American Strategic Deception Bureau

　According to the upper hand.

　Negativity and decadence will replace positivity and become the mainstream thought in Arab society... Perhaps there will be an early rise of extreme religion?

　Alas, the so-called years of passion are actually when everyone holds their breath and strives for their ideals together.

　If this spirit fades, then the ideal will be gone, and everyone will just have to live their own lives!

　Therefore, Firi believes that after this Middle East war, the Jews were defeated physically, but the Arabs were also defeated spiritually - without the enterprising national spirit, even if they still occupy their ancestral land, it is only a sustainable waste.

　Honestly, letting Israel suffer a defeat and learn a lesson might actually be a good thing for the country's healthy development. Otherwise, if it hasn't suffered any hardship, and the entire nation is too arrogant and conceited, then who knows what kind of suffering it will suffer in the future!

　On the contrary, as long as Israel guards against arrogance and impatience, knows what to do within its capabilities, and doesn't act like a giant baby, there is hope for its future revival.

　Don't Jews always boast that they are the smartest people? How could the smartest people be so incapable of withstanding a single defeat?

　To put it bluntly, Israel’s good luck has temporarily run out, and they have to play a game against the odds next time!

　But isn't this normal? Is there any country in the world that can prosper forever?

　Countries and nations have always experienced ups and downs, and there has been no exception from ancient times to the present.

　If a country can only play when it is in a favorable situation, and becomes helpless and wailing when it encounters an unfavorable situation, then its national destiny will definitely not last long!

　"Weakness and ignorance are not obstacles to survival. Arrogance is."

　Finally, Firi quoted the famous saying of Liu Cixin, an electrician, and said to Dr. Kissinger, "If Israel wants to survive in the Middle East, a place surrounded by wars, the most unacceptable quality is arrogance. But the quality I see most in most Jews is arrogance!

　Of course, this definitely doesn't include you, Doctor. I have never met a more humble person in my life.

　If you could replace Meir and become the Prime Minister of Israel, surely Israel would never have reached this point?"

　"Indeed, arrogance is the most terrible poison in the world! Since 1967, Israel has acted too recklessly. Preemptively defeating the Arab coalition was certainly not wrong. But then attempting to annex the Sinai Peninsula and even cut off the Suez Canal was too much.

　How many people does Israel have? Can it occupy such a large territory? How foolish and short-sighted is this uncontrolled territorial expansion?

　Kissinger nodded in agreement and said, "In short, since Israel won the first Middle East war, it seems to have forgotten that it is just a small country. Instead, it wants to act as arrogantly as the European powers of the colonial era - but the problem is that Israel is really just a small country...

　Besides, times have changed now!"

　After sighing for a while, Dr. Kissinger finally got a call from President Nixon. He straightened his clothes, took a deep breath, and walked into the Oval Office with a slightly nervous mood.

　Afterwards, a full hour passed before Dr. Kissinger emerged from the Oval Office with a gloomy face and said to Fieri, who was waiting outside, "This time we're in for a big job! The president's latest instructions are for us to go to New York and take down Wall Street!"

　Fili: Huh? We?! Kill Wall Street?! (Like a catfish demon ordered by the demon king to kill Tang Sanzang and his disciples)

　"Yes, that's right. The president wants us to take on Wall Street! Now, stop talking so loudly. It's ugly."

　Dr. Kissinger said with a wry smile, "I previously said that the Israeli government's strategic vision was too poor, full of astonishing stupidity and short-sightedness. But I didn't expect that my fellow Jews in New York are now just as stupid and short-sighted!"

　A concrete jungle! Nothing but neon lights, billboards, and giant screens, not a single tree or flower bed to be seen! Does that make sense?

　In comparison, in China's modern metropolises such as Shenzhen and Shanghai, the green coverage rate accounts for 30% to 40% of the urban area.

　Why is the greening in New York's Manhattan Central Business District so poor?

　Because New York's Manhattan adopted the urban planning made by Hamilton in the 18th century. In those days, not to mention cars, even trains had not appeared!

　In comparison, Brooklyn and the Bronx, which were built later and are relatively poorer, have better greening than Manhattan.

　Since there are so few green belts and street trees, the streets have become very narrow. When New York City planned the streets of Manhattan, cars had not yet been invented, so it was impossible to consider the future width requirements. Therefore, the streets in Manhattan are basically single lanes and one-way streets.

　The only relatively wide street is Broadway - which literally means wide street, but Broadway is actually not that wide, at best it is just a two-lane road.

