After World War II , the United States replaced Britain, France and other countries and became the world's number one power. At the same time, the United States, as the "world police", has continuously interfered in other people's internal affairs and launched wars. So far, the United States has invaded 6 countries. How are they doing?
1. North Korea
1945, after the end of World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union divided the Korean Peninsula into two for their own interests and supported the establishment of South Korea and North Korea.
In 1950, North Korea broke out in order to unify its country. The South Korean army was defeated by the North Korean army. When the US-supported government was about to collapse, the United States could not sit still and sent troops to intervene in the Korean War. The intervention of the United Nations Army , led by the United States, changed the situation on the battlefield. It was North Korea's turn to collapse and was about to be wiped out by the US army. In order to prevent the US military from placing artillery at the doorstep, our country made the decision to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, and sent volunteer troops to the Korean Peninsula to help the North Korean people resist the invaders.
The Korean War lasted for three years, and the Chinese volunteer army suffered heavy casualties, but the volunteer army soldiers blocked the US offensive with their tenacious fighting will, making it impossible for the US military to defeat the volunteer army on the battlefield. In 1953, after the Korean War fell into a stalemate, the United States began to negotiate with the volunteers in order to avoid causing greater losses and finally signed a peace agreement to end the war.
After the end of the Korean War, the United States began to station troops in South Korea to help South Korea defend against North Korea. At the same time, the United States has always regarded North Korea as a thorn in its side and a thorn in its flesh, and has been constantly suppressing and sanctioning North Korea. In the past decade, due to the North Korean nuclear issue, the United States and its allies have increased sanctions on North Korea, which has affected North Korea's economic development. North Korea is a relatively closed country. In 2020, North Korea's per capita GDP was US$620. During the same period, South Korea's per capita GDP was US$31,600. North Korea is a relatively poor, backward and closed country.
2. Vietnam
After World War II, Vietnam also split into two countries: North Vietnam and South Vietnam .
In 1960, in order to oppose US interference and domestic dictatorship, the people of southern Vietnam launched an armed struggle and were ready to overthrow the South Vietnamese regime. North Vietnam also took the opportunity to greatly help the South Liberation Armed Forces, which made the South Vietnamese government supported by the United States shaky and at risk of collapse. To this end, the United States sent military advisers, special forces and support forces to help South Vietnam suppress rebels and resist North Vietnam.
As the war progressed, the United States sent more and more soldiers to the Vietnam battlefield and its investment was getting bigger and bigger, but it was unable to eliminate North Vietnam, which instead put itself in the quagmire of Vietnam War . Vietnam War lasted for 20 years. The United States spent more than 200 billion US dollars, killed 46,266 people, lost 10,326 non-combat personnel, injured 153,311 people, disappeared and captured 5,486 people, suffered heavy losses. In 1975, under the protests of the people at home, the United States ended the Vietnam War. After the United States withdrew, North Vietnam defeated the South Vietnam regime and unified Vietnam.
Vietnam now has long been reconciled with the United States and has a good relationship. In 2021, Vietnam's per capita GDP is US$3,694, making it a low-income country. In recent years, Vietnam's economic development has been very rapid due to industrial transfer and support from Western countries.
3. Iraq
1980-1988 Iran-Iran War , the United States assisted Iraq in dealing with their common enemy Iran and was an ally of Iraq.
During the Iraq War, in order to maintain the huge expenses of the war, Saddam borrowed a lot of debts from Arab countries, including 14 billion US dollars from Kuwait . After the war, Iraq was in financial difficulties and had no money to pay it back, so it asked Arab countries to reduce debts. After being rejected, Saddam invaded Kuwait and destroyed Kuwait. Saddam's move has aroused dissatisfaction from the United States. The United States launched a military strike against Iraq, severely hitting the Iraqi army in the Gulf War , forcing Saddam to withdraw troops from Kuwait, but also causing the United States to get into evil with Saddam.
In 2002, the EU countries launched their own currency - the euro to compete with the strong US dollar.In order to avenge the Gulf War, Saddam proposed to settle his own oil in euros. This shakes the US dollar-oil system and damages the core interests of the United States. In 2003, the United States and its ally, Britain launched the Iraq War, , overthrew the Saddam government. In 2006, Saddam was sentenced to death.
