Chapter 481 Desperate Counterattack (Bug Fix): Chaos is Opportunity
Punoning stared intently at the computer screen, unable to look away for a long time.
If he only suspected Wang Xiao when the US president was in a political crisis before, he is now 100% certain that this desperate self-rescue plan is Wang Xiao's doing.
He didn't even need to close his eyes to see Wang Xiao's mocking face in the air—didn't you think I tricked the US president? You even went to Ivan to demand an explanation.
Now, open your eyes wide and see clearly how exactly I'm going to scam people!
He could almost imagine the extreme highs and lows that the presidential team in Washington would experience when they saw the proposal.
It exploited the contradictions in human nature—the love of voyeurism and the pursuit of dignity—and the weaknesses of official institutions—ancient institutions that, under the curiosity craze of the internet age, lost the serious stance they should have upheld; and ultimately turned the opponent's greatest weapon—the transparency and explicit details of public information—into a deadly bomb that was used to fight back against themselves.
If the president's team can devise and execute a strategy of this caliber, then he is very likely to survive impeachment and complete his second term.
But all of this is predicated on the plan being executed in secrecy. Because it doesn't play its cards openly; it involves information control and manipulation of public psychology.
Its exposure means it's ruined.
One second it gives you hope of going to heaven, and the next second it makes you feel the despair of falling into hell.
What flows through it is a strong sense of perverse humor, a perverse humor that is not concealed in the slightest.
Punoning suddenly stood up, grabbed his car keys, and walked out.
As he passed through the living room, Lydia, who was carrying soup out of the kitchen, was startled and almost dropped it.
She looked anxiously at the car keys in her husband's hand: "Vlamikil, where are you going? It's time for dinner."
Punoning forced a smile, hurriedly changed his shoes, and gave a perfunctory reply: "I have something to do outside, you guys eat."
After changing his shoes and opening the door, he thought for a moment, then turned around and said, "Honey, you're fine. There's nothing wrong with you."
His words only made things worse; they turned Lydia's face pale, and she nearly dropped the soup she was holding.
Punonin hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward, took the soup bowl from his wife, placed it on the table, opened his arms to hug her, and said earnestly, "I mean it, Lydia, I'm so glad you're my wife."
Perhaps his wife wasn't particularly bright or politically astute. But at least she wasn't a terrible person, someone who would wake him up in the middle of the night in a fright.
After releasing his wife, he emphasized again, "Honey, I have something to do and I have to go out."
After the door closed, Lydia was still looking in the direction her husband had left.
His two children, hearing the car start, dropped their homework and came out of their room. Watching the car drive away, they both looked bewildered: "Mom, where did Dad go?"
Lydia avoided her children's gaze and hurriedly said, "It's work-related, your father has to take care of it right away."
Then she fled back to her kitchen.
She looked at the gloves on her hands, because the soup pot was so hot that she wore special gloves to carry the soup out.
Just now, when her husband took the soup bowl, he seemed completely unaware that it was hot.
She suspected that he had already developed blisters from the burns.
That must hurt so much.
Punoning could not feel the pain in his hand.
The spring breeze in Moscow felt surprisingly hot.
He had to loosen his collar; he felt he should have a serious talk with Miss Wang.
He knew she had been busy at the container market lately.
But when he drove to the container market, he went to Wang Xiao's office, knocked on the door, but no one answered.
In the next room, the manager of the container market poked his head out and greeted him, "Oh, Mr. Punoning, is there something you need at the market?"
Punoning skipped the pleasantries and went straight to the point: "Where's Miss Wang? I need to talk to her."
The person in charge looked bewildered: "Miss Wang went to South Africa on Monday."
Punonin pursed his lips and said expressionlessly, "Oh, I forgot."
She spent a long winter in Moscow, helping Ivan resolve Russia's financial crisis. Now that spring has arrived and the city is vibrant again, she has left without looking back.
Although his boss was the Deputy Prime Minister, the market manager still felt he needed to maintain good relations with high-ranking officials in Moscow.
He extended an invitation with a smile: "Sir, have you eaten yet? Let's have a simple meal together in the cafeteria."
Punonin wanted to refuse; he had no appetite and didn't want to eat anything.
However, his stomach betrayed him and started growling at that moment.
The person in charge smiled and automatically switched to guide mode, offering to help introduce the dishes: "We've added a lot of new varieties now, it's truly a world food expo."
