Anti-War Game: Starting from Normandy Campaign-Chapter 665 - 320: The Terrifying Aspect of the United States’ ’Cultural Invasion’ (Part 2)
Not to mention the Soviet Union’s repeated blunders.
Burying landmines for itself.
Yu Feng continued speaking:
"With the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Russian Federation inherited the Soviet Union’s seat in the United Nations and most of its territory."
"The Ukraine Federation took 30% of the Soviet Union’s nuclear weapons."
"Eastern European countries gained independence one after another."
"Meanwhile, after the United States used the space arms race to exhaust the Soviet Union, it swiftly acquired the rocket engine technology left behind by the Soviet Union."
Hiss—
This is outrageous?
Blue Star netizens in the live chat gasped in shock, it was too ruthless.
Nailed it.
The result of so many years of Soviet research ended up benefiting the United States.
Yu Feng allowed the Blue Star viewers in the live chat some time to discuss.
A moment later.
Yu Feng picked up the materials concerning the United States and began to speak again:
"Alright."
"Now let’s talk about the events surrounding the United States in recent years."
"All of which target the Soviet Union."
"First is the Iran incident."
"In 1986, the United States, through intermediaries, facilitated an agreement with the Iran Federation, secretly selling weapons to Iran in exchange for the release of hostages held by the Iran Federation."
"Up to this point, everything seemed normal."
"The United States delivered anti-tank missiles and other military equipment to the Iran Federation, and Iran freed some American hostages in response."
"But...."
"Media reports exposed that."
"After the United States received the hostages and the weapons payment from the Iran Federation."
"They secretly funneled some of the funds to support the Contras in Nicaragua."
"This double-dealing approach received public condemnation from many United States allies."
"But this wasn’t the first time the United States had engaged in such actions."
"Despite the outcry, the domestic situation was quickly stabilized and it weakened the Soviet Union’s influence in the Middle East Region."
"Go ahead and criticize, my objective was achieved anyway."
"That’s how the United States saw it."
"Then."
"The United States, together with the Saudi Federation, significantly increased oil production."
"Increasing production to 9 million barrels per day, causing international oil prices to plummet to $10 per barrel, costing the Soviet Union $20 billion annually in lost foreign exchange."
"In reality."
"This wasn’t just the United States pushing for it, part of it was the Saudi Federation trying to save themselves, which ended up burying the Soviet Union."
"You should all remember."
"The conflicts between the Federation and Arab Countries led by Saudi Arabia prompted the Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) to use the ’oil weapon’ to hit back at the Federation’s supporters."
"This caused oil prices to soar, but over the years."
"OAPEC’s global market share dropped from over 50% to less than 20% by 1986."
"Initially, they tried to sanction the superpowers through production cuts, only to find no one cared and started seeking alternatives."
"The result was a gradual loss in market share."
"And this outcome led to the Soviet Union relying more heavily on oil exports as a portion of foreign exchange earnings."
"As a result."
"When in 1986 the United States attempted to cut off the Soviet Union’s primary source of foreign exchange through low oil prices, Saudi Arabia, as an ally of the United States in the Middle East, was eager to act."
"Why?"
"Because while oil can bring money, somebody has to buy it first."
"Besides, it’s extracted from underground."
"Any sale is profit."
"But thanks to their own reckless actions, no one was buying their oil now."
"The United States’ strategy, although it would cause oil prices to plummet, didn’t matter to them since it’s something dug up from the ground."
"A trade without cost, any sale is profit."
"And as the Saudi Federation increased production capacity and aggressively accumulated wealth."
"Oil prices dropped from $30 a barrel to $10."
"As a result, other oil-producing countries stopped extracting oil and turned to buy oil from the Saudi Federation instead."
"Why?"
"Because it was too cheap."
"So cheap that extracting their oil would be a loss, better to import directly from the Saudi Federation."
"In this scenario, one could imagine the extent of the Soviet Union’s losses."
"With foreign exchange income slashed, it also became one of the reasons for its dissolution."
"The United States’ strategy was so precise that it severed the economic artery of the Soviet Union, which couldn’t recover economically until its collapse."
The Blue Star netizens in the live chat were astounded as well.
Once again, the brutal reality of the Great Power Struggle reshaped their worldview.
Yu Feng continued flipping through the materials:
"Then comes 1987."
"This year."
"The United States and the Soviet Union signed the INF Treaty on eliminating intermediate and shorter-range missiles."
"The origins stemmed from the deployment of Soviet Union’s SS-20 intermediate-range ballistic missiles in the 1970s Europe, threatening Western Europe countries, which then sought US deployment of missiles to counter the Soviet Union."
"Now, by this period in 1987."
"The Soviet Union couldn’t withstand upheaval, so when the United States pushed for the treaty to destroy intermediate-range missiles."
"The Soviet Union agreed."
"Both sides signed the treaty in 1987 and subsequently dismantled intermediate-range missiles deployed in Europe."
"Among them."
"The Soviet Union destroyed nearly 40% of its nuclear missile arsenal."
Hiss—
Upon hearing this.
The Blue Star netizens in the live chat were stunned.
This is open strategy by the United States.
Should it be more obvious, yet the Soviet Union still followed suit?!
What the hell?!
At that moment, Blue Star netizens couldn’t even comprehend what the Soviet Union was thinking.
Truly seeking peace?
Or just unable to handle any turmoil?
Jumped into the pit....
Blue Star netizens discussed this but couldn’t arrive at a conclusion.
After waiting for a while, Yu Feng continued:
"Then comes 1988."
"This year."
"Even though the United States had a new leader, they still took a tough stance against the Soviet Union and secretly devised a strategy for the ’Soviet Union’s disintegration response.’
"Three years in advance, the United States anticipated the potential collapse of the Soviet Union."
"Meanwhile, the Soviet Union was still engaged in reform."
"In the same year."
"The Soviet Union withdrew from the Afghanistan Federation, with its defeat significantly damaging its prestige, while the United States took advantage by surreptitiously supporting organizations in Eastern European countries."
"Undermining the foundation of the Soviet Union."
"Not only that."
"The United States continually exported ’Voice of America + Hollywood culture,’ leading the youth in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe to become Westernized."
While speaking.
Yu Feng displayed a chart in the live chat.
Seeing the chart.
Blue Star netizens were filled with astonishment.
No one expected cultural exportation to be this formidable?
The youth collectively Westernized?
In fact.
It’s even more formidable than that.
Based on the data in the chart.
In the 1980s.
In the Eastern Europe border region, there were about 3.2 radio stations per 10 square kilometers, with an information saturation bombing strategy, 42% of Poland’s youth in the 1980s identifying with the United States’ freedom and democracy.
At the same time, Hollywood’s market share in Eastern Europe soared to 38%.
"Personal heroism" became the core element in the value system of Eastern European youth in the 1980s.
According to survey data.
Among Eastern European youth in the 1980s.
In the 18-25 age group, 73% saw the ’American Dream’ as their life goal, with an 89% cultural identification with the United States, while only 11% were carrying on Eastern European cultural heritage.
It can be said that it directly severed the foundation of the Soviet Union.
Because their willpower had no young successors.
Hiss—
Looking at this data chart, the 89% youth figure from Eastern Europe shocked the Blue Star viewers, this really uprooted the base....
