American Strategic Deception Bureau

　But the problem is, Dillon is a Republican! In the recent presidential election, he even served on Nixon's campaign committee!

　President Kennedy insisted on not using the Democrats on his own campaign committee, but recruited the Republicans on Nixon's campaign committee...

　There must be a lot of weird talk below, right?

　To sum up, among the "heads" of the four core government departments in Kennedy's cabinet, there were actually two Republicans!

　Considering that Secretary of Defense McNamara was an apolitical businessman...

　——Can the Kennedy cabinet still be called a Democratic cabinet?

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　In addition to the four core cabinet members mentioned above, Fieri continued to look at the list of other members of Kennedy's cabinet and found that no Democratic leader with national influence was recruited. Instead, a group of "outsiders" from the business and academic circles were mainly promoted.

　Even if there are a few Democrats mixed in, they are all marginalized and unknown people. In addition, a lot of people have been recruited from the Republican Party on the opposite side.

　At first glance, it really looks a bit like the Trump cabinet in 2016.

　But the reason why Trump only recruited a group of marginalized and outdated politicians (Navarro and Bolton) and keyboard politicians (Bannon) is because he, a real estate developer, ran for election just for fun. After being elected by chance, he is naturally born with a weakness in politics.

　Not only does Trump himself lack political experience, but he also has few political elites following him - in fact, the old men on Capitol Hill hate him.

　Unfortunately, the King of Understanding is narrow-minded, arrogant and refuses to accept advice. He is difficult to get along with and hard to serve. Therefore, no one is willing to follow him except his sycophants.

　But it wasn’t that President Kennedy had no one to join him, it was that Kennedy himself closed the door to all the political elites who wanted to join him!

　Please, isn’t this more hateful than Trump?

　One is that the politicians themselves are unwilling to associate with Trump, and the other is that the politicians are trying to get rejected by Kennedy.

　No matter how you look at it, it's obvious that the latter attracts more hatred!

　But why did President Kennedy want to be so unconventional and creative?

　Could it be that he truly has lofty ideals, utterly disgusted with the corrupt and pretentious officials on Capitol Hill, and wants to implement drastic reforms? So, he'd rather endure the resentment within his own party and the resentment on Capitol Hill than simply appoint people based on merit, hoping to "recruit all the heroes in the world"?

　If this is true, President Kennedy's demeanor can be compared to that of Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin.

　But does the Melo Sect really have such a broad mind?

　So, Firi expressed his admiration, half puzzled and half surprised, saying that President Kennedy was truly devoted to his country and had high moral character.

　Unexpectedly, the eldest brother Bernard looked very embarrassed. After a while, he stammered, "Well, Ferry, did you know that Secretary of Defense McNamara is Irish, just like us?"

　"Ah, I seem to have heard of it..." Ferry frowned - there must be something fishy here!

　"And then, Secretary Rusk was Scottish, and his father was a Scottish Presbyterian minister."

　Before Ferry could think about it, Bernard continued to explain, "Next. Finance Minister Douglas Dillon's father is Jewish and his mother is Scottish. But Jewish inheritance is counted from the maternal line, so Finance Minister Dillon is still of Scottish descent..."

　At this point, he paused and looked up into Fili's eyes. "Now, do you understand, my dear brother?"

　"I understand! I understand everything!" Fili's mouth twitched involuntarily. "Mr. Kennedy is really bold!"

　——As mentioned before, the Celts in the British Isles are divided into three branches: the Scottish, the Irish and the Welsh.

　So, from a party perspective, Kennedy did put half of the four core positions in the cabinet into Republicans.

　But from a national perspective, Kennedy divided the four core positions in the cabinet among two Irish and two Scots!

　——The Celtics belong to the Major League!

　Looking at the rest of Kennedy's cabinet, Bernard pointed out a number of Scots, Irish, and Jews...

　Case solved! President Kennedy did not form a Democratic cabinet, but a Celtic cabinet!

　No wonder Ken

　Nidhi wants to kick out his own party colleagues and recruit people from society to form a cabinet! Otherwise, how can he get so many Celtic elites?

　I have to say, this courage value is really off the charts!