Punonin felt that it would be a bit unreasonable to refuse again, so he silently followed behind and went to the cafeteria together.
New varieties have indeed been added.
Because Korean products have become more popular in the market, the cafeteria has also opened a Korean food counter.
However, the food it sold seemed quite different from the North Korean food Punoning remembered. But he didn't mind and ordered fried chicken nuggets, seaweed rice rolls, and seaweed and bean sprout soup.
Is it delicious? It's hard to say. The fried chicken nuggets are sweet, and the seaweed rice rolls are cold. You have to rely on the warmth of the seaweed and bean sprout soup to make it easier to eat.
Yes, he didn't know when it started, but he had gotten used to eating hot food.
The cafeteria was as lively as ever.
The Chinese tradition says that one should not speak while eating, but Chinese people, especially those in the marketplace, generally like to talk at the dinner table.
They were talking loudly, but what were they saying? Punonin couldn't understand either.
It wasn't until a salesman from a factory in Moscow got impatient and tried to join the conversation, repeatedly asking, "Hey, what are you talking about?"
Russians who have spent a lot of time in the market are no longer taciturn; they speak in loud, booming voices.
His companions then remembered that he was still there and casually replied, "We were talking about the most popular self-rescue plan proposed by the US president."
When Punonin heard the words "President of the United States," his ears involuntarily perked up.
The Chinese man, who was fluent in Russian, was still acting as a translator: "We think this is a good move; it uses the same approach as the Jiajing Emperor's Great Rites Controversy."
Punoning was completely confused. Who was Jiajing? And what was the Great Rites Controversy?
But then the group started speaking Mandarin again, and no one explained what was going on.
Finally, Punoning couldn't hold back any longer and asked the person in charge of the container market, "What are they talking about? Who is Jiajing?"
The person in charge didn't seem to care much: "An emperor, perhaps, an emperor from the Ming Dynasty."
In fact, he couldn't explain what the Great Rites Controversy was.
Because it's 1998 now, there's no "Those Things of the Ming Dynasty".
The TV shows on TV are "The Legend of Emperor Qianlong" and "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo," both about the Qing Dynasty, with Emperor Qianlong being a very popular character.
There were also some in the Ming Dynasty, but most of them were busy resisting the powerful eunuch Wei Zhongxian and had little to do with the Jiajing Emperor.
Punonin was clearly not satisfied with this answer, and he pressed on indirectly, "Are you also concerned about the progress of the US presidential election?"
The person in charge laughed: "That's $10,000! Who wouldn't like something worth $10,000 for free?"
Computer ownership is not high in Russia, and Moscow is no better; at least in the container market, most residents do not have computers.
But there are quite a few netizens here.
Because the container market has a game room, many people, especially single merchants, will go there to play games after a day's work.
When they get tired of playing, they'll browse forums and chat about gossip.
Of course, most of them don't speak English, but there were enthusiastic netizens who acted as an early translation team, bringing the now-popular "If you were Bill, what would you do" to Russian and Chinese forums.
Then everyone joined in the fun, after all, it was $10,000! Even people with a lot of money like free things.
You'll feel especially good when you earn that money purely through your intelligence.
Only Punoning was unhappy because he didn't know what relationship Wang Xiao had with Jiajing.
Fortunately, he wasn't the only one with curiosity. The salesman from the Moscow factory eagerly pressed on, asking, "What is the Great Rites Controversy?"
His translator had no choice but to patiently explain to him: "The Jiajing Emperor was not the emperor's child. He was originally a prince. He was adopted as a member of a minor branch of the imperial family. You understand? He was adopted into another family. But if he wanted to posthumously honor his biological father as an emperor, wouldn't that cause chaos? The ministers would definitely disagree, saying that he should be adopted by Emperor Xiaozong. So, they certainly couldn't bring up his biological father again. On the surface, this was a dispute over etiquette, but in reality, it was a power struggle between the imperial power and the civil service group."
He translated the last few sentences verbatim, not daring to add any of his own opinions. The real speaker was a former university professor, whose speech was always very literary and refined.
The Russian present looked bewildered: "Then this emperor seems to have done something wrong. He's already been adopted out, how can he still take other people's things back to his own family and act like a good person?"
In Chinese parlance, it's called "unfeeling the child," which is no different from "eating someone who has no descendants."
