Chapter 477 The Dream of a Great Nation Is Shattered
Although the World Alliance will not immediately send troops to start a war with the United States, it will never give up the corresponding sanctions and compensation demands.
First, all overseas assets of the United States, including foreign debts, will be abolished, and the tens of billions of dollars owed to the United States by the five major powers will be written off.
Secondly, because the influenza virus released by the United States has caused at least hundreds of millions of deaths worldwide, the World Alliance has ruled that the United States must pay 20 billion US dollars in compensation to the world and apologize to all countries and all mankind in the world.
Because of the losses caused by this influenza to the economies of various countries, the Americans must pay an additional 10 billion US dollars as economic compensation to various countries.
If the above requirements cannot be met, all countries in the World Alliance will unite to impose sanctions on the United States, abolish all agreements with the United States, and prohibit the signing of any import and export treaties with the United States.
If the United States refuses to comply, the World Alliance will not rule out the use of force to form a joint army of millions of people to force the United States to agree to the above requirements.
When this claim was sent to President Wilson's desk, President Wilson's face was livid, but he was helpless.
This is not a request from a single country, but a request from five great powers and nearly 20 countries. It is impossible for the United States to stop it.
Let alone the current United States, I am afraid that the United States in 100 years will not be easy to stop, unless they directly tear their faces and start a nuclear war.
What's more terrible is that the World Alliance announced the entire meeting process, making most Americans believe that the flu was caused by a chemical plant leak.
Look, before the World Alliance's claim for compensation has reached the White House, a large number of families of Americans who died from the flu have begun to sue the chemical plant in Kansas, and even directly sued the government for compensation.
This is not good news for the United States. This kind of compensation is not like war reparations, which can be easily dealt with.
Everyone believes that the responsibility lies with the chemical plant and the US government, so those who demand compensation are also very greedy, and the lowest is tens of thousands of dollars.
If it is really based on the compensation of $10,000 per person, the number of deaths in the United States has already exceeded one million, which is a compensation of more than $10 billion.
The $10 billion plus the $30 billion claimed by the World Alliance, the $40 billion in compensation is enough to bankrupt the US government, and the US dream of establishing a new order will be directly aborted.
Between the claims of the people and the claims of the World Alliance, it is obvious that the latter cannot be delayed.
After all, the people can only sue at most, but the World Alliance will really send troops.
If it really comes to the point of war, and the United States is hostile to the whole world, let alone President Wilson's throne, I am afraid that the end of the US government will not be too good.
"Fuck! The disaster was caused by those consortiums, and they must also be responsible for this time!" In the presidential office, President Wilson smashed everything he could see on the ground and said angrily.
The $30 billion compensation required by the World Alliance alone is enough to give the United States a headache.
You know, the GDP of Australasia has not reached $3 billion, which also means that the United States must compensate at least ten Australasia economies to satisfy the appetite of the World Alliance.
According to the US economy, the total fiscal revenue of the United States in 1917 was about 900 million US dollars, which is far less than the total fiscal revenue of the United States in history.
And this year, due to the impact of influenza, the growth of fiscal revenue will not be too high. It also means that the United States will need to repay the $30 billion in compensation for at least 30 years, even without counting the US government's fiscal expenditure.
In order to join the war, the United States has already borrowed tens of billions of dollars from various countries. Now that this loan has been abolished, it will have to bear at least $30 billion in debt, which will undoubtedly directly plunge the US economy into the abyss.
President Wilson originally wanted the consortium to share some of the financial pressure, but he did not expect that the Kansas consortium would not know anything about Wilson's request, directly deny the responsibility of the chemical plant, and refuse to bear part of the compensation.
The consortium is not stupid. After all, it is a compensation of $30 billion. Even if it only bears one-tenth, it is enough to hurt the consortium.
At this time, the money is still very valuable. $2 billion is a huge sum of money for Australasia, not to mention the consortium of just one state in the United States.
After ordering his men to issue an ultimatum to the Kansas consortium, President Wilson turned his gaze back to Ronnie and asked, "What did the World Alliance say?"
"Not a penny less than $30 billion, and their attitude seems very firm." Ronnie sighed and said, "They demanded $5 billion in compensation within two years, and the remaining $25 billion can be paid off in 25 years."
President Wilson rubbed his brows, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled it, as if he had aged ten years.
