George Bush’S Great America [EN]: Chapter 327

The Great America of George W. Bush – Episode 326

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“So, this is our President’s direct order.”

It was time for the CIA to shine. Due to the nature of intelligence organizations, their work leaned more towards covert operations than overt activities. However, the CIA was the only intelligence organization capable of operating on such a large scale in Africa. Their movements were so blatant that even the African gazelles noticed, blurring the line between covert and overt.

In any case, the President’s order was quite difficult and troublesome.

“He wants us to get other African countries to support this war.”

As the budget increased, the organization itself was also growing. Kruger, the Africa branch manager, had been obsessed with power, trying to maximize efficiency with minimal budget. Little did he know that this obsession would come back to haunt him.

Originally, he hadn’t felt the need to project much influence, so he created the Africa branch primarily to grasp overall trends and establish an intelligence network in Sudan. However, thanks to his exceptional work ethic, a basic intelligence network was established throughout Africa.

In effect, it had become nearly impossible to effectively manage and maintain an intelligence network across all of Africa from one small building.

This location was soon to be reduced to the Sudan branch, and Kruger was scheduled to be demoted from Africa branch manager to Sudan branch manager. In a way, Kruger was being demoted from the head of Africa to the head of Sudan.

Even so, without Kruger’s expertise, obtaining information in Africa would be like trying to pluck a star from the sky for the time being. Kruger, burdened by the unintended consequences of his ambition, wasn’t idle.

“Any questions?”

Thanks to his past achievements, Kruger was recognized as Africa’s top expert, and he had filled most of the African personnel positions with his connections. As a result, he was enjoying a position that felt much like his previous one.

Even if his current position was merely the highest-ranking officer in all CIA branches in Africa, the fact that the foundation he had laid would eventually elevate him to a higher position upon his return home sustained him.

“Whether it’s possible or not, they’ll support it on their own without us having to move, right? Then, does that mean we should concentrate our support on South Sudan or West Sudan? Or both? Which country are you talking about?”

In fact, the countries bordering Sudan were maneuvering to support the side they favored, while carefully watching the United States.

“West Sudan. If South Sudan is left as it is for about 10 years, it will overwhelm both of them. It seems that the weapon he gave to our champion wasn’t very good. I guess he’s trying to rebalance the situation.”

“Not our troops stationed there moving directly?”

“They don’t seem to want to get too involved. I guess they’re wary of the international community openly taking sides. The current Sudan was, after all, created by the United States and the current President.”

“We can just crush that international community.”

“Haha! That’s what I’m saying.”

Of course, it would be ideal if they could do that. It wasn’t a sincere belief, just a bit of trivial banter. The only difference was that their superior, the President, actually *could* do that if he wanted to.

In fact, the United States had been doing that since its hegemony was firmly established. It was a way of wielding power learned from its predecessor, England, who had stirred up the seven seas and five continents like eating a meal in the last century, doing all sorts of unsavory things.

The problem was the aftermath. Of course, there wouldn’t be a big problem if it was left unattended like England often did, but there was no way that Bush would just let it go. Even if the power of the United States was diminished, he would try to fix things to some extent.

In any case, what was important to the CIA was to fulfill the President’s wishes as much as possible. And what the President wanted this time was to minimize US spending and maximize the attraction of resources from outside.

“If there are no further questions, let’s start working.”

The means of forcing others to do what you want are usually persuasion or intimidation. And unfortunately, intimidation could only be a supplementary means this time, not the primary one. What was the point of creating anti-American regimes to protect one pro-American regime?

Therefore, this work had to be done thoroughly through persuasion, but this would also be a waste of time if the cost exceeded a certain level.

Before discussing West Sudan, let’s first understand how Sudan and South Sudan are faring.

In the case of South Sudan, it had enemies on all sides. Basically, South Sudan is a landlocked country. Therefore, the oil pipeline must pass through other countries, and there are two main routes.

One is the oil pipeline that passes through Port Sudan, which was secured through US aid and pressure on Sudan. The other is the oil pipeline that passes through Kenya, which was made available through negotiations with Kenya. And as an aside, there is one oil pipeline being built and shared with Ethiopia.

However, one of the oil pipelines was closed due to a border dispute with Kenya, and now the last remaining oil pipeline is about to be closed due to the war with Sudan. The oil pipeline through Ethiopia is still under construction, so in reality, the export route was disappearing.