His translator slapped his thigh: "Isn't that exactly the point? But the Jiajing Emperor actually made it happen."
Punoning's ears perked up instinctively. He was really curious about how the Ming Dynasty emperor had managed to accomplish this.
In his memory, officials in ancient China were all very principled, often committing suicide by banging their heads against pillars, displaying a very unyielding attitude. They wouldn't back down on this kind of matter.
Because this step back sets a precedent, how can emperors dare to adopt children if they don't have any in the future? If there's no heir, won't their dynasty be doomed?
The translator faithfully acted as a relay race: "Jiajing was a cunning fellow. He first shifted the topic from 'rules of succession' to 'filial piety and kinship.' Filial piety was highly valued in ancient times, and loyalty to the emperor and filial piety to parents were often considered mutually exclusive. This caused a split within the scholar-official class. Then, Jiajing accused those ministers of being heartless and undermined their moral legitimacy. Finally, he used violent means such as flogging in court to suppress them, but outwardly he cultivated an image of upholding filial piety. With this strategy, he succeeded."
Punonin felt like he understood, but also like he didn't fully comprehend it.
At the very least, what does this have to do with the US president's public relations strategy?
The sales staff at the Moscow factory shared the same question.
The person in charge of the container market was unaware of the tax police major general's confusion—the latter was very good at putting on an act, and on the surface, there was no clue whatsoever.
So the person in charge laughed out loud: "It's obvious that this public relations plan is based on the template of the Grand Etiquette Agreement."
Having heard the entire process, he was naturally able to apply what he had learned immediately. "The core battleground of this matter concerning the US president is public opinion and the psychology of the people. He had to transform the legal issue into a public debate about 'national dignity' and 'the bottom line of political struggle.' This is the same principle as Jiajing Emperor transforming the issue of imperial succession into an ideological struggle about 'filial piety' and 'the proper relationship between ruler and subject.'"
“Jiajing’s situation is very similar to that of the current US president. One is a president who has gone bankrupt due to personal scandals, and the other is a young emperor who ascended the throne as a local prince and has no power base in the court.”
"Their opponents are equally formidable. One is Independent Counsel Starr and Congressional Republicans, who wield both legal weapons and the moral high ground. The other is a group of civil servants led by Grand Secretary Yang Tinghe, who holds the reins of government and the law, and is a vast bureaucratic system."
"The focus of both sides is, on the surface, whether the president lied or misbehaved. In reality, it is whether the investigation process has degenerated into a 'political witch hunt' that disregards the dignity of the country. On the surface, it is whether the Jiajing Emperor's biological father should be his uncle or his father. In reality, it is a dispute over whether the imperial power or the civil service group is the final arbiter of the highest rites of the empire. It is a question of who has the final say."
"Their counterattack strategy is the same: redefining the issue. The US president acknowledges the facts, but the motives for the attack. He doesn't deny his personal moral failings, but emphasizes that his opponent 'is willing to embarrass America worldwide in order to bring me down.' He elevates a personal scandal to the level of 'national dignity' and 'national image.' This immediately raises the bar, making patriotism eternally politically correct. In this way, he awakens the silent majority, making them believe that the investigation is an insult to the image of America in their hearts."
"The Jiajing Emperor followed a similar approach. He did not deny the succession process, but emphasized the filial piety of 'the natural bond between father and son, which cannot be artificially severed.' This has a broader scope, as everyone is born of parents. In this way, the debate over etiquette was elevated to the level of whether 'the way of heaven and human relations' and 'the emperor's filial piety' could be upheld, and the scope immediately broadened. Then he appointed middle and lower-ranking officials such as Zhang Cong and Gui E to propose the theory of 'succession of the throne but not of the heir,' to prove his legitimacy and gain public support."
Upon hearing this, Punonin was dumbfounded. Could these two things be separated?
The person in charge of the container market laughed: "Why can't we divide it? They're the emperor, aren't they?"
He pressed on to the final point, the issue of public opinion: "The US president incites the annoyance and resentment of ordinary Americans—why do you elites drag our entire country down with you in your infighting, making us a laughingstock of the world? Is this something to be proud of? The Jiajing Emperor incited the sympathy and identification of lower- and middle-ranking officials and scholars—the emperor, as the Son of Heaven, wants to recognize his biological parents, what's wrong with that? Were Yang Tinghe and others too arrogant, deceiving the emperor?"
