Chapter 360 Let the bullets fly for a while
Just as Gonzalez was about to raise an objection, Leah spoke first.
"We can't simply throw dirty water on wizards, that would be too obvious.
After all, not all people are fools, and blocking relevant speech about wizards is obviously extremely detrimental to the wizarding community.
If we insist on pinning the blame on them, it will not only be hard to convince people, but may also provoke a greater backlash.”
Gonzalez chimed in, “I agree, we should find a scapegoat.
We can make a public statement that this person did not want the hypocritical side of wizards to be spread on the Internet because the wizard killed his family. "
Harvest frowned, "But the print media..."
Howard added: "The paper media can only try to find a suitable excuse to cover it up."
Stevens broke the silence: “The print media doesn’t need much explanation.
Now the public is focusing on freedom of speech, and the print media is not closely related to them, so we can blur it out.”
Harveys nodded. That was all he could do.
As for whether the people believe it or not?
People just follow the trend.
As long as public opinion speaks strongly for the government, the reason will be tenable.
The vast majority of people will still choose to believe it.
"Then how should we deal with those rebels?" Havis asked.
Everyone's eyes were focused on Leah.
Leah didn't shy away from the question and spoke her mind directly.
"Repression. Whatever their reasons, confronting government forces is a crime in itself.
We can only quickly put down this insurgency by taking stronger measures.”
Johnson immediately agreed: "Leah is right. We only need to send a few regiments to wipe out these rabble."
Harvest seemed a little hesitant: "Will this intensify the conflict?"
"There's nothing we can do even if the conflict escalates. If we don't nip it in the bud now, these people will only become more and more arrogant," Johnson said in a firm tone.
Havis was silent for a moment, and finally made up his mind: “Okay, Leah, I’ll give you another chance to handle the public opinion issue.
As for the rebels, Johnson, show no mercy."
Leah began to plan how to manipulate public opinion to calm the people's anger.
On the surface, every proposal she made was in the interests of the US government.
However, in fact, all of this was planned in advance by her and Hermione.
In the United States, freedom is an inviolable sanctuary in the hearts of the people.
However, as long as the government can sincerely apologize to the people and come up with a suitable scapegoat.
This result is acceptable to most people.
After all, in the eyes of most people, a single deception can be forgiven.
But except for those extremely tolerant "saints", no one can tolerate repeated deception.
When the truth comes to light again, people's anger will be infinitely magnified.
That's exactly what Hermione had said.
"Let the bullets fly for a while."
As for the suggestion made by Gonzalez, it was also one of the strategies he and Hermione agreed upon in advance.
The purpose is to stimulate people's sense of guilt.
When everyone blames one person for being deceived and ignorant of the truth.
The moment the truth comes out, guilt will engulf you.
And those who lead them into mistakes will become the objects of their anger.
Leah followed the established plan.
A large bounty is being offered to find the top talent who can solve this cyberattack.
The government also issued a statement saying it had some clues about the cyber attack.
The problem can be completely resolved within seven days at the latest, and the public is urged to remain patient.
And promised to take all necessary measures to protect people's freedom of speech.
Mainstream print media such as The Washington Daily, The New York Times, and The Los Angeles Times.
They began to spare no effort to reinforce the argument that the United States was suffering from a cyber attack.
Their reports were written as if they had seen them with their own eyes and were very convincing.
Words about wizards are already appearing on the Internet.
Although 90 percent of posts are still deleted, this proportion is gradually decreasing.
At the same time, a series of reports began to emerge, pointing out that there was a mysterious force behind the rebels.
And they constantly hint to the public that this mysterious force is none other than the wizard.
This force is trying to destabilize the country.
Although these reports were vague, they successfully aroused suspicion and panic among the people.
At the same time, Johnson began to mobilize troops to prepare for a thundering strike against the rebels.
Although he looked down on that mob from the bottom of his heart.
Although he would look down on the other party in his attitude, he would not dare to be careless in his actions.
He selected the most elite troops and equipped them with the latest equipment to ensure success.
Even to guard against possible wizards lurking among them.
He also equipped each team with two of the latest generation of super-frequency electromagnetic wave carriers.
Johnson's troops then quietly surrounded several key rebel strongholds.
In a carefully planned night raid.
Government forces quickly raided these strongholds and captured several so-called "leaders".
However, this victory did not bring the expected peace and tranquility.
Instead, the resistance became more dispersed and covert.
Their resistance actions have become more difficult to predict and guard against.
Although the scale of violence in cities has decreased, its frequency has increased significantly.
This has left the military and police departments busy and exhausted.
The shadow organization continued to fish in troubled waters, providing intelligence, supplies and relatively covert support to the rebels.
Their sophisticated guerrilla tactics caused the government forces' clearing operations to suffer repeated setbacks.
However, this kind of petty fighting is ultimately not acceptable.
Although it caused panic and confusion among the people.
But when it comes to the actual harm caused to American society, it may not be as great as the harm caused by gangs.
Three days later, the blame for the cyber attack was finally placed on a scapegoat.
Jack Statham, a veteran hacker.
He once stirred up bloody storms in the online world.
Statham has actually been under surveillance by the CIA.
But since he never attacked the US network, he targeted other countries.
Therefore, to some extent, his actions can even be regarded as a "contribution" to the United States.
But this time there was no more suitable candidate, so he became the scapegoat.
With the arrest of Statham, the network systems in the United States and even all developed countries have resumed normal operations.
Various carefully compiled investigation results and his "confession" appeared in reports from major media.