　Even more terrifying is that, while the streets are generally narrow, the buildings in Manhattan are incredibly tall. Not to mention those world-famous skyscrapers, even buildings built in the early 20th century are 20 or 30 stories high—this is probably what's called a "concrete jungle," right?

　Comparing the skyscrapers in Pudong, Shanghai, China, with the skyscrapers in Manhattan, New York, you will find that the latter has a much higher building density.

　With such tall buildings and narrow streets, pedestrians are like rats trapped in the cracks of the wall. The homeless people staggering around make the scene even more terrifying.

　It is no wonder that the craftsman who created the Cthulhu myth wrote "Rats in the Walls" after staying in New York for a while.

　(Imagine the compact layout of traditional ancient Chinese villages, but with each house having 20 or 30 stories. What would that be like?)

　On the other hand, if the skyscrapers in Manhattan weren't so close together, how could Spider-Man Peter Parker be able to scale walls and climb walls simply by spinning his web? If the skyscrapers in Shanghai's Pudong district were to be at such close range, Peter Parker would have to trade his web for a hang glider and change his name to Winged Squirrel.

　And if you live on a lower floor in Manhattan, you will be blocked by the shadows of the surrounding high-rise buildings, and you will hardly see the sun all year round. The indoor lighting is incredibly poor, so even though you live two or three floors above ground, or even four or five floors above ground, you feel like you are living in a basement!

　In addition, because there are no green belts in the city and no plants to absorb noise, the apartment buildings in downtown New York are extremely noisy compared to apartments in other cities. In order to prevent nervous breakdown, New York girls have to always have noise-isolating earmuffs when sleeping and reading.

　There is no way, it is just too noisy. If delicate girls don’t wear noise-isolating earmuffs, they won’t be able to sleep or read at all!

　Similarly, due to the lack of green belts, the air quality in New York City is also very poor. It is not only filled with car exhaust, but also the stench of drugs.

　Furthermore, New York is a port city, with Manhattan practically an island. As we all know, the seaside is humid, and New York is located at a high latitude... so winter in New York is incredibly damp and chilly, making rheumatic diseases common among those who hunker down on lower floors, or "down nesters."

　To sum up, the living experience of ordinary apartments in downtown Manhattan, New York, is really not ideal - dark and damp, with sunlight rarely shining, listening to noisy noises every day, and breathing polluted air...

　Moreover, if your residence in downtown New York City is unfortunately close to a garbage dump, the living experience will be even more terrifying.

　Manhattan residents often pile black garbage bags on the curb, often leaving them uncollected for long periods of time. As a result, some bags burst open, revealing yellow slime mold and other such things. The stench is unbearable to look at, and at night, thousands of rats scurry and scream outside the walls.

　If you stay in such a disastrous environment for a long time, it is very easy to suffer from mental breakdown.

　Well, since staying in the apartment is boring, how about going out for a walk to relax?

　But outside the door is also a cyberpunk street scene: narrow, dark and messy streets, skyscrapers that block out the sun, car exhaust filling the whole city, dripping rain on the dirty streets full of neon lights, dirty water dripping through the pipes, rats and cockroaches rustling around, and all around are stinking, sloppy drunkards, drug addicts and homeless people... With such a street scene, it would be difficult for people to feel happy.

　If you really want to see the vast natural scenery and relax, you can only go far away.

　But how are you planning to get there? Are you planning to drive?

　Don’t forget, New York’s streets are incredibly narrow, and traffic jams are everywhere in the city, enough to make drivers who lack patience and time suffer from road rage!

　Since traffic jams are so severe on Manhattan roads, why not just ride a bicycle or electric scooter?

　Unfortunately, most streets in Manhattan don't have bicycle lanes! Cyclists have to ride on the sidewalk, competing with pedestrians for the right of way!

　(Fifth and Sixth Avenues seem to be the only two streets in Manhattan with bike lanes.)

　Not to mention how dangerous it is to ride a bike on the sidewalk, it is impossible to go fast when encountering a road with pedestrians shoulder to shoulder.

　Driving and riding a bike in New York is so troublesome, but if you rely on your two feet alone, you will definitely not be able to go far.

　Far.

　What's more, along the way, the hot and stale air was filled with the smell of urine, feces and hemp. Don't you think this is where they are going to build their nest?

　Walking long distances in such bad air, constantly on guard against pickpockets and robbers... is this a walk? Or torture?

　Therefore, if New Yorkers want to go to Central Park to breathe some fresh air, or go to Battery Park to see the sea, they mainly have to take the subway.

