Chapter 1478 - Financial Tsunami (2/2)
The focus of controversy by lawmakers was Article 5 of the Washington Convention.
It stated that when a country encounters aggression, the remaining member states will defend together.
However, the current situation was that Celestial Trade did not seem to be the aggressor. The UA, who misjudged Celestial Trade’s strength, was the aggressor in this war. Instead, Celestial Trade, who landed in North America, seemed to be on the defending side…
If the Columbia War was separated from the Xin-UA War, the UA’s Trident missiles launch carried out a pre-emptive nuclear strike which led to this war. The Ford aircraft carrier battle group was captured in the Columbia War and could not be regarded as the fuse of the war…
Ultimately, they were all excuses.
If NATO really wanted to intervene, there was precedence where they bypassed the United Nations and launched military strikes.
There were only two reasons which made the British Parliament reconsider.
One was the SS Expedition’s main gun on the synchronous orbit. After people witnessed the indestructible shield that could not be penetrated even by nuclear weapons, and the invincible spear, mutually assured destruction was no longer applicable. If one party’s nuclear weapons could not assure that the other party was destroyed after a strategic strike, then there was no significance to the idea of deterrence.
Even if the British wanted to help, they still had to consider the possible consequences of sending troops.
And the other concern was that the main force of the NATO Coalition Force was still pinned down in the mess known as Colombia, including the British army. If Britain intended to send troops to the UA, it would have to launch the largest war mobilization since World War II. However, the idea was just a joke when the country could not even solve its own problems.
It was worth examining what the British did over the years.
The 108,000-strong British Army, under the command of 100,000 Ministry of Defense civil servants, had to shut down a tank production line 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. To save money, the Labor Party stopped its own missile production line, with the plan to equip India’s Agni missile series, known for disappearance and explosion. Fortunately, this plan was not passed after protests from the military.
To some extent, the “younger brother” situation had already reflected the dilemma faced by NATO as a whole. The Austrian Air Force sold all the training aircraft and only used simulators to train pilots. In the end, even airlines refused to recognize these people as pilots. The Polish Marines had no landing crafts and had to rent the museum’s sailing ship for exercises. The Greek government once expressed its willingness to donate a three-mast sailing ship (because the theme park on Salamis was closed due to the economic crisis), but it needed Poland to paddle the ship from the Aegean Sea to the Baltic Sea, which Poland ultimately rejected …
If it hadn’t done so many stupid things, Trump would not have included the “request for unpaid military expenditures from NATO member states” in the campaign platform.
As for Turkey, the country was still powerful. After all, the large number of soldiers meant strength, and no matter how low the training level was, the size of the army alone was enough. However, Turkey was already fighting on two fronts and was unable to drag itself from Colombia and Syria.
Not only that, but Russia, which increased its troops at the border, also exerted pressure.
Well, although many problems existed, there was no doubt about NATO’s combat capability.
However…
What could they do when their “big brother” couldn’t even protect himself?
Most NATO member states were already dragged into a war that was difficult for them.