Chapter 857: NATO's Decision
Brussels is the capital and largest city of Belgium, and is also the seat of the main administrative organs of the European Union, known as the capital of Europe, the headquarters of the European Union and NATO, and more than 200 international administrative centers and more than 1,000 official organizations set up offices here, and many international conferences are held here every year.
Following the start of the first summit of the East African Community, Brussels also ushered in a new meeting. Although the scale of the meeting was small, it attracted more attention than any other meeting.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) convened the heads of state of each member state to hold the "North Atlantic Treaty Organization Summit of the Supreme Leaders" at its headquarters in Brussels.
Although it is not clear what the crisis is, everyone naturally points the finger at Somalia, especially Somalia, which is actively forming a federal state with its neighbors.
Now, a few days have passed since the G-8 summit in Bagua City, and the holding of this summit is an obvious coincidence.
On the day of the meeting, the heads of state of 28 countries gathered in Brussels to meet the meeting of NATO International Secretary-General Jens Murphy. Under Stoltenberg's chairmanship, the meeting soon began.
However, unlike previous summits, at the beginning of this meeting, every NATO leader sat in his place without saying a word, and the secretary of the translator next to him, with his hands on the keyboard, waiting for the speech to begin.
At the round conference table, seeing that the meeting was cold at the beginning, Obama gave his secretary a look. "Mr. President, we represent the supreme leader of an organization that has lasted for more than half a century. Today's NATO is facing unprecedented challenges, and a Cold War is quietly emerging, no less dangerous than it was at the beginning.
Although between countries. There are still some small frictions between us in some places, but this does not affect the unity of our common skin. As a result of the initial miscalculation and the discord between us, we allowed a potential adversary to grow up enough to challenge our position. If the whole organization is so detached from now on, there is no guarantee that we will be pulled down from the altar. β
NATO is an international military bloc established by the United States and the major developed countries of Western Europe and North America to achieve defense cooperation. With a large number of nuclear weapons and conventional forces, it is an important military power of the West. This was a sign of the strategic alliance of the capitalist camp after World War II, an extension and development of the Marshall Plan in the military field, which enabled the United States to control the defense system of the European Union, led by Britain and France. It is a sign of the leadership of the United States as a world superpower.
The confrontation with the Warsaw Pact during the Cold War brought NATO to where it is today, but after the collapse of the Soviet Union, European countries gradually became dissatisfied with the United States' meddling in European affairs. There are many frictions of interests between Europe and the United States within NATO, and the United States is trying its best to maintain NATO's existential nature.
However, there are still greater interests among NATO, and they are far greater than the small frictions between them, otherwise NATO is already in danger of dissolution.
However. There are great differences among NATO countries on the issue of unanimity with foreign countries, especially on their policies toward Russia and Somalia, and many NATO countries are not resolute in their attitudes. Otherwise. After Li Lan unified Somalia, it was not a four-nation coalition.
After all, the economic crisis in Europe has made countries miserable, recently because of the garbage problem on the coast of Africa. The European network was relentlessly attacked, causing heavy losses to countries for a while. It also led to various subsequent crises. The direct and indirect losses have exceeded the $2 trillion demanded by Somalia. This has created a huge dissatisfaction with the country among the entire European population.
And the entire online world is full of white people who dare not do it, which is simply all kinds of ruthless blackness, which also puts European governments under unprecedented pressure.
Now, hearing Obama's beginning, no one speaks. In fact, most of the people here still think the same, and Anne can't do it, so where to start.
And they all know very well that the young man in Somalia is not easy to mess with, and among all the countries present, there is no more than one hand in the country that can really dare to fight with Somalia.
It's okay to follow the boss to bully the short and poor, and get a little benefit by the way, but follow the boss to fight, and if you don't get it right, you will break your arms and legs, and it's better to be less involved in this kind of thing.
The backwater appearance of everyone in the audience still made Obama feel extremely annoyed, but he did not have a seizure, and here he needs to be very careful with his words, the more times like this, the more he cannot force these people.
At this time, Obama's secretary stood up with a copy of the document and said: "Dear leaders, according to the news released by Bagua City in the past few days, it can be confirmed that there is no accident in the formation of the East African Community. So far, a total of 32 cooperation agreements have been discussed and confirmed among the eight countries. It has determined the formation of the East African Community (EAC) with Somalia as the mainstay, determined a monetary system based on the Somali shilling, jointly developed various resources within the sovereignty of the eight countries, unified the laws among the eight countries, eliminated the national borders established by the eight countries, and citizens of the eight countries can travel freely without passports......
These projects were signed before yesterday, and this morning the G-8 signed a common military agreement of the Community, which includes the reorganization of all the forces of each country, the formation of a jointly owned army, the reunification of the military service system and the reserve system of the Community, the reorganization of the armed police forces of the eight countries, and the unification of weapons standards when the federal state is formally formed. In the future, once a federal state is formed, the title of the active regular army of the eight countries will be officially determined as the Somali Federal Guard. The police force calls it the Somali Federal Police ......"
At this point, Obama's secretary paused for a moment, took a deep breath and continued: "According to the final agreement reached in the East African Community, after the completion of the reorganization of the Community this year, the work of forming a federal state will begin, which is expected to be early next year." Complete federalism and form the Bundestag. This was followed by elections for the top leader of the Somali Federation. The incumbent leaders of the eight countries are candidates for a referendum. The leader with the largest number of votes will be the first Supreme Leader of the Somali Federation......"
