Chapter 1159: Economic Problems
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If Iraq has only one in its hands, then, business as usual, the United States can completely destroy Iraq's military power by using nuclear weapons, but if Iraq has 50 of them, then all this can no longer be solved by military means.
Without the military, what is there for the United States?
"Our current economic situation is not optimistic, we have suffered two military defeats, and these wars have completely consumed all the savings in our treasury." The finance minister said: "President, we have no money now. ”
Out of money? Needless to say? Bush said: "We have not yet started to issue treasury bonds this year, so we can continue to issue treasury bonds." ”
When Bush finished speaking, he saw the helplessness on the face of Henry Paulson, the Treasury secretary he trusted.
"How?" Bush asked.
"President, now that we issue treasury bonds, I'm afraid that no one is willing to buy them, even in our country, the people have begun to demand the exchange of treasury bonds in advance." Henry said.
"How is this possible?" Bush said: "Our country's economy has been developing rapidly in recent years, and our treasury bonds are also in high demand in the international market. ”
"President, in the past few days, the situation has changed a lot, in the international market, our treasury bonds have been sold off, and now, we want to find enough funds to receive our treasury bonds, I am afraid it will be very difficult." Henry said.
"It's an Arab, right?" Bush asked.
"It's not just the Arabs, we've seen it. Countries in Europe have also begun to reduce their debts. Henry said.
European. Europeans, what do they want to do? Bush was a little angry, but in the midst of his anger, he was already a little scared, something he had never felt before.
The United States, not omnipotently, in the current situation, if the Europeans do not cooperate. The United States is alone.
Moreover, the current Europeans are not only a problem of non-cooperation, but also a dismantling of the United States.
"What's going on with the Europeans?" Bush said: "Have they forgotten the agreement between us? ”
"Europeans have actually had a proposition for a long time that European affairs are more settled by the Europeans themselves, and now. The Arabs threw out the euro to settle the oil, they wanted to leave us behind completely. Henry said: "Your Excellency, we must respond early, otherwise our economy is at risk of collapse." ”
Economy. Like Bush Sr., Bush Jr. is not very fond of economics, but he knows that if he doesn't pay attention to it. Sooner or later, he will be abandoned by the American people, and the American people do not want their pockets to collapse.
At risk of collapse? Bush asked, "Is it that serious?" ”
"Yes. Now, what supports our entire American economy is the dollar and the oil system, and if this system collapses, then our economy will also collapse. Henry said, "It's impossible for the president not to see this, right?"
"We in the United States, with the most advanced science and technology, have the most complete manufacturing industry, even if it is not in line with oil, our economy may decline, but it is absolutely impossible to collapse, right?" Bush asked.
The United States has been developed for so many years, and Bush will never believe that without oil, they can collapse.
"Mr. President, my current national debt is 10 trillion US dollars, and if we add up to our arrears of social security and other debts, all of them add up, there will be 50 trillion US dollars, and we cannot afford to pay back these funds alone." Henry said.
This year's total global GDP is only 60 trillion US dollars, and the United States has so much debt that they really can't afford to pay it off.
"The reason why we dare to owe so much debt is because of the hegemony of our dollar in the world, for example, to buy oil, then we must use the dollar. And now, the situation has changed, and countries around the world can use the euro and the Argentine dollar to buy oil, so our dollar has no use value for them. Over the years, we in the United States have issued so many dollars, and other countries have stored a lot of dollars, even if they don't care about the trade deficit and use all these funds to buy things from our United States, can our American economy still exist? Henry said with a serious face.
The reason is very simple, just sell US bonds, this is still the first step, if countries throw out their foreign exchange reserves, that is, the dollar, to whom? It can only be thrown at the United States, then, the huge dollar, will flood the inside of the United States, what will be the result? It must be the depreciation of the currency!
They only need to take their foreign exchange and come to the United States to buy things, and they can buy the United States poor, and in the United States, what else can they have except a bunch of dollars left as butt wiping paper?
If people in other countries do this, then the consequences are very serious. What Henry said just now is not an exaggeration at all.
