Chapter 521 Keep an eye on the position of Secretary of Defense

Hash silently took out a slender cigar from his pocket. In order to hide his tiredness urged by the U.S. intelligence service a few days ago, he specially wore a pair of brown wide-brimmed glasses today.

The eyes hidden behind the brown glasses dripped around, and Hash exhaled a slight puff of smoke, but his mind was analyzing the intention of Hussein!

The establishment of the Ministry of National Defense will undoubtedly share the responsibility of 'incompetence'. At the same time, compared with the current powerful General Staff of the National Defense Force, after the formation of the Ministry of National Defense, part of the power will certainly be weakened.

This is completely different from Paramin's use of means to hold the power of the Somali National Defense Force before he cooked the army, and he actually gave up part of the military power! Regardless of the authority of the newly formed Ministry of National Defense, it is certain to have a certain real power!

Thinking of this, Hash looked through his glasses at the least qualified member in the meeting, who was also Major General Palmer, the deputy commander of the Capital Military Region of the Somali National Defense Force and the commander of the First Armored Brigade, who succeeded Kenyare's defense commissioner after Kenyare's death. As the most important capital military region of Somalia's three major military regions, its high-level authority has always been talked about within the Somali military and other countries concerned about Somalia.

A large military region headquarters, the commander is a member of the national defense committee, the deputy commander is also a member of the national defense committee, and the deputy commander is also the commander of the first armored brigade of the most elite armed forces of the national defense force. The authority of the two is high or low, but it is difficult for some insiders to explain!

This kind of strange job collocation is almost impossible to see in other countries, but in Somalia, it happens vividly in front of everyone.

Major General Palmer's face still had that serious expression. His military uniform pen was very good, and his hair was meticulously combed. At this moment, Major General Palmer is lowering his head and drawing something in his notebook, as if he is taking minutes of the meeting.

Old fox! Hash cursed in his heart. He didn't understand the intention of Chief of Staff Hussein's move for a moment, but he thought he could see a clue from Palmer, but Palmer's presence made people see no strangeness at all.

Suddenly, Hash felt a look on his face and looked down. It was Major General Adam, the National Defense Commission and the commander of the Capital Military Region. The former leader of the Love Movement Organization seemed to convey a different meaning.

As the highest military decision-making body in Somalia, the only two Arab members in the Somali Defense Council, Adam should have been close to Chief of Staff Hussein. This is not only because of the closeness of the two, but also the close relationship between Adam's supporters, Iran and Palamin. But Adam, who was originally only a member of the National Defense Commission, suddenly had his own idea after serving as the commander of the Capital Military Region. This idea comes from the desire for power!

But in practical work, Adam realized how difficult it is to improve his influence in the National Defense Force. Not to mention the various troops under the Capital Military Region, there are few armed members of the former IFOR, that is, the deputy who is also a member of the committee, which makes Adam feel that 'the military order is not smooth, his men only know Palmer, and he does not know Adam's helplessness and anger!'.

This time, Hussein proposed the establishment of the Ministry of National Defense. Regardless of its real purpose, everyone has always believed that it must hide an unstleto-tell conspiracy. Adam feels that the opportunity has come. Maybe he can unite some members and seize some of the power this time! For example: the newly formed position of Minister of Defense!

"Let's talk about it, does Hussein's proposal to form the Somali Ministry of Defense have a feasible surname?" Yusuf looked at the committee members with a smile and asked. For the Ministry of Defense, Yusuf can be said to have two intertwined mindsets.

Although he supported Hussein to control the Somali Defence Forces, the Paramin Cook Army had too much influence in the army. Even if it was stopped, it only delayed the strict control of the Paraming Cook Army over the National Defense Force, and it could not achieve the goal of weakening at all. A bad one may even trigger a new round of civil war in Somalia. For this reason, Yusuf had to pinch his nose to support Hussein. The main energy is devoted to the control of the political axe organization.

Fortunately, Paraming's cooking army also knew how to repay the favor, and strongly supported Yu Sufu's work in the political axe. He even pulled a group of investors through China's relationship to help Yu Sufu establish prestige in the political axe. But with the normalization of government affairs, You Sufu's heart was gradually awakened by his abrupt desire to control the army. This time, the Ministry of Defense became an opportunity for him to re-enter the army. It is also a chess piece to test the Palamin cooking army. If the Ministry of Defense is really formed, Yusuf is bound to make his people the defense minister, so it depends on whether Hussein agrees. If he agrees, it means that the Palamin Cook Army really intends to let go of some military power. If he refuses, it means that the time is not right. He Yu Sufu will definitely be dormant again and wait for new opportunities.

