In the current era of global economic integration, the problems of any country could not be isolated and viewed separately.
The war between the Xin and the UA triggered by the twelve Tridents ignited not only the war between the two countries, but the countries involved in the aftermath of this war covered almost every inch of the world. Politics, economy, military, and even culture, everything was involved in the vortex of conflict.
The first to collapse was the dollar, with the Federal Reserve as the fuse.
Although it was not known what Celestial Trade planned to do with the gold, just looking at the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier stranded on the street of Wall Street was enough to make every investor who held the dollar despair about the future of the dollar.
A financial tsunami centered on the dollar had spread from the East Coast of North America to the world. The evaporation value of the foreign exchange reserves of various countries could not be calculated at all, because the dollar, which was usually used to measure value, was itself in the center of the storm …
Everyone was trying to do everything possible to reduce the dollar in their hands and reduce the UA Treasury bonds in their hands. However, once panic spread in the market, it seemed to be an extravagant hope to remain unscathed.
In this financial tsunami, the only beneficiary seemed to be Xin.
After the twelve Tridents were intercepted by the Holy Shield, the price of the Xin New Dollar in the foreign exchange market rose. In order to curb the continuously rising exchange rate, the Xin Federal Reserve had to modify the quantitative easing plan for this year and next. It operated the money printing machine to the limit and injected a large amount of currency into the market to stabilize the exchange rate.
However, even so, it was difficult to curb the momentum of the Xin New Dollar.
It was widely analyzed that if Xin asked for war reparations from the UA, there was a high probability that it would ask the UA for gold from the Federal Reserve. As a result, it seemed that the Xin New Dollar had become the only "safe haven" in this financial storm.
In order to quell the ignited war and save the deteriorating economic situation, many people still made a certain degree of effort. Some tried to mediate through diplomatic channels, and of course, some tried to use the military route to prepare for armed intervention.
Some frowned, some pretended on the side, and some planned to get a piece of the pie.
It was worth mentioning that, as the two major members of the Earth Defense Alliance, whether it was Hua or Russia, both adopted a wait-and-see attitude at the moment.
The decline of the dollar may bring unbearable pain to the export-dependent economy of Hua, but from a long-term perspective, the decline of a hegemon was still more beneficial than harmful to Hua. This was the case from the perspective of national unity and geopolitics.
The same goes for Russia.
The decline of NATO would ease the military pressure on Russia's borders, and more funds would be used on economic construction rather than fighting with NATO on the long border.
However, it was too risky to send troops directly. After all, there was no Holy Shield System in Moscow.
Although the Earth Defense Alliance had relevant provisions on collective defense, before Celestial Trade took the initiative to call on allies to participate in the war, they were also happy to use peaceful means to support allies who already had the advantage. For example, increasing the number of troops at the border, carrying out military exercises including beach landing and large-scale airborne landings in the coastal waters, etc.
On the other side, NATO was also strangely silent.
Just twenty-four hours after Celestial Trade parachuted into the Capital, the British Prime Minister urgently convened a Parliament. A proposal involving foreign war was brought to the Palace of Westminster for discussion. Although the representatives of all parties at the conference table were filled with indignation, in the final voting session, this radical proposal was ultimately not passed.
The focus of the debate was Article 5 of the Washington Convention.
In other words, when a country was invaded, the other members would defend together.
However, the current situation was that this war did not seem to be initiated by Celestial Trade. The UA, which misjudged the strength of Celestial Trade, was on the aggressor's side, and Celestial Trade, which landed in North America, was on the defensive side …
If the Colombian War was separated from the Sino-American War, it could indeed be considered that the UA launched the Trident nuclear missile first to carry out a pre-emptive nuclear strike, which led to the war. The Ford aircraft carrier battle group was captured in the Colombian War, and it could not be regarded as the fuse of the Sino-American War …
In fact, these were all excuses.
If they really wanted to fight, NATO could bypass the United Nations and launch a military strike directly.
There were only two reasons for the British Parliament to be concerned.
One was that the main cannon of the SS Expedition was hovering in the synchronous orbit. After witnessing the shield that even nuclear weapons could not shake, and the irresistible "spear", the M.A.D. mechanism (i.e., mutual confirmation of destruction) was completely declared bankrupt. If one side's nuclear weapons could not ensure that the other side would be completely destroyed after a strategic strike, then what was the point of the so-called deterrence?
Even if the British wanted to help, they had to weigh the possible consequences of sending troops.
The other reason was that the main force of the NATO Coalition Force was pinned down in the Colombian quagmire, including the British army. If the United Kingdom wanted to reinforce the UA, it must launch the largest war mobilization since World War II. However, in the absence of a solution to their own problems, this was just a joke.
Let's take a look at what the British had done over the years.
The 108,000 British Army, commanded by 100,000 Ministry of Defense civil servants, had to shut down a tank production line in order to purchase a large number of high-end massage chairs for the Ministry of Defense office and the sky-high price of ten pounds per roll of toilet paper. In order to save money, the Labour Party shut down its missile production line and planned to equip India with the "Fire" of the self-destructing civilization. Fortunately, the military protested, and it was not approved after several twists and turns.
To some extent, the situation of the "Second Brother" reflected the dilemma faced by the entire NATO. The Austrian Air Force sold all training aircraft and only used simulators to train pilots. In the end, the airline even refused to recognize the pilot licenses of these people. The Polish Marines did not have landing craft and had to rent a museum sailboat for exercises. The Greek government had offered to donate a triple-decker sail battleship (because the theme park on Salamis was closed due to the economic crisis), but the Poles had to row from the Aegean Sea to the Baltic Sea, so the Poles refused …
If it weren't for doing so many stupid things, Trump would not have included "demanding unpaid military expenses from NATO member states" into his campaign platform.
As for Turkey, it might still have some combat effectiveness. After all, there was strength in numbers. Even if the training was low, there was still a number of regular troops. But now they were already in the quagmire of fighting on two fronts, and it was difficult for them to extricate themselves from Colombia and Syria.
Not only that, but Russia, which was sending more troops to the border, was also eyeing them.
Well, although there were many problems, the ability of NATO to fight was still unquestionable.
However …
What could they do in a situation where their eldest brother couldn't even protect himself?
Most of the NATO member states were already caught in a war that was difficult for them to win.
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