Why did people in Congress say that attacking the Land of Mercenaries was a thankless task?
First of all, the Land of Mercenaries was located in the Middle East. The United States' satellite missiles could not reach that far to bomb the Land of Mercenaries without the help of a single soldier. This was impossible. Even if it was possible, the missiles would be destroyed as soon as they flew over the heads of Hua or Russia. They would not allow the United States' missiles to fly over their heads either. If they really wanted to attack, they could only send troops!
Alright, even if they sent troops, the United States had the most advanced equipment on land that could defeat the poor country of the Land of Mercenaries. However, even if they defeated the Land of Mercenaries and made the Land of Mercenaries their colony, they would not be able to protect the Land of Mercenaries. Once they started a war with other countries, the Land of Mercenaries would be the first to collapse.
Moreover, if they sent troops, they would need manpower and resources to fight. This meant that there would be the possibility of casualties. They would need to invest a large amount of capital into the war fund. Even if they won, it would be difficult to defend the Land of Mercenaries as their future fortress. To put it bluntly, the Land of Mercenaries was not an ideal military base to restrict Asia. That was why it was called a thankless task.
Aside from this, there was only one reason why the United States insisted on attacking the Land of Mercenaries.
Crude oil!
That's right, the only crude oil they could fight for was in the Land of Mercenaries.
They could not fight for it in places like the Middle East or Saudi Arabia, so they could only focus on the chaotic Land of Mercenaries.
Everyone knew that the Rockefeller family of the United States started with oil. They monopolized 70% of the oil in the United States and created the world's second most valuable oil group, Mobil, worth more than 500 billion USD! It was not difficult to see that they had a hand in this war.
This was the Rockefeller family's plot to expand by swallowing more crude oil.
Their goal was to monopolize the United States and the world.
Allowing the United States to obtain crude oil was something that the other major countries did not want to see.
Therefore, if the United States wanted to transport the missiles to Nihon, it was completely possible to launch them towards the Land of Mercenaries. However, Hua and Russia, the two biggest obstacles in the way, would not allow them to successfully launch the missiles. They would intercept them from the middle and use their defense systems to intercept and deviate the missiles' trajectories.
This was something that the United States was not confident in, so they could only choose to send troops.
In fact, as the White House said, they had another way, which was to directly land on the Land of Mercenaries from the Indian Ocean! With the aircraft carrier, landing in the Land of Mercenaries was a piece of cake.
However, there would always be some powerful countries that were unwilling to let the United States do as they wished. If you swam from the Pacific Ocean to the Indian Ocean, the problem would be in the Pacific Ocean. That was why the United States had always wanted to contain Asia. It was because this continent was stuck in the tropical and subtropical zones of the Earth. Their various military strategies could not bypass this continent!
Your aircraft carrier wants to go around in a big circle to scare people? Sure!
However, the armed forces had to be reduced sharply. Otherwise, they would be judged according to the law of the sea. You would be provoking the countries of the two oceans, and you would be punished.
Therefore, if the United States really wanted to launch an all-out war against the Land of Mercenaries, they would have to send troops to take them down bit by bit.
This meant that it was a waste of time, energy, manpower, and resources. This was a war that required a lot of capital.
This way, the other countries would be happy to see this. They would also have a way to deal with you, and that was to sell firearms to the Land of Mercenaries. On one hand, they could earn money, and on the other hand, they could exploit the wealth of their old rivals. Why not?
From the very beginning, the United States had guessed that other countries would support the Land of Mercenaries in this manner to drag them down. However, they never expected that the Land of Mercenaries' financial resources to purchase firearms would be exposed!
The first purchase of firearms was 50 billion USD!
When the President of the United States saw this report in his office, he immediately sat up.
"That's impossible! Where did they get so much money? Even if they have crude oil, they don't have the most advanced refining technology, so they can't sell much of it. The country has only been established for less than half a year, so there's no way they have 50 billion USD in their treasury! Don't they need to build and develop? Investigate and see if they used land or oil mines as collateral to buy arms. "
Secretary: "No, they're all using funds, not credit."
This was a bit awkward.
The United States did have the Rockefeller family's sponsorship for this war, but although the Rockefeller family was worth more than 500 billion USD, it was impossible for them to fork out 50 billion USD for the war. At most, they would give the United States 10 billion USD to test the waters. If the United States wanted 50 billion USD for the war, even the Rockefeller family wouldn't be able to afford it. Even if the Morgan family's Citibank had more than 300 billion USD in reserve, this was the money of the citizens. They wouldn't dare to casually fork out tens of billions of USD for the United States to squander.
If the United States spent so much on every war, it would be a huge loss. How could they make money from wars?
For example, the Land of Mercenaries' crude oil was valued at around 200 billion USD, and that was only after a few decades of operation. If you really wanted to invest 50 billion into the Land of Mercenaries' crude oil, only an idiot would invest in it.
But here came the question.
Where did the Land of Mercenaries get the money?
The answer was on the foreign guests.
The foreign guests didn't have money, but Xu Cheng did!
The Abu Tabi incident caused the global oil supply to be scarce, and the oil price to rise. At this time, while Haber's father and the others were working together to reorganize the crude oil and other resource projects in Abu Tabi, Haber quickly made his move. He bought all of the Rockefeller shares for 70 billion USD, shorted all of them, and dumped 100 billion USD!
Just like that, the net profit was 30 billion USD!
In addition, Haber also sold all of the stocks that his family and the Abu Tabi oil stockpiled.
30 billion USD.
An investment of 90 billion and a terrifying profit of 40 billion!
At the same time, Haber also annoyed Mobil. After he shorted 70 billion worth of individual shares, it caused panic in the stock market, and Mobil's shares plunged. At this time, Haber quickly rectified the Abu Dhabi crude oil project and did not give Mobil any chance to dilute its shares. They announced to the public that the Abu Dhabi crude oil reserves had been restored.
Because of this news, Mobil shares fell again!
This is because the world's second largest oil producer, Abu Dhabi, will resume supplies, which means the price of oil will drop. As a result, Mobil's shares will be affected.
This made the Rockefeller family feel like they had been fed dead flies.
Because of this incident, the 50 billion that the foreign guest had invested became 75 billion USD! Also, Xu Cheng himself had more than 30 billion in liquid capital.
That was why he was willing to sponsor the Land of Mercenaries 100 billion USD to fight against the United States!
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