick it out as much as possible. Then someone must memorize this matter.
When KLD asked these two people, CIA Director George Payi had the most weird expression, looked reserved and embarrassed, and his eyes kept looking at the president and the two questioned people.
Chapter completed!