　Then, let an Irish president and a Celtic cabinet rule a country dominated by Anglo-Saxons...

　This is so exciting! It's like forming a Korean cabinet to rule Japan!

　So, even though he knew his chances were slim, Firi still held onto the possibility of a victory and asked Bernard, "How many people in the Democratic Party know about this secret behind the cabinet list?"

　In response, Bernard glanced at Fili as if he were an idiot, with a strange expression on his face. "My dear brother, how can such a fact be kept secret? The media will definitely investigate every cabinet member three generations back!"

　At the latest, by the time Christmas is over, the news will have spread all over Capitol Hill, and even the entire United States!"

　Well, dear President Kennedy, I can see your Death Star looming.

　Firi sighed and thought so in his heart.

　"In short, because of this cabinet list, Mr. Kennedy had a very unhappy relationship with all factions of the Democratic Party."

　Bernard went on to explain, "Once he takes office, both parties on Capitol Hill will undoubtedly want to find fault with the new administration and teach the new, authoritarian president a lesson. Under these circumstances, if Mr. Kennedy rashly halts the Cuban invasion, he will undoubtedly face public pressure."

　After all, regaining Guatemala as soon as possible and resolving the troubles in his Caribbean backyard were his campaign promises to the public.

　It's like those kings in medieval Europe who promised to launch a Crusade. If they later broke their oath and dragged their feet on going to Palestine to fight, they would be unable to explain themselves internally and externally, and might even be excommunicated by the Pope—in the United States, that would mean impeachment by Congress…"

　After hearing this, Fili could only sigh and lament, helplessly remaining silent.

　Author's Note: PS: Since 2009, Japanese netizens have been popularizing a "pseudo-Chinese language" whereby they remove all katakana and hiragana from Japanese sentences, leaving only the kanji. It turns out that not only Japanese people can understand it, but Chinese people can as well. So, they've started to complain that the absence of kana doesn't seem to matter.

　The reason is that Japanese emails contain a lot of nonsense, which are all honorifics and self-deprecating expressions, and the core content is basically in Chinese characters.

　I may not know all the words, but I can probably read them roughly by combining them together.

　There are already Japanese writers who write online novels in "pseudo-Chinese", trying to open up the Chinese and Japanese markets at the same time... Anyway, it's quite hilarious.

　Chapter 28: The Crusaders who changed their ways... No, the Cuban Brigade!

　During the 1960 US presidential election, the Cuban issue was also a very hot topic.

　In order to win voter support, Kennedy doubled down on Nixon's words in his speeches, vowing that as soon as he came to power, he would launch a sweep of the Caribbean, severely punish the bearded Castro who had deceived American public opinion, and let the American flag fly again in America's backyard.

　Kennedy, who didn't know at the time that the CIA had a "Pluto Project," even seized on this to criticize Vice President Nixon, mocking him and President Eisenhower as "stupid and dull" for being fooled by Castro and spending money to fund an anti-American regime!

　As a result, after Kennedy was elected, all the bold words he had said during the campaign turned into boomerangs and hit him back!

　The American public was eagerly waiting for Kennedy to launch a "crusade" across the Caribbean to eliminate Castro's gang of troublemakers!

　There is no way, if you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight!

　If Kennedy had delayed taking action against Cuba after becoming president, regardless of the public's reaction, Nixon, who had lost the election, would definitely have been the first to jump up and mock him, saying that Kennedy had inherited a "new era crusader" and a "perfect and thorough" battle plan from him, but had been hesitant to let these freedom fighters counterattack Cuba and eliminate Castro and his "troublemaker club" and so on.

　Republican politicians and media will most likely take the opportunity to stir up trouble, accusing Kennedy of lacking courage and breaking his campaign promises.

　It would also be difficult for President Kennedy to explain to the public why Nixon had recruited a group of "Cuban freedom fighters" who admired the United States, but he abandoned these "freedom fighters" and did not launch "imperialist punishment" against Cuba, but instead allowed the Castro regime to continue to grow?

　Of course, for American politicians, the promises they make to the public during the campaign are just talk and they don’t necessarily need to be fulfilled after being elected.

