The current situation was that although the Soviet Union in 1986 had fallen into chaos, it still had some strength left. It was just tangled in a thousand threads it could not sort out, not even knowing which path to take. On top of that, the Chernobyl incident had dealt it a major blow in international public opinion, leaving even many of its own people who still held ideals feeling discouraged and disappointed.
Over in Mexico, the left wing was like a small boat tossed by wind and rain. The new economic policies had not worked well, the public was deeply disappointed, liberal parties were watching like hawks, and there were internal disputes within the Mexican Revolutionary Party.
But if someone connected these two sides at this moment, certain people would immediately see the light.
Though it was somewhat extreme, humanity's flaws did exist. When people did not know how to develop themselves better, dragging down the other side was also an option. The news from Mexico was making certain senior Soviet officials realize this.
The Soviet Union's situation truly was not good now. After a series of mistakes, it was being cursed both at home and abroad. It should have improved itself to make everyone stop cursing it, but now it seemed faster to make them curse someone else instead.
And who else could that someone be?
To put it plainly, both the US-Soviet sides had been thinking about winning the Cold War. But if one side changed its thinking from making itself win the Cold War to making the other side lose it, things became interesting.
And in 1986, the United States had more or less just changed its thinking. Its Cold War policy had shifted from developing itself and surpassing the other side to ruining the other