In other words, Kenya would support West Sudan if the United States offered them a few attractive incentives without much effort.

In the case of Ethiopia, they would most likely be looking for an opportunity to seize South Sudan’s lifeline. They were at odds with Kenya and were about to start a war with Sudan, so, in conclusion, Ethiopia would naturally be able to seize South Sudan’s future. Of course, that was only the case if South Sudan survived the war.

They were on bad terms with the Central African Republic and Congo. The biggest reason was that they shared a border, but also because they were receiving support from the United States.

Among the countries that shared a border, the only one that was on relatively good terms was Uganda, and that was because of the perspective that the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Because Sudan supported the rebels during the Ugandan civil war, Uganda would support South Sudan.

West Sudan also had such a friend. It was the Republic of Chad, a country located in the very center of Africa, bordering both Sudan and West Sudan. However, they had been on bad terms with Sudan for a long time, and the West Sudanese government itself realized the limitations of their country and was working to build friendships with neighboring countries, so they were on quite good terms with Chad.

“So, in other words, the easiest ones are Kenya and Chad. The Central African Republic and Congo are ambiguous, and the most difficult ones are Uganda and Ethiopia.”

In the case of Uganda, they were neither on good nor bad terms with West Sudan, but as long as South Sudan existed, they would support South Sudan, not West Sudan. Maybe they would support both, but with Uganda’s national power, it would be difficult to support two countries at the same time for a long time, let alone one country.

Ethiopia would do anything to seize South Sudan’s lifeline. Conversely, they would play within the line that would not completely offend South Sudan. In other words, they would play within the line that would not undermine the joint construction of the oil pipeline, but supporting West Sudan, South Sudan’s enemy, was clearly an act that crossed that line.

These two basically had a common enemy called Sudan, so they would respond with non-aggression during the war, but that was all. The probability of forming a common front was close to 0, and it was even more impossible to get along well with each other.

They were just looking for an opportunity and would bite each other mercilessly if they saw even a slight gap.

“What if we move away from the border altogether?”

“Everyone’s situation isn’t good. And there’s no particular reason to support them. Of course, they’ll support us if we promise something, but then the tail will wag the dog.”

It was obvious. Wouldn’t they support us if there was a benefit? What they were trying to do now was not to create support where there was none, but to change the course of countries that were already trying to support West Sudan. If they had to encourage countries that had no intention of supporting West Sudan to support it, the United States would rather support it directly.

“Libya will be too busy maintaining their own power struggles. The same goes for Egypt, where the democratization protests have developed into a civil war. Even if the civil war ends, they will eventually have to strengthen and unite internally, so they won’t have the leeway [extra capacity or resources] to support other countries.”

“What about Eritrea?”

“It’s impossible because the guy trying to persuade them is an American. Eritrea doesn’t like us very much.”

This was because the United States actively supported Ethiopia, the belligerent country during the Eritrean War of Independence. And that war ended in 1993. In other words, the United States was being hated to some extent, though not as much as Ethiopia.

It would take considerable effort and budget to sway these people. Otherwise, they could just threaten them since they were anti-American countries anyway, so that they could not support South Sudan or Sudan. But that was the last resort.

“Then, how about moving West Sudan itself?”

Therefore, there was also a way for West Sudan to negotiate directly with Eritrea. However, this was soon dismissed.

“Sudan won’t just let that happen. Isn’t that why we’re running ourselves?”

“Then, isn’t it a way to block the support that’s going to South Sudan or Sudan?”

“Even if we can’t help Ethiopia, Uganda……”

It seemed possible to some extent for Uganda. However, the problem was that South Sudan, realizing that, would be furious, calling it a betrayal. It was truly laughable that they were calling it a betrayal when they were not even an allied country and were just receiving aid. But isn’t it human nature to ignore other people’s circumstances like eating a meal if they have something they want to say?

In any case, the United States had to play the role of a coordinator to the outside world. It would be really difficult if this came to the surface. That’s why the CIA, an intelligence organization, was moving, not the military or the State Department.

“Or, there’s a way to disguise the support going to South Sudan as Sudan’s actions and block it all.”

One fortunate thing about this incident was that the Middle East was not very interested in this war because they were busy taking care of their own affairs. If they had joined in, the already complicated situation would have become even more complicated.

“If it’s decided, let’s move. It’s time to work just as much as we get paid.”