　American democracy has been running for so many years, and it has become the norm for politicians to talk nonsense during the campaign and then avoid the topic after being elected.

　Politicians like Trump who really work hard to fulfill their promises after being elected are, if not unique, then at least one in a hundred.

　Yet, when Kennedy assembled his cabinet, he excluded prominent Democratic figures and omitted key figures from his campaign committee. Instead, he assembled a "Cabinet of Talent," or a "Celtic Cabinet," drawn from the nation's elite. To outsiders, it seemed as if the new president had reaped all the spoils of victory.

　As a result, he made himself almost as annoying as Trump, and both the defeated Republicans and the Democrats who gained nothing wanted to make trouble for him.

　--That

　Those people you have eliminated may indeed be corrupt and useless and unable to do anything, but they definitely have the ability to ruin your plans!

　What's more, how could the Celts not encounter backlash if they wanted to reverse thousands of years of oppression and instead dominate the Anglo-Saxons?

　But from the Irish perspective, imagine that the Celts were about to completely break free from the humiliation and bondage that had lasted for a thousand years since the time of King Arthur, and become the dominant power in the world's most powerful Saxon nation... What a grand ambition! How dazzling!

　Perhaps President Kennedy had considered himself a modern-day King Arthur, and his cabinet members the 20th-century Knights of the Round Table?

　Firi thought so.

　Back to the point, in this situation where he had seriously offended almost all factions of his own party and almost made himself isolated, President Kennedy had no choice but to fulfill his promise. Members of Congress from both parties on Capitol Hill were keeping a close eye on him, trying to find any flaws in him at any time.

　So, just like Trump in later generations had to find ways to build a wall on the southern US-Mexico border no matter what obstacles he encountered, Kennedy had to launch a "Free World Crusade" as soon as possible after entering the White House to suppress Cuba's resistance and ensure the stability of his own backyard.

　At the same time, Kennedy also needed a victory in a war to establish his authority at home so that the reform policies he wanted to implement could be implemented.

　Otherwise, he might end up in the same embarrassing situation as Emperor Frederick II, where "winning is the same as not winning".

　In the 13th century, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, had a bad relationship with the Vatican. The Pope seized on his vow to launch a crusade to recapture Jerusalem, and the Pope pressured him day and night, attacking him with all sorts of media outlets, leaving Frederick extremely frustrated.

　Unfortunately, the emperor's luck was very bad. After embarking on the expedition, he was first caught in a storm and unable to leave the sea. Then he contracted malaria and fell ill. After more than half a year, he still had not left Italy. As a result, he was excommunicated by the church. The emperor had no choice but to cross the sea to the east as a criminal...

　This ultimately led to the most ridiculous, least pious and least glorious Sixth Crusade in the history of the Crusades.

　Although he recovered Jerusalem, Frederick II did not gain glory. Instead, he was condemned and spitted on, and became disgraced.

　If Kennedy had not taken foreign action after taking office, he would probably have encountered the same embarrassing situation as Frederick II.

　The problem was that Project Pluto had been utterly wrecked by the malicious Vice President Nixon and the irresponsible CIA. If President Kennedy had simply inherited the project instead of starting over, the future would have been bleak.

　——Being forced to take over an unfinished building of a business rival, with executives at all levels being enemies, how could such an unreliable deal be done?

　Thinking of this, Fili felt very worried: Why did we come back to this again?

　Before he went home for Christmas, he began to think hard about how to get out of this predicament, but unfortunately he could not find a solution.

　The key is that the CIA's mess needs to be settled, and the 1,500 officers and soldiers of the Cuban Brigade who have already been recruited must also find a place to settle...

　While he was thinking hard, his elder brother Bernard, a congressman, continued to point to the map of Cuba on the table and spoke incessantly: "Even if we ignore the personal interests of Mr. Kennedy and the new cabinet, and look at it entirely from the standpoint of national interests, we must take action against Cuba as soon as possible and launch a crusade to sweep the Caribbean.

　——As the red regime established by Castro in Cuba becomes increasingly stable, the whole of Latin America is becoming increasingly restless.

