Pfeiffer 4 President? I Like Ike!
jadiv
On June 5, 1944, in his last act before retiring for the day, General Eisenhower wrote his resignation letter. History has shown his months of planning and preparations were largely successful even if his dating on his resignation letter was off a little, historians have always considered that he probably had a lot on his mind that evening. Fortunately the resignation wasn't needed.
You know Dwight Eisenhower. If you live in the USA there is probably a statue in your town to him - or in major cities in UK or in France even in some places in Germany. He probably was the last president respected by almost all Americans regardless of political view. He was a simple, honorable man.
While RL historical things do not always translate to our little game here, honor should. One's character should make a difference. Ike was ready to do the honorable thing had D-Day failed.
The same honor cannot be attributed to our ePresident Pfeiffer. He has led us into an utter failure in Thailand against Croatia that now threatens our own shores and what does he do, runs for reelection after what was promised as his swan song term. Pfeiffer, you simply have no honor!
Then again he and the group he pictures himself at the head of, the one that has 'led the eNation' all these years, has done this type of thing before. And what did the 'honorable' Pfeiffer do after leading the nation to military ruin in the past?
Look at his profile! Yes he ran away from the mess he created getting eUSA wiped, for the lulz of it, and camped out in UK as a Brit until others undertook the heavy lift of freeing eUSA.
Let's review the facts before the decision to invade. For as far back as you want to look eCroatia has doubled, or even more than doubled, eUSA damage output. eUSA MPPs have shrunk over the months/years and many of them are smaller eNations. It is simply beyond me how anyone would have thought any other outcome was going to occur.
Now that the conflict threatens our core regions and our core strength, our economic output, a few of our allies have stirred. I am not going to say 'where were they yesterday' as many supported us via MPP access to the fight, but the airstrikes they now propose might have been better coordinated yesterday. As should have been the RW in the other Croatia colony in Thailand, which seemed to only have been organized after it was obvious that our AS was destined to fail.
eCroatia is formerly a close friend. The relationship has cooled to a neutrality over the years but we still have many contacts between eCroatians and eAmericans both in game and in the nationalities of the actual players. This too might have been considered more closely.
There is enough blame to go around but where is the honor? Who pushed the button? Who made the decision?
Now it is excuse time.
First, Romper came out of the woodwork, we didn't count on that.
Although the particular fighter, Romper, might have been unexpected, we damn well know that eCroatia has a history of big hitters. Many players (or perhaps just their accounts) remain in the background for years to reemerge. We know this but the fact is that the damage numbers for eCroatia are known. With our without Romper we would have been outgunned.
Second excuse, people were dying of boredom. Something was needed for the lulz! No more training wars!
It has long been said "War is 99% boredom and 1% sheer terror". The game mechanics are to some extent supportive of this. The big anniversary event (the 1% event) sucked food and weapon supplies out of the game and drove prices up. Slowly the market has been refilling with supplies and prices have started to drop. The average wage earner might now be able to support their daily fights with their wages. Units might be supplied at a reasonable cost, or at least that is the direction we have been going. A period of TW was restoring our material ability to wage war, if and when it would come.
I also remind you of Pfeiffer and his associate's recent tax grab, a tripling of the work tax, later at least reduced to a mere doubling! The justification given - to increase the deterrent value of our financial reserve.
Now putting aside the point that at the original tax rate we were continuing to slowly add to the reserve (well minus a few minor misadventures, and simple fall thru losses) we now have a higher rate (2x the former work tax) to build up our reserve 'for deterrence', a basic defensive function. Instead we used this new funding stream in this offensive adventure "for the lulz"!
This is the problem with setting targets for the reserve after which an original fairer rate might resume; government can always find something else to spend the funds on. The new target (although never publically announced) can never be met! Or at least government can control if it is met by diverting funds to other (mis)uses so that the reserve is never met.
It's the old promise "I don't want to raise your taxes, and will return them to reasonable rates once x is achieved only to find that x is never achieved by the hand of the same ones that made the promise! Are we to expect renewed calls now to increase taxes?
Then again hasn't Pfeiffer repeatedly stated that taxation of the small folks in eUSA is the only use for them, referring to those who choice to play the economic or military side of the game, or to 2-click, rather than be in the food fight which is eUS politics.
Pfeiffer regularly uses the picture of a president as his avatar:
Time to live up to the legacy of another:
I like Ike. Surely we have someone more honorable than Pfeiffer to serve as our next ePresident.
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You know the two reasons I left was boredom and taxes.
Techie! How ya doing?!?!
eCroatia has never been interested in the interests of the eUSA. Time and again they've proved themselves as duplicitous, treasonous, and vile, as eSerbians, both with their attempts to indirectly manipulate the eAmerican political process and their well known use of multis when less direct attempts failed.
The most recent affront came when they attempted to convince eSerbia to collude with them for an invasion of the continental US.
They are our enemy now, and were never our friend- their interests simply happened to align with ours for a time.
What a load of crap!
Who holds the world record of changing allies & alliances?
