The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

After Germany proposed to ship back 1900 tons of gold stored in the United States, which was rejected by the United States and the two sides were still engaged in a war of words, Argentina proposed to ship back 50 tons of gold stored in the United States, which was flatly rejected by Barack, who also claimed that Armando Mayora could not represent Argentina.

How could this not shock the whole world!

Armando Mayora is the President of Argentina, the democratically elected President of Argentina. His approval rating in Argentina has never been lower than 70%. He is called "Argentine Hero" and "Son of Argentina" and is supported by people from all walks of life in Argentina.

Now Barack actually says that Armando Mayora cannot represent Argentina!

If even Armando Mayora, the democratically elected president of Argentina, cannot represent Argentina, who can?

Is it really true, as Barack said, that the decision that can represent Argentina is made by the US courts?

This is simply outrageous!

This has further aroused concerns around the world. Is the gold stored by various countries in the Federal Reserve Bank in New York really safe? Has the United States touched this gold and secretly sold the gold stored by various countries in the United States?
You know, there are more than 7000 tons of gold stored in the United States by countries around the world, which is a huge amount of wealth.

Although the currencies of countries around the world are no longer based on the gold standard, they now adopt a national credit system and are backed by national credit.

However, gold is still a major guarantee for the value of currencies of various countries and an important manifestation of a country's wealth.

If we lose these countries, the currencies of many countries will depreciate significantly, and the banknotes of many countries will even be worth less than paper.

The whole world is discussing this: if the United States really touches the gold stored by various countries in the United States, what will everyone do?
What has horrified the whole world is that countries are completely helpless.

Except for two countries in the world, other countries are far from being able to compare with the United States in terms of economy, military or other aspects.

Neither of these two countries stores their gold in the United States.

If the United States acts like a rogue, these countries that store their gold in the United States will have no way to deal with it.

Worldwide concerns about the safety of gold stored in the United States quickly affected international markets.

The depreciation rate of the US dollar has accelerated sharply, and the price of gold in the international market has risen rapidly.

Commodity prices in the United States are rising rapidly, and the inflation rate is rising again.

In order to regain market confidence, Barack arrived in Germany and paid a state visit to Germany, intending to persuade Germany to give up shipping back the gold stored in the United States.

But Merkel's attitude was very tough. She said that Germany has indisputable sovereignty over the 1900 tons of gold and can deal with it at will.

Faced with Merkel's tough attitude, Barack had to compromise and agreed to let Germany ship back the 1900 tons of gold, but Barack gave a deadline, that is, Germany would ship back the 1900 tons of gold in batches over ten years.

That means Germany can ship back 190 tons of gold from the United States every year.

Then they asked Germany to speak well of the United States.

Although the United States has always wanted to devalue the dollar, it should be a gradual devaluation so that the United States can print more dollars.

In this way, although the US dollar is depreciating, other currencies are depreciating more. In this way, more US dollars are printed, but domestic inflation in the United States will not be too obvious.

As for depreciation too quickly, this is not what the United States wants.

Because of the high inflation, the American people's feelings were very obvious. Merkel weighed the pros and cons and finally agreed to the American conditions.

After all, the most urgent task is to transport the gold back to Germany.

However, even if Germany and the United States reach an agreement and the media create hype, countries around the world have not stopped discussing whether it is safe to store gold in the United States, and their concerns have not been eliminated.

Because compared to Germany, everyone is worried about whether they will encounter the same situation as Argentina.

No matter what, Germany is still one of the major countries in Europe, the largest economy in the European Union, and the locomotive of the EU economy.

And they are not much stronger than Argentina, and even most of their military strength is not as good as Argentina.

This can be seen from the sharp depreciation of currencies in many countries.

Because for these countries, the gold they keep in the United States accounts for half or even more of their country's gold reserves.

The world economy was already in the midst of a global economic crisis, and now it is becoming even more turbulent.

Countries close to the United States have suffered the greatest trauma in this global economic crisis.

Because many of these countries are resource-based countries and export their resources to the United States.

In South America, because the United States openly supported Britain's Second Falklands War against Argentina, South American countries successively expressed their support for Argentina and said they would provide Argentina with support, including military support.

Venezuela's Chavez said that South America belongs to the South American people, not to the United States and Britain, and that South America is more united than ever before at this moment.

To show support for Argentina, Chavez held a grand military parade in Venezuela, which was the largest military parade held since Chavez took power in Venezuela.

此次阅兵仪式，共有10万现役部队、5万预备役军人参与，以及1000辆装甲车、400辆坦克、100架战斗机、50架直升机以及500匹军马。

After Chavez took control of Venezuela, he not only nationalized oil and other resources, but also increased military investment and built a modern army as Venezuela's fiscal revenue increased significantly in recent years.

As early as a few years ago, Chavez proudly announced that the Venezuelan army had achieved mechanization and was a powerful mechanized force.

Following Chavez is Colombia. The situation in Colombia is similar to that in Venezuela, and it is also a frontline against the United States.

Colombia and Venezuela are both under tremendous pressure from the United States, which regards them as thorns in its side. Their presidents are regarded as dictators by the United States and are assassinated every year.

They know better than anyone the principle that the lips and teeth are interdependent.

Therefore, they have been pushing for the Union of South America all along, so that the South American countries can actually become independent and truly sovereign states, so that everyone can cooperate instead of being manipulated by the United States.

The most popular saying in South America is: Too far from heaven, too far from America!
Every economic crisis in South America has been clearly analyzed by South American scholars. It is the United States that is reaping the benefits of South America. The United States is the biggest obstacle to the prosperity of South American countries and the biggest vampire lying on the backs of South American countries.

It is said that by learning the American democratic and free system, one can become prosperous and strong, but in the past, all the South American countries implemented the American system, and no country has ever been good.

South America has been able to live a good life in recent years only because the South American countries have learned from Venezuela's nationalization of oil, natural gas, mineral resources, etc., and can have a better life.

The people of South America have a sharp contrast between their lives before and after because they have experienced it firsthand. (End of this chapter)