　If we fail to get rid of Cuba's Castro, more and more "banana republics" in Latin America will try to follow Castro's example and introduce Soviet power to counter the United States! If that happens, the entire Americas will be in chaos.

　Let’s not talk about the distant past, let’s just talk about the present. After being subjected to collective sanctions by the Organization of American States and ordered to sever diplomatic ties by our country, Trujillo, the “benefactor of the motherland” of the Dominican Republic, actually called Mr. Kennedy, hoping to seek a turnaround and asylum from the new president.

　But his crime was so serious that Kennedy advised him to recognize the situation, relinquish power, and retire to protect his own safety. Trujillo, however, not only refused to listen, but also launched into outrageous threats, threatening that if the United States did not protect him, he would follow Castro's example and fly the red flag to the Soviet Union.

　Hey, this bastard doesn't even think about it. With his rotten reputation, will the Soviets accept him? "

　Bernard sneered and said, "The Kremlin should also have some dignity..."

　Well, it's hard to say about Khrushchev right now. But if it was Brezhnev, the "Soviet Emperor" who came to power a few years later, faced with this example of someone who had embroidered the red flag overnight and switched sides from the American camp, he would probably have accepted him as his dog without any shame, right?

　Firi thought so.

　The "revolutionary regimes" supported by the Soviet Union during the Brezhnev era, such as Mengistu in Ethiopia, Barre in Somalia, and the scumbag Gaddafi in Libya, are probably not much better than the "benefactor of the motherland" Trujillo of the Dominican Republic.

　However, in order to compete with the United States for hegemony, the Soviet Union chose to turn a blind eye to the bad deeds of these guys and only sought to expand the strength of its own camp.

　As long as these small countries are willing to recognize the Soviet Union

　Brother, then Brezhnev will immediately provide financial assistance without any hesitation!

　In fact, by the later period of Xunzong's reign, the United States and the Soviet Union were almost birds of a feather in their struggle for global hegemony. The crows should not laugh at the wild boar's blackness. Everyone was supporting the same kind of people. At most, they were allies of the Soviet Union, and their "anthropomorphism" might be slightly higher.

　But it's just the pot calling the kettle black. In essence, they are all the same warlords and dictators.

　Otherwise, why is it called "Soviet revisionist social imperialism"?

　Therefore, when the Dominican dictator Trujillo was desperate and wanted to defect to the Soviet Union, it was probably not a complete daydream...

　Wait! I think I discovered a blind spot?

　Crusaders? Dominicans? Trujillo? Soviets!!

　Fili suddenly realized something vaguely in his mind. He connected the above words together, and then he felt a flash of inspiration before his eyes.

　Eureka! I got it!

　The next moment, he suddenly became energetic, as if he had been injected with ten ounces of chicken blood, which scared Bernard who was sitting opposite him.

　"Uh, Firi, what's wrong with you?"

　"I figured it out, brother! The Crusaders don't have to recapture Jerusalem, but they can change course and attack Constantinople!

　The Cuban Brigade also does not have to go to Cuba, but can also go to the Dominican Republic to fight against Trujillo who wants to surrender to the Soviet Union!

　Even if the new government wants to establish its authority, it doesn't necessarily have to start with Cuba. It could just as well be Trujillo from the Dominican Republic."

　Ferry suddenly grabbed his eldest brother Bernard's hand and started talking to himself, his eyes shining like lightbulbs. "Brother, please, find a chance for me to meet with Mr. Kennedy! I've come up with a very interesting idea, and I hope I can get his support!"

　Author's words: PS: Note, the Fourth Crusade in history did not go to Palestine to "save the Holy Land", but under the deception of the Doge of Venice, turned its spearhead to capture Constantinople and collapsed the Eastern Roman Empire that lasted for a thousand years.

　This is also why Paradox players would chant "Hang the Doge of Venice".

　Chapter 29: Kennedy's Future Cabinet Members

　December 28, 1960, 625 Oceanside Boulevard, Santa Monica Beach, Los Angeles

　Captain Ferikin, dressed in military uniform, jumped out of the car at the door of this seaside villa not far from his home, squinting at the courtyard behind the iron gate.