They all say that America is bad, but no one has ever said American food.
Although the United States is a country that is rampant and hegemonic in the world and provokes disputes, the reason why it dares to be so unscrupulous is entirely because it has the strength of "the best in the world" as its foundation.
It has only been more than 200 years since the founding of the United States, and it has already brought down four "world's second-largest ones."
It is not difficult to see the strength of the United States, but Kissinger, who was the US Secretary of State, predictedThis time, the United States will not only not be able to bring down the fifth "second oldest in the world," but may be pulled down by it.
Who are the four "second oldest in the world" who were brought down by the United States?Why did Kissinger say this?
The first world that the United States eliminated was the United Kingdom. In fact, in a strict sense, it was the United States that pulled Britain from the throne of the world and then brought it down.
Historically, the United States was once a colony attached to the United Kingdom.
After the 17th century, Britain entered an era of rapid capitalist development. The Glorious Revolution enabled Britain to take the lead in establishing the bourgeoisie among Western countries.
This made Britain stand out from the crowd in the first industrial revolution and become a veritable world first. At its peak, Britain was not only the "hegemon of the sea", but also had a vast colony overseas, and was known as the "empire on which the sun never sets".
When the British Empire dominated the world, the United States had not yet appeared. At that time, the United States was located on a land that was nothing more than a British colony in North America, a place used to exile criminals and vagabonds.
However, after the Revolutionary War of 1775, the United States was born as a former North American colony. Next, the United States performed a miracle.
In less than a hundred years, the Americans have completed nearly a century of capitalist development in most Western countries. On the eve of the Second Industrial Revolution, the capitalist system in the United States was already very perfect, which laid a solid foundation for the United States to take the lead in the second industrial revolution.
Sure enough, after the second industrial revolution, the United States has grown by leaps and bounds, surpassing many old Western powers one after another, becoming a veritable "second in the world", and has a faint tendency to surpass Britain.
Although the United States is a rising star, the United Kingdom is not bad, and it will take a long time for the United States to truly surpass Britain to become the world's first according to normal circumstances.
However, the outbreak of World War II became a godsend for the United States. In the midst of this catastrophe, Britain suffered unprecedented losses, and the glory of the "empire on which the sun never sets" is gone.
The United States, on the other hand, completely replaced Britain as the "world's first" because of its proximity to the battlefield and its large war fortunes.
After ascending to the throne of "number one in the world," the first thing the United States did was to completely bring down Britain, which had been reduced to second place.
At the end of World War II, Britain was willing to hand over the top spot, but it still considered itself the second largest country in the world, because until after the war, Britain still had a lot of wealth and colonies.
In order to completely bring down Britain, the United States has made great efforts.
At that time, there was a wave of national independence in the world, and it happened that in the British colony of Egypt, a leader of the national liberation movement Nasser appeared, defeated the puppet dynasty supported by the British, and achieved the independence of Egypt.
In 1956, Nasser became Egypt** and immediately announced the nationalization of the Suez Canal.
For Britain, the Suez Canal is a symbol of status and dignity. Therefore, after Nasser issued the ** decree, Britain and France sent troops to Egypt in an attempt to solve the problem by force.
Egypt alone could not resist the Anglo-French coalition forces, but at the critical moment, the United States stood on Egypt's side and helped Egypt defeat the Anglo-French coalition forces.
After this incident, the Suez Canal was nationalized by Egypt.
Under the influence of this incident, more and more British colonies launched national independence movements, and the British colonial system in the world completely collapsed, and this "second oldest in the world" was also forcibly collapsed by the United States.
After the collapse of Britain, the United States could have sat on the Diaoyutai and sat back and relaxed. What the Americans did not expect was that the Soviet Union rose after Britain, and even had a faint tendency to surpass itself.
Under Stalin's iron hand, the Soviet Union rose rapidly, and this strength was especially reflected in the strong military strength and industrial base of the Soviet Union.
In order to compete for the status of world hegemon, the United States and the Soviet Union launched a "cold war" that lasted for nearly half a century, which had a tremendous impact on the world pattern.
Although in the course of the "cold war", the two sides won and lost each other. But in the end, the Soviet Union still made a bad move and failed to win against the United States. 1On December 25, 991, the Soviet Union announced its dissolution, and the second "second oldest in the world" was also brought down by the United States. So how did the United States drag down the USSR?
The United States is well aware of the truth that "when two armies are at war, the heart is the supreme one," and they instilled American prosperity in the Soviet Union in various ways, and used "democracy and freedom" to attack the Soviets.
It happened that in the later stages of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union had serious economic and livelihood problems due to the imbalance in the proportion of light and heavy industry and agriculture.
In addition, the United States carried out a series of activities against the countries of the socialist camp"Peaceful evolution"., through material aid and ideological **, etc., brewed a famous one in history"Upheaval in Eastern Europe".
Under the tactics of the United States, huge problems arose within the Soviet Union, which eventually led to the collapse of this behemoth.
So far, the United States has succeeded in bringing down the second "second oldest in the world" by virtue of its "heart-attacking tactics."
After settling the Soviet Union, the United States took the lead in solving the third "second oldest in the world" that it was facing, and that was Japan.
After World War II, the United States carried out a "democratic transformation" of Japan and infiltrated Japan from all sides. However, out of strategic needs in the Asia-Pacific region, the United States has also vigorously supported Japan.
It was precisely with the support of the United States that Japan's economic development developed by leaps and bounds in the seventies and eighties of the last century, which already threatened the economic hegemony of the United States.
At that time, Japan had nearly $300 billion in U.S. assets in its hands, and there was even a tendency to replace U.S. products in various industries.
In order to give its little brother a good reminder, the United States quickly showed its strong strength.
In the U.S.-Japan war, the United States, with its strong influence and penetration into Japan, forced Japan to signPlaza Accord, increasing the export of their own manufacturing industry**.
As a result, Japan's export products have lost their advantage in the market. Japan's rise is due to manufacturing and exporting, and after the Plaza Accord, they completely lost this big advantage, and became the third "second in the world" to be brought down by the United States.
The last to be brought down is the European Union. The purpose of the establishment of the European Union is to increase its influence through the union of European countries to counter the hegemony of the United States.
Although the EU and the US are often on the same side, in reality there are irreconcilable contradictions between the two.
In order to "subdue" the EU, the United States has forcibly depressed the value of the euro and reduced the EU's influence in the world through a series of economic and military means.
In addition, it has created a large number of refugee flows into European countries, causing many old European powers to take care of themselves and suffer unspeakably.
Under the "three-pronged axe" of the United States, it is difficult for the European Union to confront the United States today.
So why did Kissinger say that the United States would fall on the fifth "second in the world"?
In fact, looking at the first four world leaders, Britain mainly lost because it was too confident, and even if it was seriously injured, it had to do whatever it took to maintain its dignity.
The former Soviet Union lost to internal disunity, and was easily divided and disintegrated by the United States through its strategy of attacking the heart. Not to mention Japan, which is controlled by the United States in all aspects of politics, economy, and military, how can it confront the United States. The European Union has its own interests with the United States.
It is precisely because of this that the United States has been able to find the weaknesses of the first four "second in the world".
Today, our country is taking firm steps on the road of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and has become the world's second largest economy.
Although Kissinger once predicted that the United States would be killed by the fifth "second oldest in the world".However, we must not take it lightly, and we must always be vigilant against the wolf ambitions of the United States to prevent history from repeating itself!