After saying the news from Gossip City in one breath, Obama's secretary sat down, and nothing happened to him.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Li Lan's ambition has been shown in front of our eyes, at this time, do we really have to watch him grow stronger step by step in silence. Now Somalia is already a big tail, and once the Somali Federation emerges, it will be a formidable opponent no less than the Soviet Union. Obama grimaced and picked up the report he had prepared. He continued: "I have in my hand an assessment report made by all the think tanks in the United States, once the Somali Federation is formally established, it will be a country with a total land area of 4 million square kilometers, a total population of 210 million, and an annual GDP of more than 1.5 trillion US dollars. β
With that, Obama slowly stood up and glanced down at the twenty-seven FΓΌhrers seated at the table. Taking a deep breath, he said: "If we still treat our opponent as a normal African country, it will be our greatest tragedy, and everyone in Somalia did not pay attention to it. But in just a few years, it has developed to where it is today, thinking about when Somalia was just becoming a state. The annual GDP is less than 100 billion, but the next year it reached 200 billion. Now it has reached 1.4 trillion yuan, with an average growth rate of more than 160%. Once the Federation of Somalia was formally established. That would make it the thirteenth largest economy in the world, and in the next ten years, it will most likely overtake Japan to become the third largest economy in the world. When the time comes, who will stand in the way of Somalia becoming a superpower? β
As soon as Obama's words fell, German Chancellor Angela Merkel took the lead in saying: "What can you do about President Ma Obama?" β
"War is the next resort, and we're not ready for war, so." At this point, Obama took another deep breath, calmed his restlessness, and said, "I'm going to take a trip to Somalia." β
Obama's decision completely made the entire conference room come alive, and the expressionless faces were then occupied by all kinds of doubts, and a few were about to ask something directly, but Obama did not give them a chance to speak out, and continued: "This is also the choice I made with a lot of determination." The situation we have in Somalia today is actually caused by us.
If I had listened to me and admitted the charges filed by Somalia in the International Tribunal, there would not be the so-called Somali Federation created by Li Lan today, but we could have taken advantage of this to make a good gesture and win over more African countries. Now, not only have you lost even more money, but we have even lost our most important strategic space. β
Obama's words made everyone's faces a little ugly, especially Britain and France, a prime minister and a president, their faces were as white as pig's liver. However, the two did not refute Obama's words because they were telling the truth.
But how could you have thought so far in the first place?
After all, two trillion dollars is not a small amount, and anyone will refuse. But now that everyone thinks about it, they all regret it very much, Obama mentioned it to them at the beginning, admitted the crime, apologized, and then let the international court judge and pay the compensation in installments, instead of winning over the African coastal countries.
Although this will increase Somalia's international prestige and improve Somalia's status in Africa, with reparations, those African countries will naturally remember their goodness, and even if Somalia wants to win them over completely, it will not be so easy.
Now, the refusal of European countries to admit their crimes, or when everyone understands the truth of the matter, this has also completely offended African countries for the whole of Europe. Add to that the economic losses caused by cyber warfare, and European countries have not only ruined their reputations, but also lost even more.
If it weren't for the results, they wouldn't have been silent about Obama's words, silently suffering in their hearts.
"It's come to this point, it's impossible for us to change our words now, otherwise our losses won't be like this." The depression in his heart made Cameron can't help but say a word.
After meeting the second speaker, Obama slowly sat down and said: "Actually, what we need most now is the space to deal with the affairs of our respective countries, ease relations with Russia, and free up our hands to deal with our real threat, Somalia." β
"That's why you decided to visit Somalia?" Merkel asked.
"This is only one aspect, and there are more and more intense demonstrations in Djibouti, and it is necessary to have a good talk with the Somali one. Somalia is developing so fast that we alone will only gradually lose our advantage. Twenty days ago, I ended my visit to India, and the harvest was not small. However, we need to strengthen ourselves. Before making a formal visit to Somalia, I hope that you can have an open dialogue, otherwise the white era that has dominated directly for hundreds of years will probably end in our hands. Obama said.
"You're asking for our promise?" Hollande Road.
"Yes, the United States today is willing to lay down its means and withdraw its troops from Europe as long as it can successfully stop the development of Somalia." Obama directly took out his biggest bargaining chip, and withdrawing troops from Europe is tantamount to no longer interfering in European affairs.
Sure enough, Obama's words made everyone's eyes shine, but everyone did not appear as he expected.
"What if a nuclear war is triggered?"
"Our original intention will not change, so the nuclear issue is also the most important thing for me to visit Somalia." Obama said.
"But no one can control their inner hand, the war really breaks out, once you hit the red eyes, anything can happen." Merkel said expressionlessly.
Obama shook his head lightly and said: "In the world, no matter what the problem, there will always be a decisive day, today's Somalia, not the original Soviet Union, the Cold War can not be replicated, although Li Lan is very ambitious, but judging from the previous wars, he is not an irrational person." Nuclear weapons are the weapons that destroy both sides, and neither is the winner, so there is still room for conversation. β
Speaking of this, Obama had a little more confidence on his face and said: "And there are still many people in this world who do not want to see the emergence of nuclear war, and I believe that China will help us restrain Li Lan." β
The faces of everyone present softened a lot, and it was clear that Obama's words were still very convincing. The next meeting was much easier, and everyone began to exchange ideas about how to restore the economy, and some things were already tacitly understood. (To be continued......)