　And the New York subway... has long been notorious, especially those subway stations around the dozen streets on Manhattan Island. You can smell the odor of excrement in the turbid air from a long distance away. Coupled with the suffocatingly hot temperature, it really makes people want to turn around and run.

　There's no way around it. The New York subway is so old. Air conditioning wasn't even considered when it was built. As a result, the soil around the stations has absorbed and stored hundreds of years of heat, turning it into a massive oven-like heat reservoir. Summer temperatures can reach 50 degrees Celsius! Even if they installed air conditioning now, it's too late!

　Then, after you get into the subway with your nose pinched, braving the hot wind and the stench, the dirt and homeless people everywhere are frowning.

　Even more frightening is that, because the New York City subway was originally built and operated by multiple companies simultaneously, it is a case of duplication and chaotic management. Today, many platforms and tunnels have been abandoned due to lack of passenger traffic. However, these underground spaces have not disappeared.

　So, unlike other big cities, New York has a large number of ghost lines and ghost stations underground, which are often occupied by homeless people, stowaways, criminal gangs and perverted murderers, or are filled with garbage, or become the scene of evil crimes, and gradually become New York's urban legends.

　Twenty-first-century New Yorkers often compare these underground spaces to "Skaven dungeons" and "Warhammer's underworld."

　Huh? Why not call them Dark Elf dungeons? Because how can these abandoned subways be as beautiful as Dark Elf dungeons?

　- Every day, I squeeze into the filthy subway, smell the hot, stinking air coming out of the subway entrance, see the homeless people on the street and the rats at my feet, and hear the construction noise that echoes throughout the city. And because of this terrible environment in New York, everyone treats each other unkindly...

　Under such tremendous mental pressure, the mental state of many New Yorkers is generally worrying, with some suffering from mania, depression, and even madness.

　Of course, life in New York is not necessarily that bad. The key is that you have to have money and free time, then you can live a great life.

　You have to know that the people who live the most luxurious lives in the world also live in New York, and the "Millionaire's Avenue" was formed a long time ago.

　As long as you can own a luxurious large flat in a New York high-rise apartment, preferably near Central Park, you will definitely feel comfortable - unobstructed sunshine, pleasing greenery, sweeping views, and all kinds of extravagant luxury...

　Just like in the Warhammer 40K world, the upper nobles living in the top nest and the upper nest also live quite well.

　Unfortunately, Fieri came to New York this time to carry out a secret mission. So he could not stay at the Waldorf Astoria or the Plaza Hotel like he did in previous visits to New York. Instead, he could only rent a small apartment in Little Italy in Lower Manhattan.

　So, Fili went with Marita to fully experience the chaotic public security and noisy life in a small apartment on a poor street in New York when she was a teenager, as well as the extremely high prices that Marita had never experienced in her teenage years.

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　"Oh, New York is crazy these days! I can't believe this is where I lived as a girl!"

　As soon as she walked in and put down her luggage, Marita plopped down on the sofa, complaining with a tired look on her face: "This is a small one-bedroom apartment with no balcony, and the Italian landlord is asking us for $1500 a month in rent! And we have to pay a $5000 deposit!

　Please! Ten years ago, a shabby house of this quality couldn’t even be rented out for $100 a month, no, $80!

　Fili did not immediately respond to her complaint, but just looked around the small apartment he had just rented with curiosity.

　Well, the total area is about 40 square meters, divided into one bedroom and one living room, with a separate toilet, but no bathroom, balcony or kitchen...

　The house looked quite old, as if it had been built half a century ago, and the floor inside had long since faded and had mold spots. But at least the walls and ceiling seemed to have been painted just two years ago, and overall it looked clean, and furniture such as beds and tables were already available.

　The only thing that puzzled Fili was why this apartment had a steel dog cage installed on the windowsill instead of placing it in the corner?

　According to this design, the dog has to jump onto the windowsill or be carried up by someone every night when it goes to sleep. How troublesome is that?

　Is it to show off to the neighbors that he has a dog in his apartment? Or is it to prevent thieves from climbing in through the window?

　"Ah, this isn't a dog cage, it's a baby cage!"

　After hearing Ferry's question while pointing at the dog cage, Marita looked at the iron cage on the windowsill, stunned for a moment, and then explained.

　Now it was Fili's turn to be shocked. "Baby cage? Do New Yorkers keep their babies in dog cages?"

　"Yes, I heard that it was very popular to raise children in this way in New York and London for a while. Experts said that babies raised in cages are healthier. But in

　By the time I moved to New York from Germany with my father, this style of parenting was already outdated.”

