The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

War, especially a world-class war, is definitely not the best option.

Just look at the huge casualties and losses in World War I and World War II and you will understand!

Unless absolutely necessary, war is the last option, especially for countries currently in the forefront.

Because you waged a war, other countries will take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune from the national disaster, thus giving other countries opportunities.

Look at Europe during World War I and World War II. European powers fought to the death, and as a result, Europe lost its hegemony over the entire world. The British and French colonial systems collapsed and were dismembered by the United States and the Soviet Union. The United States made a fortune from the national disaster and became the world hegemon in one fell swoop, competing with the Soviet Union for world hegemony. They can be called the most powerful empire and the most powerful hegemony in human history!
Looking at the losses during World War II, they were absolutely shocking. They truly caused tremendous damage to social productivity.

The Soviet Union suffered more than 2000 million casualties and lost 6790 billion rubles, which was equal to a quarter of the Soviet Union's total assets. More than 1.4 cities were destroyed in the war. France's economic losses in the war were 200 million francs, which was equivalent to France's GDP in the three years before the war. Poland lost 2000 billion US dollars, Czechoslovakia lost 91.45 billion crowns, Yugoslavia lost 1750 billion US dollars, Belgium lost 250 billion Belgian francs, Britain lost more than 114.25 billion pounds, and the Netherlands lost million guilders.

Japan is also actively participating in this summit.

Japan is also trembling now. After all, it has something to hide and is afraid of being held accountable later.

The Chinese people have not forgotten the evil that Japan committed on the land of Kyushu, and neither have the Japanese.

There is a view in Japanese society now that if a war breaks out, Japan will probably become a battlefield.

This has filled Japan from top to bottom with fear and worry.

It is no exaggeration to say that I have difficulty sleeping and eating.

On the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq, Japan saw very clearly the huge gap between the military strength of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces and that of powerful countries. This gap is very huge.

With the current strength of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, it is difficult to even protect themselves, let alone attack.

Japan is more active than any previous summit this time, even though the United States is very unhappy.

The topic of Northeast Asian economic integration has reached its highest level in history in Japan.

Even at this 10+2 summit, Japanese scholars shouted out something as treasonous as "Asia belongs to Asians."

During the one-week summit, many exchanges were held and exchanges in different fields were ongoing.

This summit also achieved fruitful results. All parties signed a joint statement. The joint statement shows that all parties will do their utmost to promote regional economic integration, implement the agreements reached, and remove obstacles to regional economic integration. At the same time, on the issue of how to deal with the economic crisis, all parties have expressed their positive attitude and will take proactive measures to resolve the economic crisis.

This time, the integration of politics, economy, culture and military was rarely proposed, which shows that a solid step forward has been taken in the direction of regional integration.

After the summit, Liu Tao attended the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Pan-Asia Railway Central Line and Western Line as well as the Malay Peninsula Railway.

In addition to local materials such as stone, soil, and wood, these railways have to transport a lot of steel and cement from within the country, which is also digesting related domestic production capacity.

Ordinary workers can be recruited locally, but skilled workers must be recruited from the country. In addition to building railways, highways, national roads, provincial roads, ports and docks will also be built in the Southeast Peninsula. Through large-scale investment in these infrastructures, economic development will be driven.

While making large-scale infrastructure investments overseas, we have also increased government investment at home to drive economic development through government investment.

As the domestic market is stimulated to absorb production capacity, various home appliances, cars and motorcycles are sent to the countryside. At this time, product prices are much cheaper than before because tax rates have been lowered or even cancelled.

With the efforts of all parties, 2008 quietly turned its last page and the world entered 2009.

They say that a new year brings new hope, but that’s not true.

With the change of ownership of the White House, the new US government has officially stepped onto the historical stage. It has proposed an economic stimulus bill of up to 9000 billion US dollars. Once passed, the amount of the US government's fiscal rescue plan will exceed 2 trillion US dollars.

The direct consequence of the US government's huge fiscal stimulus package is that the US government's fiscal deficit has soared. Many economic experts believe that the US fiscal deficit will exceed 2 trillion US dollars in the new year.

After all, in addition to supporting the previous US government's rescue plan, the new government has also launched its own financial rescue plan, including a promise to provide temporary tax incentives to US companies that create jobs in the next two years. Companies will receive a $3000 tax break for each new job they provide; allowing American families to withdraw a total of no more than $1 from their pension accounts in advance; extending the deadline for foreclosure of home mortgages by 90 days for homebuyers who are in trouble but are still struggling to repay their loans; and calling on the US Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department to provide more financial assistance to state and local governments.

As for the three principles of financial regulatory reform, they are to protect consumers, plug loopholes in the financial and regulatory systems, and strengthen international cooperation.

As for whether it can be done, no one knows.

Barack, who was full of ambition and ambition, originally wanted to make great achievements, but he soon suffered a setback.

Because Barack discovered that the previous government had left this government a mess. The huge national debt forced the United States to pay large interest every year, leaving no extra money for bailouts.

Even if quantitative easing is carried out and massive money printing is carried out, there is still a problem before him, and that is inflation.

He was able to win over his competitors because the inflation rate remained high and Americans were quite resentful.

If more dollars are printed, the inflation rate will be high, the dollar will depreciate, and the purchasing power of the dollar will decrease. If the US government follows the rules, it will have no money to rescue the market and may even go bankrupt.

Barack tried to visit the other side of the Pacific Ocean, hoping to overcome the economic crisis through international cooperation, but Barack soon found that his eloquence was ineffective.

When it comes to interests, the United States is faced with the question of what bargaining chips it can offer. Barack is faced with this choice and it is difficult for him to make a choice.

If he chooses to exchange chips, he will be scolded to death.

As for what he wanted, which was to get something for nothing, the other party wouldn't buy it at all.

This made Barack very angry. He had thought about using military means, but after understanding the situation, he realized that the US military was the biggest ballast in the relationship between the two sides.

Military means are simply not advisable!
In this case, Barack's performance was not much better than George Walton's. (End of this chapter)