Soviet Union 1991

Update 3

It was already the moment when the arbitration was about to start, but surprisingly, the Soviet Union still did not make any move. It seemed that this trial concerning the jurisdiction of the Strait was not within their consideration, and the more this was the case, the more anxious Washington became. They felt that the Soviet Union had some conspiracy that had not yet been implemented.

CIA Director Tenet also had this premonition. Now that the arbitration had started, the Soviet representative did not appear in court. And it was precisely because of this that Director Tenet became suspicious. He believed that there might be other ulterior motives behind this.

"This is really strange. Logically speaking, the Soviet Union would always make some statement when the Permanent Court of Arbitration opens, such as protesting, or even threatening with warships. Why has the Soviet Union not made any move so far? This is really against common sense." Director Tenet held his chin and carefully analyzed all the possibilities, "Could it be that they have a backup plan?"

"What a miscalculation." Director Tenet seemed to have thought of something. He slapped his head and suddenly remembered a key issue, "We did not deploy a fleet in the Turkish Straits. In fact, we should have sent the Pacific Fleet into the Marmara Sea before the arbitration was opened, so as to prevent a sudden attack by the Soviet Black Sea Fleet. Damn, we have always planned to wait until the Soviet fleet entered before the arbitration began, but we did not expect that they might launch a sudden attack."

In order to "take care" of the situation of the ally Turkish government, Mario did not deploy the aircraft carrier battle group near the Turkish Straits, but now it seems that both the CIA and the White House have made mistakes in this matter. Now it will take at least a week for the aircraft carrier battle group to bypass the Mediterranean and rush to the Turkish Straits.

"President Mario, if we can get the British fleet into Turkey now, maybe we can still save it." Director Tenet suddenly thought that even if he was gone, there was still the closest ally to the Turkish Straits, Britain. As long as the British were willing to nod, the United States could still turn the tables.

"British? The new British Prime Minister is now worried about the Scottish incident and the Brexit referendum, so they have no time to help us with our interests in Turkey." President Mario pondered, his brows slowly twisted into a knot. It seemed that he was still ahead now, but Mario had no idea what conspiracy was behind the Soviet Union.

Britain was already overwhelmed, and could not expect the EU to go with the flow. Germany and France only cared about the benefits that were within reach, and never took risks to do thankless things. What's more, these two countries were still colluding with the Soviet Union behind the scenes for economic reasons.

"The only thing we can count on now is the Turkish Navy, but the strength of the Turkish Navy is simply a thousand miles away from that of the Soviet Union. Even in the Tsarist Russia period, the former Ottoman Empire was also beaten by the second-rate navy of the Tsarist Russia."

Tenet is not optimistic about the prospects of the Turkish Navy, but this does not prevent him from selling new American ships to Turkey after this crisis. Wherever there is a regional conflict, there is the figure of the permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.

"So?" President Mario asked.

"I think we should send the aircraft carrier battle group to the Turkish waters. Even if the Turkish military has complaints about this, we must maintain the first gate to prevent the Soviet Red Navy from entering the Mediterranean. And the sooner the better, while the worst situation has not happened, we can still remedy it."

"What about the Kurdistan Workers' Party?" Mario asked another key question. At the beginning, it was Tenet who vowed that the Soviet Union would attack Turkey on the issue of the Kurdistan Workers' Party.

Tenet gave President Mario an unexpected negative answer, "No, the PKK did not take any action. The previous financial assistance from the Soviet Union did not stimulate the PKK to expand the scope of attack. Instead, there was a sense of disappearance, as if they did not want to take any action at this time."

"Huh?" Hearing this news, President Mario was also stunned for a moment. He did not expect that this would be the case now. If the PKK does not take action, then where will the most critical move of the Soviet Union fall?

President Mario suddenly stood up and began to walk back and forth in the office. Whenever he got into trouble, he would show himself in front of others in a silent manner.

"I have a bad feeling, Director Tenet."

President Mario stopped and turned to the nervous Director Tenet and said, "So far, have we been following the Soviet Union's wishes step by step? Or is everything we do what the Soviet Union wants to happen?"

"This..." Hearing this answer, Tenet fell into deep thought, but he really couldn't think of what other chess pieces Yanaev had to threaten Turkey's security besides the Kurdistan Workers' Party in the east. The Black Sea Fleet? If the Soviet Union wanted to send out the Black Sea Fleet as the only means of checks and balances, it could only mean that Yanaev had run out of tricks.

"Think about it carefully, have we missed something, and what are the most critical details that we haven't noticed?"

When Mario said this, Tenet thought of the Turkish coup he had mentioned before, but this idea was rejected by Tenet from the beginning. The Turkish military and the Soviet Union could be said to be in a relationship of mutual vigilance, and it was impossible for them to reach a consensus on this matter. Moreover, Turkey's stability was not in the interests of the Soviet Union, so Director Tenet believed that the Soviet Union would start with the more reliable Kurdish separatism issue.

"I can't think of what the Soviet Union has in store, but now we must be prepared to prevent the Soviet Union from counterattacking on the Turkish issue. I hope President Mario can negotiate with Director Tenet to send the US aircraft carrier battle group into the Pacific Ocean."

"Of course, I will contact the Turkish president about this issue."

After giving this suggestion, which was better than nothing, the two sides fell into a long silence.

President Mario raised his hand and looked at the time. It was almost the end of the Permanent Arbitration Tribunal. Because the Soviet Union unilaterally refused to attend, the Permanent Arbitration Tribunal naturally made a ruling based on the materials submitted by Turkey.

The outside of the arbitration tribunal is now full of reporters from all over the world, and they are all waiting for the final outcome. Will Turkey win, or will the Soviet Union win? But no matter who wins or loses, the Black Sea will not be peaceful in the future. Because the Soviet Union's revenge always surprises everyone.

When the hands on the watch turned over the last minute, there was a knock on the door of the presidential office. President Mario said, "Please come in." Sandy Berger, the panting US National Security Assistant, walked in and said to President Mario, "The arbitration result is out. The Soviet Union lost the case and Turkey won."

Director Tenet turned his head and said to President Mario with a smirk, "This ending is exactly the same as the ending of Nicaragua in 1986, but everyone knows the execution result."

"At least now we have a reason to deploy the anti-missile system openly. The charge is of course the result of the Soviet Union's unwillingness to execute the ruling." President Mario said with a smile. Everyone understands that the so-called arbitration is a piece of waste paper, but this piece of waste paper can allow the United States to stand on the moral high ground and serve its own interests with confidence.

All guarantees are maintained on the comprehensive strength of the country. Any idea of ​​sanctioning other countries with a piece of paper is not only ridiculous, but also naive.

The Americans are not naive because they need the momentum of international public opinion.

Turkey pretends to be naive because it needs the assistance of the Americans.

In fact, the conspiracy behind it is similar. It's just that more than 20 years later, the United States has adopted the same means to deploy THAAD to curb the rise of the Eastern power.

However, Mario is looking forward to what other means Yanayev has hidden. To be continued.