CHAPTER 652: CHAPTER 314: [THE POLARIZATION OF 1985] (4K)

Yu Feng took out the data from the United States for the past few years and began speaking:

"The United States has done quite a lot in recent years."

"And has successfully transformed its strategy from defense to offense, starting to expand its influence once again."

"Firstly, there’s the newly appointed leader of the United States."

"Who abandoned the previous leader’s ’human rights’ policy, aiming to suppress the Soviet Union from a moral high ground with a series of policies."

"Because after several years, the United States also realized."

"When it comes to morality alone, the Soviet Union doesn’t care at all."

"The United States came to this realization rather quickly."

"It’s somewhat related to them having done this for many years."

"After all, when the United States was domineering."

"When it said it would attack the Vietnam Federation, it attacked the Vietnam Federation; when it said it would bomb the Cambodia Federation, it bombed the Cambodia Federation. Back then, protests from countries all over the world were everywhere."

"Yet, the United States continued to do what it needed to do."

"Therefore, when the United States found that it couldn’t compete militarily with the Soviet Union, it tried to suppress the opponent through moral high ground."

"But ended up realizing...."

"They completely ignored these moves and continued doing what they wanted."

"The United States has experienced a taste of being domineered in recent years with nowhere to voice complaints."

The Blue Star viewers in the livestream couldn’t help but laugh.

After all, before the Soviet Union’s peak of expansion, the United States was truly domineering, attacking whoever it wanted, bombing whoever it wanted. Now, they found they couldn’t compete with the Soviet Union.

Tried to use the old tactics others used against them on the Soviet Union.

But....

[Soviet Union: You lack morality, but you overestimate me as well....]

Yu Feng continued:

"The new leader of the United States began implementing a hardline policy against the Soviet Union."

"Firstly, of course, was solving internal issues within the United States."

"Promoted the ’Economic Recovery Act,’ focusing on tax reduction to reverse economic stagflation."

"And it did prove effective."

"Because that year, the United States inflation rate dropped from 13.5% to 10.3%."

"It was indeed effective."

"Then there’s the matter of dealing with the Soviet Union."

"As mentioned earlier."

"The new leader of the United States is a hardliner against the Soviet Union, so when the Soviet Union couldn’t control the Poland incident in Eastern Europe."

The United States leveraged the Vatican Federation.

To channel a vast amount of funds and equipment to Poland.

To empower the unions in Poland against the Soviet Union.

"It’s easy to understand why the Soviet Union couldn’t intervene, letting Poland handle its issues, yet the problems persisted."

"Because the United States had already started providing financial support behind the scenes."

"Meanwhile."

"In this year."

The new leader of the United States initiated the upgrade of various strategic weapons, including the B-1 bomber."

"Bringing significant pressure to the Soviet Union."

"Then we arrive at 1982."

"In that year."

"The US Secretary of the Navy proposed the ’600-ship plan,’ focusing on using quantity to suppress the Soviet Union’s nuclear submarines."

"But on the other hand...."

"That year, the Soviet Union had as many as 14 nuclear submarine incidents."

"Probably, if they continue as is, they may implode."

"That’s not all."

"The United States also deployed missiles across Europe."

"The hardline attitude and conduct of the new US leader raised concerns among many European citizens."

"Hence, in that year."

"Many anti-nuclear incidents erupted across Europe, with millions resisting the United States’ missile deployment."

This signified strategic differences between the United States and Europe."

Yu Feng flipped through the materials.

And the Blue Star viewers in the livestream could also perceive the current hardline stance of the United States through its actions in recent years.

"Compared to the previous ’human rights’ approach, the United States now is aggressively promoting military equipment upgrades, deploying missiles, even manufacturing warships, etc."

Looking like they want to recover all the lost ground from previous years."

Yu Feng continued:

"And then there’s 1983."

"In that year."

The United States proposed the ’Strategic Defense Initiative,’ also known as the Star Wars program, which was publicly announced."

I gathered some internal reports from the United States."

According to the analysis of those reports."

The plan aims to lure the Soviet Union into focusing on anti-missile weapon production, forcing the already skyrocketing military budget of the Soviet Union to keep increasing."

According to internal reports from the United States, it was estimated to burden the Soviet Union with 1.5% of the national GDP annually."

Everyone just learned about the situation the Soviet Union was in during this period."

"That’s when domestic complaints were incessant, with resource purchases starting to be restricted. Under the influence of the Poland incident, various federations and countries in Eastern Europe also erupted, and the Afghanistan Federation’s quagmire continued to consume military expenses."

"In such a context."

The United States openly announced plans for the ’Star Wars’ initiative, forcing the Soviet Union to heavily invest in space and anti-missile weapon research."

"Estimating a drag on the Soviet Union’s GDP of 1.5%, I think that’s conservative."

"The United States really outdid itself."

The Blue Star viewers in the livestream also gasped."

This is indeed something?"

That’s really harsh.

Oh no, why didn’t we think of that?

This move by the United States might drag down the opponent’s economy and seems to open a whole new world for Blue Star Players."

Sometimes warfare isn’t just about what happens on the battlefield."