Chapter 248 The Civil War Begins
"Duke Cavendish, the Commander-in-Chief also asked me to greet you on my behalf, and I hope to invite you to this year's White House New Year's Day dinner."
"Thank you very much for the invitation, Mr. Meese, the leading student in T\u0026T. However, unfortunately, I'm afraid I won't be able to attend the Queen's banquet on New Year's Day. It's such a shame."
This was at a banquet held by the Elephant Party in New York. The person who talked to Barron was Meese, the director of the Grand Commander's Office.
Next year will be an election year, so from now on, the two parties have begun preparatory activities for the election and started fundraising.
Although the formal elections will only begin in the second half of the year, in February next year, the two parties will begin their intra-party primaries.
On the Elephant Party side, the current leader has already confirmed that he will continue to run for election, so there is no one competing with him, so there is no need for this step.
Judging from the current situation disclosed by the media of the Donkey Party, the competition will be fierce. Currently, more than ten people have announced that they will participate in this competition for intra-party candidates.
But even so, the Elephant Party has been building momentum from now on - after all, due to the unsatisfactory war in Iraq, the approval rate of the current commander-in-chief has dropped a lot compared to earlier.
As we all know, Hollywood has always supported the Donkey Party. Therefore, during this period of time, during the upcoming awards season, there will definitely be a large number of celebrities publicly criticizing the various shortcomings of the current commander-in-chief in the war. This will also affect the commander-in-chief. support rate.
Barron knows that when the election comes, there will be a documentary called "Fahrenheit 9/11" ready to release a "big move".
But no matter what, he knew that the final result would be that the current commander-in-chief would be re-elected, so this time Barron would naturally bet on the Elephant Party.
Although American law has strict regulations on election donations.
For example, any individual may not contribute more than $1,000 to the same candidate in the same year, may not contribute more than $25,000 to all candidates, may not contribute more than $5,000 to the same political action committee, and may not contribute more than $5,000 to the national committee of the same political party. $20,000.
This seems fair, right? It prevents the situation where whoever has more money gets more propaganda and is more likely to be elected.
But in fact, whether you can be elected or not has a lot to do with how much money you have...
Because just like Barron, as a "foreigner", there is no need for him to donate directly to the party's candidates. Instead, he can just donate to the so-called "foundations" that support them.
At that time, these foundations will definitely influence many media reports through benefit transfer, which is equivalent to indirectly helping the other party to be elected.
Therefore, regardless of how many donations each candidate receives each year, the funds flowing behind them are actually much more than what is apparent on the surface.
And these investments must be rewarded after the other party is elected...
People's interests? Who cares?
Ours is a "democratic" two-party system. There is no need to compare who is more popular with the people, only the worst.
I don’t believe that you donkeys dare to do things that our elephant party dare not do. Aren’t you afraid of riding in a convertible?
If the people fail to make a promise, the worst they can do is to be elected in four years. Anyway, as long as the promise to the sponsor can be fulfilled, the next term will still be supported.
Anyway, when the time comes, just change the candidate and draw a better pie.
Moreover, in the past four years, your current commander-in-chief has offended the people for the sake of the donors. It is our turn to take the blame.
But if the sponsor fails to fulfill the promise, do you believe that if you are dissatisfied with your work for the past four years, you will be fired?
But even if he would support the Elephant Party - Barron has donated US$1 million to Elephant Party-related foundations through his foundation registered in the United States, and there will be more donations in the future - he does not want to go too far. He stood high-profile on the Xiang Party's side, so he declined the other party's invitation to attend the White House New Year's Dinner.
As long as the other party understands that they have given the favor in advance, it will be fine anyway. The money will be paid anyway, and generally they will not be unruly in this kind of thing.
…
It seems that sometimes you can't indulge yourself too much.
Just like now, Barron also began to reflect, because until the third day, although Ivanta was no longer in serious trouble, she still couldn't learn knowledge with him.
However, because of the matter with IvanCa Capital, Ivanta was still very concerned about Barron's feelings, so he began to follow his hobbies and learn some Chinese idioms.
For example, carrying a gun and a stick, blowing hair and begging for food...
Just when she was addicted to studying, Wang Wanting knocked on the door and walked into the study. She handed the encrypted satellite phone to Barron, then at his signal, turned around and left, closing the door.
Well, this is the advantage of having enough space under the desk. Ivanta can study there without being discovered by others.
"Your Highness the Duke, there are some situations regarding the Munger base..."
"oh?"
Hearing Nigel Inkster's voice on the phone, Barron glanced at Ivanta who was studying hard and said:
"What exactly?"
"A civil war broke out in Kolo..."
Barron was relieved to hear that something was wrong with someone who was not from Raphael's organization.
But speaking of it, if the other party does something wrong in such a well-defended base, then my own defender military company will be too useless...
"Now let's talk about it in detail..."
Under Ivanta's eloquent words, Barron finally calmed down...
After letting the girl go to rest, Barron said to Nigel on the phone.
"Is such that……"
Kolo is a small country in West Africa, with a land area of less than 60,000 square kilometers.
After World War II, Colo also gained independence from the French colonies, but like many African countries, military coups here are as natural as drinking water...
From independence in 1960 to the present, in just over forty years, Kolo has experienced five coups, an average of one every eight years, which is very refreshing.
The current President Kolo is named Nassin Dema. Not only did he dissolve the parliament this year, he also directly designated his son as the successor to the head of state. This is a perfect challenge to the people's bottom line.
As mentioned before, at present, the area controlled by government forces in Kolo only accounts for about three-fifths.
The whole country of Kolo is geographically divided into five regions, namely Coastal District, Plateau District, Central District, Kara District and Grassland District.
Among them, the coastal area, plateau area and central area are controlled by government forces.
The remaining Kara and Steppe districts are controlled by three anti-government armed forces, namely the Colo Resistance Army, the Free Colo Alliance and the Colo Liberation Front.
Among them, the Colo Liberation Front is a local organization that cooperated with the former Protector Military Company, and the Munger base is also located within their control area.
Previously, the equipment of the government army led by Nasing Dema was better than that of these three armed forces, so the three families were unable to attack each other, and instead began to fight among themselves.
The territory of the Kolo Resistance Army and the Free Kolo Alliance is bordering the central area controlled by the government forces, while the Kolo Liberation Front is behind the two, and most of them are located in the grassland areas with better environment. Therefore, although The three families fought with each other, but the Colo Liberation Front was attacked more often.
However, Nasing Dema's "reverse behavior" caused a lot of opposition in Kolo. Seeing this, the Kolo Resistance Army and the Free Kolo Alliance took the initiative to reach an agreement with the Kolo Liberation Front. Following the ceasefire and reconciliation agreement, the two families, in response to the response of some people in the areas controlled by the government forces, began to rush into the central area and fight with the government forces.
Not only that, the two families also agreed to let the Colo Liberation Front "take advantage of the road" to go to the government forces to grab territory...