He clapped his hands and said, "At this point, public opinion has reversed, and we've won."
Punoning listened for a long time without uttering a sound.
He felt that his entire worldview had been reshaped.
One sentence kept echoing in his mind: "Is this even possible?"
The person in charge of the container market craned their neck to analyze, while continuing to listen to the university professor's analysis.
This guy truly lives up to his reputation as a top university teacher. Just listen to his analysis; it's far better than his reading comprehension test performance when he was in school.
"What is the key? The key is the underlying logic of the survival of power! Even if the time, space, system, and culture are different, the highest-level political survival strategies will always have their common underlying logic."
"One is that you absolutely cannot fight on a pre-defined battlefield, because that's someone else's territory, and the advantages are all in their hands. You have to open up new battlefields so that you can be the one with the moral high ground."
"The second step is to find the highest value that can override everything, such as patriotism, national dignity, and filial piety as the foremost virtue. Use this higher value to deconstruct and belittle the laws or etiquette on which your opponent is based."
"The third step is that you have to make yourself a victim. The more noble the victim's status, the easier it is to arouse the sympathy of the lowest level of the masses. It sounds absurd, but the common people like to empathize with people of noble status, so that they can have the illusion that 'we are all the same'."
The former university professor, who had been talking non-stop, finished his last sip of beer, sighed, and said, "No matter which country or time it is, when an emperor faces a legitimacy crisis, the most brilliant counterattack is never to make excuses, nor does he need to. He just needs to redefine the rules of the game."
This was knowledge that Punoning had never encountered in his more than 40 years of life, whether at school, at work, or at home. He felt as if he had been nailed to his chair by a tremendous force, unable to move for a long time.
No one knows what the Chinese people present said next, but the former university teacher spat and turned away with a laugh.
Punoning's voice was dry, and when his vocal cords vibrated, it felt like his throat was being rubbed with sandpaper: "What are they saying?"
The person in charge of the container market was both amused and exasperated: "Teacher Tao said that in ancient times, only the crown prince could learn this kind of knowledge. This is also the key reason why, even though they were all children of the emperor, they were not raised to be crown princes and received a good education, they were completely clueless when they became emperors and had no idea what to do."
He couldn't help but sigh, "The emperor is the one who defines the rules of the game."
After he finished speaking, seeing that Punonin remained silent for a long time, he asked in confusion, "Mr. Punonin, would you like a fresh bowl of soup? It seems to be getting cold."
We were all so busy talking that we didn't really have time to eat.
Punonin forced a smile: "No need."
After gulping down his soup, he suddenly spoke up again, "This person is really impressive; he actually managed to become an advisor to the President of the United States."
The market manager subconsciously scratched his head, feeling he had to tell the truth: "It's nothing, sir. You heard it yourself, the Jiajing Emperor's Great Rites Controversy serves as an example, so we can just apply it. Besides, changing the framework of the debate, putting the opponent on a morally passive footing, and thus winning the support of the centrists is a common tactic for power to survive in history, both in China and abroad."
Punonin pressed further, "So you think she's not good?"
In Russian, the pronunciation of "he" and "her" is different.
The market manager was taken aback, not understanding why this tax police major general had specifically mentioned her.
In general, when the gender of the other person is unknown, isn't "he" used to specifically refer to the unknown person?
That's how his Chinese teacher taught him when he was in elementary school.
Therefore, the person in charge had to be more careful with his words: "It's still very impressive. Just because you've learned and read something doesn't mean you can use it. The real skill of a smart person is to learn and apply it effectively."
But Punoning could clearly sense that the other party didn't think the plan was particularly groundbreaking.
Not only him, but none of the Chinese people present seemed particularly shocked.
Because of the Jiajing Emperor, and the Jiajing Emperor's Great Rites Controversy.
The richest asset of a country or a nation is never its magnificent buildings or splendid cultural relics, but its recorded history.
Just as the Chinese people don't seem to care, how many troubles can the United States have in its 200-year history? Just rummage through China's 5,000-year history and you can see them through to the end!
He vaguely wondered, how many Wang Xiaos are there in this world? How many Wang Xiaos are well-versed in history?
He felt a silent fear, coming from all directions, a dense, needle-like fear.
Wang Xiao is not well-versed in history.
