Chapter 1138: Confusing
The world situation, because of the chaos in Japan, has triggered a chain reaction.
Including the Ryukyu Restoration Organization's demand for the restoration of the Ryukyu Kingdom, huge changes in the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq, and Germany's choice.
The German army surrounded 293 US military bases in the territory, cutting off water, power, and communications. The German government's attitude was very tough.
France and other European countries have expressed support for Germany. They believe that Germany is a normalizing country, and then accuse the United States of misbehavior by stationing troops in Europe.
Today's Europe is no longer the Europe that was in ruins during World War II. Today's Europe has already completed post-war reconstruction.
Moreover, because of the Iraq War, the Franco-German Alliance was established, and the Franco-German Alliance and the United States broke up. The two sides are no longer the seemingly close allies they used to be, but rivals!
The Franco-German alliance wants to revitalize Europe and restore its glory. The biggest enemy is not Russia, but the United States. The United States is the biggest opponent and stumbling block to European integration!
Moreover, the United States is no longer the largest and most powerful industrial country in the world. The United States has a very strong military and deploys weapons around the world. It launched the Afghanistan War in October 2001 and the Iraq War on March 20, 2003. The United States did not show overwhelming power to win the war.
In addition, the Franco-German alliance is moving closer to Russia at this time and is not afraid of the United States militarily.
Facing the changes, the United States suddenly discovered that Europe was no longer in ruins during World War II, and the world was no longer the same world as before.
This world is not a bipolar struggle for hegemony, but is moving towards a multi-polar world!
Countless Americans can't help but miss the Europe of those days, the Germany of those days, and the Japan of those days.
As the defeated countries in World War II, Germany and Japan also paid a heavy price when they launched the war. The entire country was devastated by the war, the people were displaced, the city was in ruins, a large number of companies closed down, and the national economy was on the verge of collapse. Collapse, even food and clothing became a problem.
At that time, Pauline, the capital of Germany, experienced the final decisive battle. The entire city was smashed and riddled with holes.
An American reporter once described Berlin at that time: In fact, Berlin was just a microcosm of Germany at that time. The war exhausted Germany's national power, causing the country's people's livelihood to be ruined and production to be stagnant. Especially after being occupied by the partition, Germany was divided into two, which led to the rupture of Germany's economic industry and regional structure. The country was completely unable to operate normally, and even eating became a problem. So much so that the local government had to implement a controlled economy and implement a rationing system for food supplies.
In addition, important industrial areas and resource areas in Germany, such as the industrial center Ruhr, were all under the control of the occupying power. As punishment for the defeated countries, they tried their best to restrict Germany's resumption of industrialization, which made Germany's post-war situation extremely difficult.
Japan was also miserable. Although it was not occupied by the partition, it was bombed indiscriminately by the US military for several months, including two atomic bombs. Basically, cities with some industrial foundation were in ruins. In addition, Japan itself is a country that is lacking in resources, and under its aggressive military activities, supplies are even more scarce. As a result, hungry people are everywhere and the land is devastated.
In order to eat, the once well-dressed white-collar workers of the company had to rummage through the trash cans for bread thrown away by American soldiers. And those Japanese women even took the initiative to throw themselves into their arms for a piece of bread.
At that time, American soldiers were the saviors. Countless European and Japanese women wanted to be lovers of American soldiers. American soldiers left countless mixed-race children in Europe and Japan.
At that time, American soldiers also played like this, but when they killed people, the country they were in had to cover the lid and wipe the butt of the American soldiers.
The United States has a great psychological advantage over Europe and Japan. If European countries can successfully complete post-war reconstruction work, it must be said that the Americans' "Marshall Plan". As for Japan, it was the United States that single-handedly pulled it up from the ruins. Relying on the large number of orders from the Korean War, it brought the first pot of gold to Japan after the war, and its industry was able to recover and develop rapidly.
It can be said that in the eyes of Americans, they are the savior of Europe and Japan. They have saved Europe and Japan. Isn't it normal for a savior to show off?
American soldiers have been doing this for the past few decades without major problems. Why did it cause such a big thing this time?
The US government, which originally had an extremely tough attitude, had to soften its attitude when faced with the current predicament.
Fighting, it is impossible to fight!
If the US military and the German army start fighting, maybe the S3 season will officially start!
The focus of the United States today is Afghanistan and Iraq!
As long as Afghanistan is captured, the United States will have a geostrategic advantage, and neighboring countries will have to consider the weight of the United States' words.
As long as Iraq is captured, the United States' voice in the international energy market will increase significantly. It will even use Afghanistan and Iraq as a springboard to launch the Persian War. As long as Persia is captured, all energy centers around the world will have to listen to the United States. , the petrodollar system will be extremely stable.
As long as it takes over Libya, the United States will be able to control most of Africa!
This is where America’s focus lies!
Europe is the most important overseas interest of the United States, and it has huge political and economic interests!
If a fight breaks out, these interests will be completely wiped out.
As long as they don't fight, it's nothing more than a war of words. Now they are at odds, but maybe in two or three years they will be good brothers and allies again!
However, it's not so easy to get the US military to leave Germany just like that.
It's easier to invite a god than to send him away!
Since ancient times, the same principle has been used both at home and abroad.
How could the Americans give up without Germany paying a price?
At this time, these things forced the United States to give up a lot of territory in Afghanistan, and strategically changed from the original offensive to the defensive, and suffered heavy losses.
The Iraq War, the originally planned ground force military action, was canceled.
It's just that now, people all over the world are just watching the fun, and the crowd is cheering, as if everyone is looking forward to the start of the S3 season.
The Afghan guerrillas scolded the Americans fiercely, and then announced that as long as they withdrew from Afghanistan, the Afghan guerrillas would not retaliate against their country.
Bin Laden also published a video that spread on the Internet around the world.
Saddam Hussein was so happy in Iraq that he scolded the Americans harshly, and then expressed Iraq's determination again, that is, to live and die with Iraq and never surrender.
In Libya, Gaddafi has been celebrating every day recently, and he feels so happy that he will feel uncomfortable if he doesn't scold the United States for a day.
Now that the United States is in such a big trouble, Gaddafi feels so happy in his heart, and it feels even better to scold it. (End of this chapter)