Two war-loving countries: The United States is now a superpower, and Russia is a fighting nation on the list, are the two most belligerent countries in the world the United States and Russia?They have been fighting for hundreds of years, who are they fighting with?It is said that war makes people poor and backward, why have they become one of the most powerful countries in the world today?Today, let's decipher the war code of the United States and Russia.
For most countries and regions in the world, war is something to be avoided as much as possible, not to mention the loss of money and labor, not to mention the heavy losses, the little money that several generations have worked hard to save may be lost in the first war, and it is very difficult to bear the price of returning to the pre-liberation period overnight. But why are the United States and Russia an exception?
Let's take a look at the United States first, in the history of mankind, this is a very young country, since the founding of the country has only been more than 240 years, but you may not know that the Americans have been fighting for more than 200 years, and only about ten years have stopped, and their belligerence is obvious to the people of the world, and even the tradition of the United States, I don't think it is an exaggeration. The founding of the United States itself began with a war that lasted eight years, known as the Revolutionary War. In this battle, the United States broke the rule of the suzerain, Britain, and achieved national independence. It stands to reason that they should cherish the hard-won peace, but people don't say so, since the empire can be overturned without even the sun setting, why don't they compare with others?As a result, we can see that after independence, the United States frequently launched attacks on small neighboring countries and tribes, which lasted for more than 20 years, which is also the most obvious stage of American territorial expansion.
After a brief period of peace, he broke with his former friend France, and a fierce conflict ensued between the United States and France. In 1801, the United States began its first overseas war, defeating the Barbary and capturing the capital of Libya, Tripoli. Subsequently, Britain and France and other countries entered the war and entered the tug-of-war stage, and the fight lasted for more than 100 years. Interestingly, the U.S. territory has continued to expand over the course of a century.
In 1898, the United States started wars with Britain, Germany, Cuba and many other countries, and successfully turned Cuba and the Philippines into its colonies. With the colony, there was naturally an anti-colonialism movement, and the two sides played games with each other, stopping and stopping, and it lasted for a long time.
From 1935 to 1940, on the eve of World War II, Eurasia was in full swing. What is surprising is that the United States has rarely entered a period of steady development, until the short-sighted Japanese built Pearl Harbor and entered the modern era, not to mention the Kosovo War, the Afghanistan War, the Iraq War, and so on. In other words, since the founding of the United States, its history has also been equated with a history of war. Let's just say that you can't accept this level of belligerence, right?So the question is, Lao Mei is so capable of fighting, why didn't he retreat but advance, and became the number one power in the world?
First of all, the United States has a unique geographical advantage, with the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans flanked on its own territory, and generally speaking, few wars can affect it. Even though there were two world wars unprecedented in human history, most of the world was devastated by war, and the United States still managed to make a lot of war money alone. If the homeland is not destroyed, there will be space and time for development, and if it accumulates more, there will be no one around the United States who can compete with him, and even act according to his face, which ensures the security of the rear area, and does not have to waste too much time and energy on homeland security, and even pulls the so-called security defense line to the door of other countries.
In addition, the reason why Lao Mei has been able to enjoy the war for more than two centuries is that to put it bluntly, he still tasted the sweetness of being a victorious country, and they will choose weaker opponents before the war. If the situation is different from what they expected, and they have paid a greater price, especially in the case of unfavorable away battles, the United States is also different from the Japanese who would rather break the jade, that is one to run faster than the other, after all, people insist on people-oriented, if you can't do it, there is no shame in preserving the vitality, over time, the United States also has a belligerent tradition, from their previous foreign wars, it is not difficult to see that the United States is almost very rational and can maintain the rhythm, will not be reckless for the so-called victory.
Some friends have questions. In the face of huge military spending, how did the United States solve the problem?This is easier to explain, in the final analysis, it is the establishment of the hegemony of the dollar. After pushing the dollar to the throne of the world's currency, many countries began to use the dollar as a reserve and settlement currency, which is equivalent to becoming a vassal of the United States. By controlling the issuance of US dollars, the United States will be able to exercise effective control over many countries and regions around the world, which is the fundamental reason why their economies will not be violently affected when they fight wars. On the contrary, every time they fight, they can also take the opportunity to make a fortune, who can reason with this?Combining both directions, when many countries were troubled by war, the United States made a fortune through the means of war.
After talking about the United States, let's talk about Russia again. If you want to say that the most belligerent country in the world and the country that has been fighting for the longest time, it is really not the young United States, but Russia, they are called a fighting nation, and I think it is worthy of the name, because they have been fighting for more than 400 years. From the time Russia became a state, it was in deep confusion until around 1613 that it was relatively stable. After Peter the Great succeeded to the throne, he carried out all-round reforms to the tsar, and with the deepening of the reform, the comprehensive national strength was also comprehensively improved, and at the same time, they also had the strength and ambition of foreign expansion. This state of affairs lasted until the time of Catherine II, which reached its peak.
In 1812 they fought with Napoleon, the Russo-French War broke out, although Tsarist Russia was fierce, but it was not Napoleon's opponent, and Moscow was directly occupied. However, Tsarist Russia just did not surrender, the emperor took all the people to withdraw to fight, gave up an empty capital, accumulated more than a month, fought back with all his might, and drove the French god of war Napoleon back to his hometown with a million troops.
In 1853**, it expanded again, targeting the Ottoman and Turkish empires, and several wars broke out between the two sides. Unexpectedly, the old powers such as Britain and France also intervened, and Tsarist Russia made a thankless effort and decisively ended the war. Seeing that the west was impassable, Tsarist Russia adjusted its strategy and began to deal with the decaying Qing Empire. Who knew that as soon as he arrived in the Northeast, he had a conflict of interests with the entrenched Japanese, and the Russo-Japanese War broke out, and what was surprising was that the small country in the east finally won, which also stimulated the contradictions in Saudi Arabia.
Soon after the revolution broke out and a new Soviet regime was formed, the Soviet Union did not usher in peace, until the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 90s of the last century, they launched five large-scale wars in 28 years. So in my opinion, the fighting nation is really not a vegetarian, and if you can do it, you will never talk to you, and what your fists can solve is not a problem.
Throughout history, Russia is also the only country that has surpassed the United States in the war time, for more than 400 years. So what's the secret of his success?** Human foreign wars generally have two purposes, one is supply, and the other is geopolitical security. Although the war costs money, like Lao Mei, they do not share the dividends of the war and belong to vested interests. They have long had the habit of achieving their own development by destroying other countries, and it is also the national nature of the Russians to be belligerent, and because of the large number of ethnic groups in the country, there are huge problems in administration. At this time, a war is like putting condiments in a clear soup, and all internal contradictions disappear and begin to be unanimous with the outside world.
The unity of the various ethnic groups of Russia is unprecedented, and the victory in the war will make all of them experience a strong sense of superiority and pride, and the increase in patriotism will increase the cohesion of the population. Over time, the war becomes a virtuous circle for Russia. Of course, in my opinion, Russia is also very similar to the United States, that is, when fighting, it will not be rash at all, and it will not participate in the war in all directions regardless of the occasion or place. Therefore, although they are belligerent, they have not been reduced to the point of being reckless, but have a strategic and planned way to fight and feed the war. World strife