To be honest, she couldn't even explain what the Jiajing Emperor's Great Rites Controversy was all about. "Those Things of the Ming Dynasty" was a hit, but she was too busy before she transmigrated to read it from beginning to end.
The reason she was able to design this plan was mainly based on the psychology cases her teachers used to talk about when she was in college before she traveled through time.
In real history, the US president who was involved in the White House sex scandal was not successfully impeached, nor did he choose to resign on the eve of impeachment like Nixon.
Actually, this is not surprising, after all, sex scandals and Watergate are different in nature and political environment.
The irony of history is that in 1998, when Clinton was in a terrible predicament, his approval rating not only did not decline, but actually soared.
From a theoretical point of view, this is not right.
After all, most American voters are normal people, and normal people have normal values.
A normal person wouldn't think it's right for a married man with daughters to cheat, and that a boss suspected of sexually harassing a female subordinate deserves sympathy.
Good heavens, he has been using his presidential privilege to prevent the other party from suing, and his hasty decision to settle is tantamount to him admitting that the matter is true.
Even if such a morally corrupt person is not removed from the presidency, his supporters should decrease drastically, and the public should use their votes to prove their values.
But the opposite is true; after he admitted to the White House sex scandal, his approval rating soared.
This is certainly not because he displayed virility and won over the American public during the White House sex scandal.
Nobody was that thirsty.
What truly enabled him to turn the tide and escape from adversity was, on the one hand, the presence of strong teammates—at the time, the US economy was booming, and as long as the Dow Jones Industrial Average did not fall below 8,500, his approval rating would not drop below 55%.
On the other hand, there was the unexpected help from his own incompetent allies—the independent prosecutor in charge of the case and the Republican Party behind him chose to release the entire four-hour court hearing video and investigation report online.
The video and investigation report precisely demonstrate the independent prosecutor's incisive scrutiny of sexual details, so explicit that they rival those of a pornographic film.
For example, when this investigative report was translated into Chinese and published, the news headlines included "Ten Sexual Encounters of the US President, More Sensual Than Novels (Adults Only)," "The Story of Sex and Encounters in the Western Chamber, the Crimson Peach Blossom Fan," and "First Flirtation in the Private Study, Springtime Awakens in the White House." (Note ①)
It really has the feel of an erotic novel.
After enjoying the gossip, the onlookers were satisfied with their voyeuristic desires, but they were also angered by the need for decorum.
Humans have always been like this, wanting both.
They were outraged, believing it went too far and that the actions of the independent prosecutor and the court constituted a serious violation of personal privacy.
The United States is a country that highly values individual rights, and Americans are educated in this way from a young age.
Therefore, their emotions rebounded, and they became more inclined to accept the assertion that "the investigation into the president is in fact a political persecution."
Private moral issues shouldn't be blown out of proportion like this.
In this modern era with such a high rate of infidelity, how many people dare to say they are completely innocent?
They felt that they and their families were being judged, and with this rebellious spirit, the president successfully averted disaster.
Wang Xiao has a firm grasp on historical sentiment, which is why he used the release of the plan to remind the independent prosecutor in charge of the case and the Republican Party not to make a foolish mistake.
She doesn't expect Bill to be successfully impeached.
In any country that can boast of its achievements, political struggles are never about right and wrong, but rather about choosing interests.
She just didn't want him to get out of his predicament so easily.
Regardless of which country's head of state is in trouble, it means trouble for that country.
Political chaos is a good thing; crisis always equals opportunity.
The Nasdaq is surging, the value of new technology companies is soaring, and the economic era is in a frenzy.
This means that not only can "WoBuy.com" easily achieve a listing on NASDAQ, but it also means that the companies that computer companies have been busy creating have also ushered in a period of explosive value growth.
When hot money floods in, all regulations are just paper walls.
Just like in 1997, when those long-established and strictly regulated international banks lent money to Russian banks, they didn't even know the latter's shareholding structure or who the actual owner was, yet that didn't stop them from issuing large sums of loans.
This is Moscow in 1997, with plenty of people eagerly pouring their money in.
In the market, pure acquirers are always just secondary buyers. Even if they buy shares in companies like Yahoo or Amazon, they're not the most profitable.
Only by personally participating and creating bubbles can one become the biggest beneficiary of those bubbles.
Zhou Liang was busy as a spinning top again.