　To this, Marita replied calmly, "

　Of course, as far as I know, there are still some old-fashioned women who occasionally put their children in dog cages and hang them out the window to breathe fresh air. This baby cage must also be an old item left over from many years ago..."

　Although raising a child like a dog is clearly a great insult to the child according to 21st-century social values, the practice of stuffing children into pet cages was actually popular in the United States and Britain in the first half of the 20th century, and was gradually phased out in the 1950s.

　Before World War II, many renowned American and British parenting experts believed that installing a baby cage in a window, balcony, or yard would free babies from the confines of a cramped home while parents were busy. Instead, babies could be kept safe outdoors, enjoying the sunshine and fresh air through the cage without worrying about them crawling into dangerous places or being bitten by rats or pecked by birds.

　How should I put it? It's pretty much the same principle as the tiger moms of the future who would each tie a leash around their kids for a walk.

　So, New York housewives of that era followed the fashion trend and stuffed their children into dog cages and hung them outside windows or in the yard.

　This fashion trend... well, how should I put it? It's like the foot binding of women in old China. It's hard to judge.

　- If Debbie, the irresponsible babysitter in the American TV series "Shameless", had stuffed other people's daycare children into dog cages in the 1930s, the parents would probably have just laughed it off by explaining that it was the most fashionable "baby cage" in New York, right?

　Fili looked at the baby cage in the window again, marveling at the wonders of the first half of the 20th century, before continuing Marita's previous topic. "This small apartment charges $1500 a month in rent, which was truly astronomical when you lived in New York. Ten years ago, when I was recruiting mercenaries in Florida to attack Cuba, I paid each mercenary $175 a month, which was a very generous salary at the time.

　But compared to 1960, prices in the US have increased 20-fold in just ten years. So, $1500 in rent seems reasonable.”

　"That doesn't make any sense! Honey, I know the dollar has been devaluing over the years, but New York is a war zone right now!"

　Marita retorted confidently, "New York State is now a rebellious state! And the rebellious congressional army is clearly doomed to fail! Maybe in just a few weeks, New York City will be burned to the ground by the Union Army like Atlanta was during the Civil War!"

　Under such circumstances, New York's real estate prices and rents should have plummeted, so why did the rent of this apartment increase instead?

　This is truly bizarre; how could housing prices and rents in a war zone rise instead of falling when war approaches?

　How high is the "implicit content"?

　A quarter of New Yorkers are Jewish! Almost more than any other ethnic group!

　By the way, there are 400 million Jews in the United States, half of whom live in New York.

　Therefore, in the United States, New York is the city with the strongest Jewish influence, and anti-Semitism has the least market in New York.

　To this day, the big capitalists and financial tycoons on Wall Street have long been firmly tied to the interests of the Jewish group.

　Many upper-class and wealthy families have given their families a Jewish color through marriage, and consciously or unconsciously safeguard the interests of Jewish groups.

　——Of course, this Jewish group only includes upper-class Jews, and those ordinary Jews are just consumables of the chaebols.

　But this did not affect the Jewish elite who controlled public opinion. Through various propaganda and deception, they packaged the entire Jewish people as a "race of gods", thereby driving the lower-class Jews to work hard for this ideal - just like Hitler boasted about the entire German nation as "noble Aryans".

　In short, for the Jews scattered around the world at that time, New York was their "second homeland" besides Israel.

　In this case, when Israel's national destiny was crumbling, the first place that Israeli Jews thought of to escape was naturally New York. Many of them had originally immigrated to Israel by boat from New York 20 or 30 years ago, listening to the deception of Zionist groups and holding the lofty ideals of "rebuilding the temple" and "reviving their homeland". They still retain dual American and Israeli citizenship!

　Then, the unlucky boy not only couldn't make a name for himself outside, but even got into trouble. Wouldn't his first reaction be to go home and hide?

　Another more practical reason is that the Jews who fled the wasteland of Israel had no more suitable place to go except New York.

　- After the oil crisis broke out, in order to avoid further angering the Arab world, all European countries refused to accept Israeli war refugees, and the federal government rebuilt by President Nixon also ordered a temporary suspension of all work to accept foreign immigrants during the civil war.

　Only New York, which is controlled by the Capitol Army, currently still opens its doors to Jewish refugees from Israel and provides various relief and preferential treatment.

　So, naturally, the hundreds of thousands of Jews who had fled Israel poured into New York City. As soon as they landed in New York, they started to act bossy and demand things, as if they were the guests themselves.