"We want to propose sanctions against Iraq at the United Nations, and if they dare to secretly develop nuclear weapons, that will be unanimously condemned by the international community, and if other countries want to oppose us on this issue, then public opinion will definitely be unfavorable to them. In addition, we want to freeze the funds of all the Arab countries that support Iraq, and if they dare to wage economic war, we will collect all these funds from us, the United States. Bush said.
If a military war continues to be fought, there will be no results, and for a country like Iraq, which already has ICBMs and nuclear weapons, it is absolutely not a good choice for both sides to destroy at the same time; politically and economically, there are still many wars to be fought, and if it cannot gain superiority in these aspects, the United States will be in danger.
Freeze the funds of the Arabs, they have invested a lot in the United States, and now, all those investments are American, and in the future, when they negotiate, they will treat it as their war reparations.
It's a tough test.
At this moment, I saw Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld hurriedly walking in and saying: "Your Excellency, I propose to deal a completely devastating blow to Iraq, otherwise, they will only become more rampant and do not take us the United States seriously." ”
Rumsfeld has rarely been so angry, and Bush actually thought in his heart that if he could really carry out a completely devastating blow to Iraq, it would not necessarily be a bad thing!
"What's going on?"
"Just two minutes ago, Iraq fired hundreds of rockets at our military base in Turkey." Rumsfeld said.
Iraq fired rockets? Powell asked, "Does Iraq have rockets that long-range?" ”
The base of the garrison from Iraq to Turkey, that's still far away.
"They attacked on the borders of Syria."
What do the Iraqi army, running to the borders of Syria, and then, firing rockets, attacking Turkish military bases, want to do?
"Iraq has already made a statement that we have sent B-2 bombers to bomb the Arab world without any reason, and in order to prevent us from using the bases there and continue to harm the peace-loving Arabs, they need to strike at our military bases."
That's right, that's what Cusay said.
Now, under the bloody war in Iraq, the United States has finally completely expelled its forces from the Arab world, and if the American aircraft carrier battle group wants to come to their doorstep again, it must first ask the Iraqi Navy whether it agrees.
However, although they took advantage of the situation to drive out the American aircraft carrier battle group in the Mediterranean and used Tu-22M bombers to escort them, they are already at the Libyan air base, and they have to take off two Tu-22Ms every day, carrying anti-ship missiles to show off, but the Arab world is still not safe.
Because, the United States also has military bases in Turkey, where the Americans can still threaten Iraq at any time. In a few years, after the American F-22 fighters enter service, they will definitely be deployed in Turkey as soon as possible, so that they can threaten Iraq at any time.
In later generations, when the Americans planned the Gulf War, they also used Turkey's air bases all along.
As long as the US troops are driven out of there, the Arab world will really be safe.
Moreover, for Turkey, they are not friendly with the Arabs, and when Iraq wanted to drive the aircraft carrier back from the Black Sea shipyard, Turkey did everything possible to obstruct it.
Therefore, in the strategy of Qusay, in fact, Turkey has long been included in its sight, but Iraq has always been a trick of the envoys, and this trick is the problem of the Kurds.
The Kurds can be regarded as an important separatist force between the three countries, Iraq, Iran and Turkey, there are large areas of Kurds in the territory, among them, the Kurds in Turkey are the largest.
In the Iran-Iraq war, Iraq and Iran both supported the Kurds in each other's territories and supported them in separatism, but no matter how much the Kurds developed, they could not confront the government army.
However, with the help of the great powers, it is different.
So, Iraq helped the Kurds, telling them that Iraq supported them in establishing Kurdistan in eastern Turkey. Moreover, Iraq has provided them with weapons, of course, with light weapons. Only a few obsolete tanks were offered to them.
Now that the Arab world is so powerful, it is absolutely impossible for the Kurds to split a piece of land from Iraq or Iran and establish Kurdistan, and many Kurds, because they are treated the same as Arabs and live in affluence, no longer raise the issue of Kurdistan. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )
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