His boss split him and Yang Tao into two teams. He was responsible for running the NASDAQ listing of "WoBuy.com", and another portal controlled by a fund in the Cayman Islands also needed to go through the same process.
Oh, the latter's selling point is the Soviet Union's cutting-edge cryptography and data compression technologies.
Well, actually, Zhou Liang didn't understand what these technologies were all about at all.
But he doesn't need to figure it out, because the significance of these technologies in terms of information is to give the portal an instant "differentiated advantage," making it easier for him to tell stories that far surpass his peers.
Zhou Liang suspected that even if his storytelling skills were not very good, it wouldn't stop a large amount of money from flowing in.
How hot was the Russian financial market in the spring of 1997? Anything even remotely related to stocks was enthusiastically sought after.
The US economy was booming in the spring and summer of 1998.
Top investment banks are eager to withdraw from traditional industries. They are impatient to take the initiative and quickly push established companies, as long as they have a story, to Nasdaq.
The company doesn't need solid profits; all it needs is explosive user growth data and a prospectus filled with terms like "network effects" and "disruptive innovation." Amidst the Nasdaq's frenzied rise, the company's valuation jumps to new heights every day.
Zhou Liang thought of the story of the Little Mermaid, in which the Little Mermaid turned into foam and disappeared under the sun when the sun rose.
What's happening now might be the next Little Mermaid.
Like the latter, it cannot obtain the prince's illusory love and can only disappear. Similarly, the stock market will vanish if there are no buyers.
In the process, a large amount of wealth was harvested.
Yang Tao's work direction is the opposite of Zhou Liang's. She targets traditional manufacturing and chemical companies whose stock prices have been affected by political crises and economic uncertainties, but which have a large portfolio of technology patents.
These are the hard technologies that form the foundation of industry; they are genuine treasures.
The sad thing is that they are like the technical backbone of a company who only knows how to work hard without thinking. They are never the most favored ones. Instead, if you don't do it, there are plenty of people who will.
Therefore, in the era of internet economic frenzy, they became symbols of backwardness and were relegated to the sidelines.
Yangtao needs to seize this opportunity to acquire technology and talent.
While they were busy with their work, their boss sat on a farm in Cape Town, happily munching on tender corn and passing the time by reading gossip news online.
Holy crap! Ms. Jones is incredibly powerful.
The US president just now was showing weakness: Am I really so unforgivable? I did make a mistake, but was my crime really that serious?
Ms. Jones immediately countered: When did the punishment of the murderer become the fault of the victim? Shouldn't the victim fight back against the murderer and seek legal protection?
In conclusion, public opinion is indeed unfavorable to this president.
He repeatedly used his privilege to postpone the trial of this sexual harassment case, clearly in order to prolong the battle, create emotional exhaustion among American citizens, and elicit angry shouts of "Are you ever going to stop?" in order to buy himself a chance to survive.
But as time went on, voices appeared on the internet and in newspapers: Stop hiding, coward Bill, the Bill who dares to do but not to admit it!
Now, "the poor kid from Arkansas" is no longer his label; his latest identity is Coward Bill.
It is clear to the naked eye that this nickname will most likely stay with him for the rest of his life.
Wang Xiao was quite curious: how would His Excellency the President retaliate under such circumstances?
This president is no ordinary person; he will not surrender easily, nor will he, like Nixon, choose to resign voluntarily in the early stages of impeachment to preserve his last shred of dignity.
What should he do?
Wang Xiao didn't know how to handle the public relations situation next.
After all, she's in a position of power, and she's not the President of the United States. She didn't receive any public relations fees, so why should she worry about other people's business?
She might as well eat a couple more corncobs; although they're easy to gain weight from, at least they won't upset her stomach.
She leisurely made her way from autumn in South Africa to winter.
Then the whole world was in an uproar.
In July 1998, the United States suddenly launched airstrikes against Iraq.
The long period of peace following the Cold War was abruptly interrupted.
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Note ①: The news headline references "The Destructive Power of Online Communication—The Role of the Internet in the Clinton Sex Scandal" (by Min Dahong).
In real history, on December 16, 1998, less than 20 hours before the U.S. House of Representatives was scheduled to vote on whether to impeach Clinton, Clinton ordered Operation Desert Fox to launch a large-scale air campaign against Iraqi military and security bases and facilities.
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