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<DIV>"Another American Occupation"</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>President Xia Hong</DIV>
<DIV>The People's Republic of China</DIV>
<DIV>August 11-12, 2014</DIV>
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<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>(The Executive Residence- Beijing)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>It had been a long and trying week between the blowback from the slow
'moderating' of China's more unruly old guard, Wen's funeral, and everything
else that preceded it. It was early morning in Beijing, about 03:45 would
be what her alarm clock told her if she was awake and could actually look at
it. She wasn't though, Xia was most certainly in the land of dreams...
far, far removed and away in the confines of the inviting linens and comfort of
her bed.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>And that's when the phone rang. Just 'fucking' great.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>"This had better not be a telemarketer." Xia dryly joked when she
answered the phone, her eyes still too heavy to actually open.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Bing on the other end didn't waste a minute. "Xia, we have a
situation."</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>'Oh Crap.' The Chinese President thought to herself as she went about
the process of arousing herself from what was a 'very' comfortable
position. Of course they'd wait until she just found the best spot before
calling too. "I'm on my way."</DIV>
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<DIV>The situation room as of late never seemed to be unoccupied. This
time though it was set up for Bing and Carrim's people. The largest
integrated wall screen indicated a colorful map of Iran. There
were blue blops, indicating Chinese Special Forces camps that had been
operating in the country since before the American lead invasion of
Azerbaijan. There were an ever dwindling number of red areas which
indicated those parts of the country where what remained of the Iranian
Government's forces 'and' Islamacist militias or terrorist groups were known to
be the local power. There were stretches of green areas, places secured by
the Iranian Democratists that the PLSOF forces had been allied with and training
to liberate their own country... and now there were yellow, expanding toe
holds. Some specks of Brown, in areas under localized authority, no
authority, or simply 'other' parties were already being swallowed up in the
expanding yellow sea.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>"What the hell is that?" Xia muttered, her still sleepy eyes trying
to adjust to the colorful light show and the ambient lighting of the room.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>"That would be, per our satellites and human intelligence on the ground,
the western armies from Azerbaijan." Bing closed his laptop. "We've
got confirmed reports, the Americans and their allies are moving in for an
occupation of Iran."</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>"Son of a bitch." Xia did something she rarely did, breaking with the
traditional Asian icon of the reserved, refined, delicate lady and adopting a
more suitable persona as the stereotypical bitch from hell. "So much for
Williams' agreement that the Iranians should be allowed to handle their own
post-war affairs. I'm sure the American people are going to 'love' the
specter of a longer, bloodier, costlier Iraq."</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>"Well he was a Veteran." Carrim pointed out. "Perhaps he just
secretly longs to revisit his old stomping grounds?" </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>There was a moment of smirks being exchanged at the really bad joke that
only the intel freaks would really have appreciated, but it passed fairly
quickly.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>"We do have our Special Forces teams in the region. If you gave the
order I could have them engage..."</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>"No." Xia said flatly, knowing where Bing was going with this
already. "Williams might have lied true, but I'm done making China have to
be the one that stands up to the American bully on a constant basis,
alone. Remind our 'allies' on the other side of that country that we would
appreciate them 'not' bombing our embassy this go around, or accidentally
shooting up or bombing our men."</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>"I'll send a direct message to the Joint Chiefs of Staff at NATO and to the
American Department of Defense, but you know he's lied before, and if we give
him the location of our troops we're taking an awfully big risk that he won't
simply lie and bomb them anyway."</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>"No one said we were going to hand over their locations, Bing." Xia
waved her hand dismissively. "We're just going to make sure that they
realize they had better be 'very' careful."</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>"Do we issue the withdrawal orders?"</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>"No, not for now." Xia sat down, a cup of tea already being poured by
an aide to help awaken the Chinese President. "For now they should act
simply as observers, and advisors to the independent Democratists. We'll
urge for their restraint, and warn them against an occupation of a foreign
country without cause, but that's it. Chinese troops are not to fire on
western forces unless they are engaged themselves, understand?"</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Bing and Carrim both nodded, the latter deciding to ask. "And what do
we do if the Americans and their allies insist we leave?"</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>"We gently remind them of the illegality of their occupation, and the
dangers of a protracted engagement against Iranians determined to make democracy
for themselves." Xia knew that there were a multitude of weapons available
to a politician... to defeat an enemy you didn't need necessarily fight
them militarily. "Allow Xinhua reporter teams, under protection of course,
into the country if they so choose to go. Let the world see the allied
armies moving in, and the Iranians demanding their immediate departure."
The intelligence on the Democracy movement in Iran indicated that most groups
put at their forefront the requirement that IRAN, not a foreign nation, adopt
Democracy for itself. Sadly, such an occupation might hurt that movement
more than support it. "We'll encourage the Iranians to use their freedom
of speech, present the western occupation as well meaning but unnecessary, and
call for UN oversight of a transitional committee of Iranian origin to judge how
their nation should move forward." She took a sip of her tea. "Let
Williams explain why Democracy and Freedom for Iranians are bad things."</DIV>
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<DIV>ACTIONS</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>1. Per the United States-People's Republic State visit agreement on
Iran, point out that Williams had indicated that the best course was to let Iran
build it's own structures... something any kind of occupation is inherently at
odds with.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>2. Encourage peaceful resistance to the Western occupation by those
who support an 'Iran for Iranians' populist theory. "You're not wanted, Go
home!" and "America Leave!" as well as other generic signs, slogans, speeches,
rallies, etc. to be the mainstay of opposition.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>3. Submit to the United Nations a resolution asking that a UN
observer force be established to oversee the establishment of a transitionary
governing authority elected by Iranians... which in turn will rebuild the
Iranian government and institutions before a full, general election, is
implemented.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>4. Xinhua reporters to be allowed to go to Iran and exploit the
freedom of the press to make the reasons against occupation perfectly
clear.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>5. Remind the Americans that China retains troops in Iran, it would
be a very good idea to exercise restraint where
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