"Our estimated fiscal revenue this year is less than $1.2 billion, and we have to pay $5 billion in compensation within two years. Ha, they think it's a good idea." President Wilson said self-deprecatingly.
According to the requirements of the World Alliance, the United States should not think of any action in the next 30 years.
Originally, it owed a part of the debt for the war, and the compensation it received from Germany was not much, and it could barely make a small profit after paying off the debt.
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As a result, now all countries have generally frozen the assets of Americans and abolished all foreign debts.
This caused the United States to lose tens of billions of dollars directly, and even the war reparations paid by Germany to the United States were abolished.
This means that the United States was completely at a loss in this war, and lost at least more than 5 billion US dollars.
It's not over yet. With the 30 billion US dollars in reparations, the United States has no funds to expand its armaments in the next 30 years.
If the United States really bears these reparations, it will become a cash machine for European countries, providing 10 billion US dollars in funds to the World Alliance every year to help other countries develop.
As long as the World Alliance's requirements are agreed, President Wilson will immediately become a sinner of the United States.
This completely blocks the United States' development hopes in 30 years, and will also make the United States, which is not united, even more chaotic.
You know, although the United States has a sufficient population, it is a complete immigrant country.
The earliest United States was composed of British colonies. With the expansion of the United States and the addition of a large number of immigrants, the ethnic composition of the United States is very chaotic.
In addition, there are also considerable contradictions between white and black Americans. White Americans generally look down on black people, but after the black people were liberated, the US government had to recognize that these black people were American citizens.
This led to not only conflicts between ethnic groups, but also considerable conflicts between whites and blacks.
In such a chaotic situation, if the United States really disagrees with the World Alliance's compensation demands, it will be impossible for the United States to stop the World Alliance's offensive.
This is also the biggest problem currently facing President Wilson. Agree to compensation and become a sinner of the United States. Disagree to compensation and become a sinner of the world.
Unlike the sad face of the US government, representatives of all member states of the World Alliance are smiling at this time.
It is definitely good news to be able to throw all the responsibility for the flu to the United States. What's more, it is even better news to get a large amount of compensation from the United States.
Whether this compensation is given to the people or used for domestic construction, it can alleviate the crisis caused by the flu.
If a large-scale project is launched in the country, and then the money is distributed to the people in the form of work-for-relief, well, it can make money on both ends, which is really cost-effective.
Each country can get at least several hundred million US dollars from the 30 billion US dollar loan, which is truly a situation where the powerful countries eat meat and small and medium-sized countries follow to drink soup.
Not to mention, this joint action to sanction the United States has made the countries of the World Alliance closer.
At least everyone now has common interests, and some countries that had conflicts before now look at each other more favorably.
After the operation of several powerful countries, the original situation where all countries should have been at fault in the flu has been directly changed to a situation where only Americans are at fault and other countries are victims.
Even if the US government refuses to admit crimes against humanity and crimes against all countries, such stereotypes have been remembered by all countries.
Apart from anything else, before a bigger crisis breaks out, Americans have lost their external initiative.
As long as Americans take action, all countries will think of this American flu, and the crime of Americans releasing viruses to endanger all mankind.
In this way, the countries coveted by Americans will only unite and even attack the United States in turn.
Under such circumstances, it is no less difficult for Americans to rise to become a world power than for the United States to challenge the whole world alone.
Of course, Americans are not without the opportunity to wash their reputation. For example, if World War II breaks out in the future, Americans will withstand the German attack alone and support all countries, which may change the reputation of Americans.
But if you want to rely on the Americans to withstand the German attack, well, going to bed early may be possible.
The two countries that are most satisfied with the current situation should be Britain and Australasia.
Prime Ministers Law, George and Arthur have all achieved their goals, which is to reduce the threat of the Americans.
The current United States may be able to maintain its status as a great power, but if it wants to make an impact on a higher status, it has to pass the World Alliance.
In this way, the possible conflicts between Britain and the United States and Australia and the United States have been transferred to the conflicts between the United States and the entire World Alliance.
Even without Britain and Australasia, all the small and medium-sized countries in the World Alliance uniting together are enough for the current United States to drink a pot.
All small and medium-sized countries provide the army, and the five major powers only need to provide part of the navy, and it seems that it is not a problem to break through the United States.
After all, among these small and medium-sized countries, there are brave and warlike countries like the Balkan countries. Their army's combat effectiveness has long been verified in the war, at least stronger than the US army that has not been baptized by war.
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