So now Yusuf not only hopes that the proposal to form the Ministry of Defense will be passed, but he is also worried that the new defense minister is not his person. The intertwined hearts of contradictions made Yusuf's energy completely concentrated and carefully observed the expression of the committee members, especially Chief of Staff Hussein.

Hash just caught the indecisive complexity on Yusuf's face, and his heart moved quickly guessed Yusuf's mind. Then thinking of Adam's previous message, Hash's heart was ready to move.

The Somali National Defense Commission has a total of nine members, of which President Yusuf is the chairman of the committee, and there is also a political axe representative as a member, that is, the 'textual member', who is Yusuf's close friend. As the vice chairman of the committee, in addition to Palmer, a new member, and a former leader of the first-class power served as a member of the committee, Hussein saw that Paramin's army was strong and gradually moved closer. Therefore, now Hussein's side accounts for three people in the committee. Among them, Hussein himself is Palmer. The new members, who are also the deputy commander of the Capital Military Region and the commander of the First Armored Brigade, have a faint power of speech than those who do not hold a real position in the army. In addition to Yusuf and Hussein, the other four members are Hash, Adam and two members who have always been neutral. The structure of the whole National Defense Commission does not say which side can have the exclusive advantage, but President Yusuf's side often unites with the Chief of Staff of Staff of Hussein, which accounts for more than half of the committee, so many resolutions that meet the interests of the Paramin cooking army can be easily passed. It's not a long time that even the neutral committee members and Hash and Adam will support them by pinching their noses.

Just like this time, Hussein proposed to form a Ministry of National Defense. No matter what conspiracy is implied in it, other committee members are happy to see that they can 'share' part of the power from Hussein. It's just that everyone is still watching and analyzing what the hidden conspiracy is.

As soon as Yusuf's words were put forward, not only Hash, but also the neutral committee members could hear the intention of Yusuf's words.

"Since everyone doesn't say anything, it's up to me to throw bricks to attract jade." Adam was a little anxious, and he also took a look at the position of defense minister. Regardless of the conspiracy, he thought it was much better than the current ' puppet' commander.

"I think the words of Chief Hussein's Staff are worth pondering. Although China has a considerable gap with other countries, even some African countries, because of the civil war, we are trying to change and narrow this gap. As Hussein said, other countries have formed a Ministry of Defense or similar For functional departments, China should not be special and should be in line with other countries. Moreover, Chief of Staff Hussein said that military affairs are busy and lack of energy. I don't think we can see that the Chief of Staff is too tired. Everyone should bear part of the responsibility for the development of this country. So I think the formation of the Ministry of Defense is imperative, and the problem needs to be solved as soon as possible!" Adam talked with a faint smile, did not mention the power of the Ministry of Defense at all, emphasized the responsibility, and also used Hussein's own words to discuss the matter, for fear that Hussein would repent.

At the end of his words, Adam took a special look at Hussein, but did not find the strangeness he expected. Hussein's chief of staff even nodded to him with a smile, and even showed a trace of satisfaction on his face. This made Adam's heart beat, and he didn't know what the 'top leader' of the National Defense Force was paying attention to.

After Adam's words, a neutral committee member made a similar speech and agreed to form the Somali Ministry of Defense. After the committee member, the member who had always been the leader of Hussein couldn't wait to jump out and agree with this proposal.

Until this time, Adam was relieved. The words of the committee member who followed Hussein undoubtedly proved that Hussein had prepared this topic in advance and was not a bait to temporarily test everyone's reaction!

"The words of several committee members shocked me and realized that the Ministry of Defense is still a department in urgent need for Somalia. Moreover, I also think that the newly formed Ministry of National Defense is not only a member of the Council of Ministers, but also participate in the actual construction and management of the army! It's better for a member to serve as the new Minister of Defense!" The first few words of Hash are nonsense, and the last two sentences are his real purpose. The candidate of the Minister of Defense is limited to the members of the National Defense Commission.

Hussein's chief of staff finally had a slight reaction when he heard the words, and the surprise on his face flashed away. He took a deep look at Hash and diverted his gaze. He knows what Hash is paying attention to. Among the current defense commissioners, Hussein, as the Chief of General Staff and the Commander of the Air Force, is impossible to serve as the Minister of Defense. Palmer, as the deputy commander of the Capital Military Region and the commander of the First Armored Brigade, is an exception to serve as a member of the National Defense Commission. He wants to become a Minister of Defense and The prestige is not enough; the Minister of National Defense not only forms a military department, but most importantly, the Ministry of National Defense is the department with the most military exchanges with other countries. The candidate for the Minister of Defense must have certain experience in diplomacy, and at least some contacts from relevant departments of the country. Otherwise, the minister's work will be difficult to do.

Limited to members of the National Defense Commission, because the position excludes the possibility of Hussein and Palmer, then this candidate for minister is bound to fall on others...

(to be continued)