Now Iraq, after years of post-war reconstruction, its economy is recovering steadily. In 2021, Iraq's per capita GDP will be US$5,088.
4. Yugoslavia
1991, after the collapse of The Soviet Union, the originally contradictory Yugoslavia , also went to a split. Among the six Yugoslavia's 6 franchise countries, Slovenia , Croatia and Macedonia declared independence. In 1992, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina) declared sovereign states. Serbia and Montenegro are unwilling to be independent and established Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , namely the Federation of Yugoslavia. When Croatia and other countries were independent, Serbia's autonomous province Kosovo also announced the establishment of the Republic of Kosovo and separated from Yugoslavia's independence.
Kosovo region, more than 90% of people are Albanian , lack of recognition of Serbia, so they want to be independent. Kosovo is the birthplace of Serbia's first king and the "holy land" of Serbia. In order to avoid becoming a sinner of the nation, no one in Serbia dares to make Kosovo independent. In 1998, after the conflict between Serbia and Kosovo escalated, NATO , which has been supporting Kosovo's independent forces behind the scenes, launched a military strike against Yugoslavia on the grounds of "genocide". NATO severely damaged the Russian Federation's army through large-scale bombings. Finally, with Russia's mediation, NATO stopped its military operations against the Russian Federation.
In 2006, Yugoslavia disintegrated and became two countries, Serbia and Montenegro. In 2008, Kosovo declared a sovereign state, and the United States and other Western countries recognized Kosovo, but Serbia, China, Russia and other countries never recognized him. Meanwhile, the conflict between Serbia and Kosovo continues. In 2021, Serbia's per capita GDP was US$8,748, making it a relatively poor country in the wealthy Europe. In the same year, Montenegro's per capita GDP was US$9,350, and it was also a poor country in Europe.
5. Afghanistan
In 2001, the famous 911 terrorist attack occurred in the United States, killing 2,996 people in the United States and injuring 6,291 people. Afterwards, the mastermind behind the terrorist attack, bin Laden, fled to Afghanistan to avoid disaster. After the United States demanded that Afghanistan hand over bin Laden, the United States launched the Afghan war on the grounds of counter-terrorism. The Afghan Taliban government was soon overthrown by the powerful US military.
Afghan government was overthrown by the United States, but the US military did not completely eliminate Taliban . The Taliban is spread all over Afghanistan and fights guerrilla warfare with the US military, which has also put the US military in the quagmire of the Afghan war. The Afghan War lasted for 20 years. The United States killed more than 2,000 people and spent trillions of dollars, but it was unable to eliminate the Taliban. In 2021, the United States chose to end the Afghan war.
After the US military left, the Taliban once again took control of Afghanistan.
Afghanistan is now turbulent and uneasy, women's right to education cannot be guaranteed, and it is one of the poorest and turbulent countries in the world.
6, Libyan
1969, after Gaddafi became the leader of Libya, he drove the US and British troops in Libya out and chose a pro-Soviet diplomatic strategy. When Gaddafi was confronting Western countries, he also created terrorist attacks such as the Lobic air crash. In 1999, Gaddafi supported the Chechen independence armed forces in Russia. In 2006, Gaddafi set up a United States of Africa and wanted to be the king of Africa. In 2010, Gaddafi refused to settle oil in US dollars and wanted to settle it in gold. Gaddafi offended all the five permanent members of the United Nations.
In 2011, the national crude oil price plummeted, causing Libya's economy to suffer a heavy blow, and the dissatisfaction of domestic people with the Gaddafi government is increasing.In the same year, after the conflict broke out in Libya, the United States, Britain, France and other countries that had long been dissatisfied with Gaddafi took the opportunity to launch a war against Libya. The Gaddafi regime was quickly overthrown by Western countries, and Gaddafi himself was captured and tortured by domestic opposition.
Libya, after experiencing war, domestic order and economy are recovering steadily. In 2021, Libya's per capita GDP was US$4,822.
