The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

Yes!

According to the US military, US$89.8 billion is only enough to pay wages to the US military.

The number of U.S. troops now reaches 1.8 million. Based on this calculation, the average annual salary for U.S. troops is US$50,000.

Impeccable!

Yes, completely impeccable!

According to the latest statistics, the average annual income of Americans is US$36,200.

Being a soldier is a dangerous profession, and it is normal for the salary to be higher. Otherwise, who would be a soldier?

Not to mention, a large part of the U.S. troops are located in military bases outside the United States and have relevant subsidies, as well as some pensions and work-related injuries.

The U.S. military often complains, believing that in order for the United States to maintain strong military strength and maintain U.S. hegemony, its military expenditure should reach at least 300 billion U.S. dollars. Otherwise, the United States will face the decline of its hegemony.

The U.S. military industry has also been complaining, saying that there are not enough orders, military factories have to lay off employees, and production lines cannot be updated and repaired. In the future, the United States will face the dilemma of having no military factories to produce weapons.

In the United States, military expenditure is not just military expenditure, but also a business. I don’t know how many parties have to cut this delicious cake.

Nowadays, the continuous reduction of military expenditures has undoubtedly touched everyone's taste.

This has led to a significant increase in the frequency of shootings, to the point where a handsome guy was almost shot in the head.

Moreover, the current focus of the United States is not in Asia, let alone Southeast Asia, but in Europe.

Starting from May 2nd, the countdown to the euro begins!

The United States deeply feels that the euro will pose a serious threat to the dollar.

Because once the euro is truly launched, it means that most countries in the EU, except for a few countries such as the United Kingdom, will use the euro, no longer need the US dollar, and use the US dollar as foreign exchange reserves.

This is hugely damaging to the U.S. dollar.

Even the U.S. government doesn’t know the exact number of how much the U.S. dollar has been issued over the years, but it probably does.

The massive over-issuance of U.S. dollars requires the U.S. dollar to become an internationally accepted currency and the currency for foreign exchange reserves of various countries, so that all U.S. dollars will not flow back to the United States.

If all the massive U.S. dollars issued by the United States flow back to the United States, the United States will be doomed.

Moreover, after the birth of the euro, will other countries hold part of the euro as foreign exchange reserves?

You know, Europe has a great influence all over the world.

The size of each country's foreign exchange reserves is about the same. If you hold more euros, you will hold less U.S. dollars or U.S. debt.

How will the United States continue to issue more U.S. dollars and U.S. bonds in the future?

It can be said that the threat of the euro to the US dollar is clearly visible.

In this case, the United States is paying attention to Europe and wants to cause trouble.

The birth of the euro means that Europe is ushering in monetary integration, which is an important measure and symbol to complete economic integration. After economic integration, it must be followed by political integration and military integration.

When Europe truly realizes the integration of economic integration, political integration, and military integration, that will be the true integration of Europe. By then, the strength of an integrated Europe will be no less than that of the United States, or even stronger than the United States, and it will also require the United States. What are you doing stationing troops in Europe? ?

At that time, the United States will truly lose Europe!

The United States has always had a clear understanding that its best overseas interests lie in Europe, and Europe is where its best interests lie.

In order to avoid the embarrassing situation after World War I, the United States, as the savior, was squeezed out of Europe by Britain and France. After the end of World War II, the United States directly joined forces with the Soviet Union to dismantle the British and French colonial systems, causing Britain, France and other European countries to lose their vast colonies and completely lose the possibility of becoming a superpower.

Before World War II, Britain and France were the world's first and second most powerful countries. They had been fighting for hundreds of years. No matter how much they fought or how great their losses were, they quickly recovered. The reason is not that Britain and France both had vast colonies, and they could draw a steady stream of goods from their vast colonies. Do you suck blood to make up for your losses?

France's mainland area is only 550,000 square kilometers, but it has more than 10 million square kilometers of colonies.

Britain is also known as the empire on which the sun never sets. It has a vast colony of more than 30 million square kilometers. It governs a population of about 400-500 million, accounting for a quarter of the world's total population, and its territory also accounts for a quarter of the world's total land area. one.

And this does not count China as a semi-colonial country.

If all were included, the colonies of Britain and France at their peak would have been even larger.

Why do British people still miss the era of Queen Victoria? It’s because that era was the peak era of Britain. At that time, Britain was an empire on which the sun never sets, a maritime hegemon, and a world hegemon!

If the United States loses its hegemony, it may have no choice but to retreat to its homeland and continue to accumulate strength and wait for the opportunity.

The U.S. military and related interest groups use this statement to intimidate.

Sometimes the United States describes a certain party as a threat and exaggerates how powerful it is, so just listen. Maybe the US military wants to use this reason to exaggerate the threat and then get money from Congress.

During the meeting, there was a lot of quarrels. After the meeting, everyone talked and laughed and went to have dinner together.

During the meeting, everyone represents the interests of the country and must argue based on their reasons.

After the meeting, everyone is a colleague and a friend.

In this small place, everyone is an old acquaintance.

At this time, CNN was reporting, but it was a CNN reporter in Australia interviewing refugees who had crossed the ocean to Indonesia.

War is the easiest to destroy the original order.

When war breaks out, ordinary people are the most miserable and have to be displaced.

War is also the easiest to cause refugees.

Some refugees, in order to survive, crossed the ocean to Australia, because only Australia is safe.

But even the nearest big island is more than 400 kilometers away from Australia, and the farther one is 1,000 to 2,000 kilometers or even 2,000 to 3,000 kilometers.

Many times, they can't reach Australia on a small fishing boat, so they go to the sea to feed the fish.

For example, the refugee who was being interviewed by the CNN reporter was in tattered clothes and had a numb face.

He said that their fishing boat carried 100 people, but it capsized. He was lucky to reach the shore with a piece of wood, but the others were killed.

Then he told reporters how terrible it was happening there. The government army captured strong men everywhere, even pregnant women were not spared, and they were all sent to the battlefield. The food was taken away by the government army.

The representatives of various countries who were watching the news had different thoughts while eating.

There is not a year without war in this world.

Africa is still in flames, producing countless refugees. Many refugees are heading north to Europe. There are also Americans organizing fleets at the docks to transport refugees to Europe. There are also some human rights organizations that transport food and other necessities to the refugees on the shore, and then confront the Spanish police.

How many African refugees are still buried in the Mediterranean? Aren’t they pitiful! ?

To be able to come to this big stage to quarrel, everyone’s psychological quality has long been trained to be very tough.