You are a double-faced liar, but everyone in the whole e-world knows that already!
eCroatia has never been interested in the interests of the eUSA. I love you Oblige but this statement is false. Croatia has been interested in well over a year and have attempted to make an alliance with us.
https://www.erepublik.com/hr/main/law/USA/192542
Where is the proof of anything you have said?
Where is the proof in anything Jadiv said? This is known information for anyone in the FA circles or that plays the game at the high level.
jadiv is known as a honest player who speaks the truth.
You are known to be a double faced liar & a thieve, who bought whatever he accomplished (and you didn't accomplish much, besides failed presidencies).
No proof really needed.
it was eUS that left sirius or whatever was called that alliance back then, at the time of Mel Rose or Molly Emma was president (pardon my rusted memory)... but what i remember we is that eCro and many other allies had help a lot in trying to deter the famous invasion eSerbia, eRomania, eHungary, eTaiwan, eMontenegro, eSpain... and eUS was so hopeless that i remember we did not even have Q7 tanks anymore to fight... but thanks to implementation of determination and help of allies we managed after some months to liberate all our regions...
that said, you comment dude is pure LIE.
might I reply, during that hopeless time of occupation, PFEIFFER FLED TO UK!
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Your article is extremely well written and enjoyable to read. I disagree on several points, but I had fun.
As far as I know you have plenty of congressmen, who can push that IMPEACH button, making one of your own members, namely Henry French Country president, at least for a few days!
Why don't you?
Where's the problem?
You can't find it?
Do you need assistance?
Yes, please show me what law was broken and I'll bring it to the attention of congress.
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There is no law you can break.
Laws are enforced through game dynamics.
Buttons are there to be pushed.
It's the responsibility of every player, Plato has granted you these rights.
Nobody can take them away from you
All this meta-gaming has very much confused you.
Wake up!
Sooooo, what is your reasoning for impeachment? Real war & more activity
Yesterdays failed airstrike & today losing 75% weapons bonuses isn't enough? Beside the usual theft of ta😜ayer's moneys.
What planet are you living on?
The unfortunate losses are risks you have to take with real/fun war.
The AS was approved by congress, so that's not a legit reason for impeachment. Theft of taxpayers money would also be congress.
Also, planet Venus.... I'm living on the planet Venus
"unfortunate loses"??
So the "congress" transfers money from the CBO to the private accounts of the elitist oligarchs?
You're dumber then I thought.
No point in discussing this any longer.
Good night.
You are really bad at debating. Yes they were unfortunate losses (were they fortunate losses?!?!?) and yes the CBO transfers money into private accounts. (Like seriously where have you been?)
You're getting worse at dueling recently, maybe you should write another article to get your hateful juices flowing again.
Until next time my love
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Croatians never wanted this war. USA government's decisions led to this situation. From friends you turned us into enemies. Sadly ,in the process you also showed your weaknesses and we would be crazy if we wouldn't use them for our own good.
I'm not lying and I'm not an "nasty dirty Croat". I never wanted harm to eUSA.
I understand your comments.
But it is not accurate to say that prior to this war eCroatia was acting as "friend" to eUSA. I believe there are many players in both nations who are friends personally, as I have many many eCroatian friends with whom I share trust and respect. I consider Don Croatas/Shelby. a good friend, for instance.
So while I agree that eUSA was the aggressor in this, I disagree that eUSA's attack was against a "friend" nation. Our two nations have been drifting apart for years.
Tell us why, snake-oil salesman, tell us why!
People, watch out, when Gnil opens his mouth, expect a waterfall of lies.
I do not believe we have been 'friends' lately, probably more a seething indifference. I think both sides made mistakes in moving from friends in the past (or having common interest if you prefer) to the current state over the years. Including eUSA making their share as well.
On the other hand I do not think there was an immediate reason to preemptively begin a war that was about to start anyhow.
yes, we were no more friends with eCro, and again that was after eUS left that famous alliance we once had with croats (was it Sirius the name!?)
actually our government does an excellent job of providing more than enough energy for constant clicking through out the day.
much fairer criticism would be the lack of good and updated guides to effective fighting strategies, i.e how to use the ghost boosters to rank up, when not fighting in air battles, how acquired more achievements
then there is this;
III. Executive Principles:
1. The country president is the head of state, chief diplomat and Commander in Chief of the eUSA and its armed forces. The President as the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces maintains complete control over the Armed Forces.
If this/that part of our constitution is no longer valid, I wish it was so stated. Ike would never through his boss under the bus as you seemingly are doing.
USA haven't had armed forces in years so more than half of the III section is null. Defending is up to private MUs and ultimately to single fighters if they like to fight as executive likes.
But luckily we have never ending COs available! /s
I understand that, yet our commander and chief's introductory letter advises new players join the US Army - which is open rebellion to the commander and chief ...
I most certainly am not a government military unit.
no disrespect intended, but it is named the US Army and it is the MU the the introductory letter form the CP encourages players to join. It seems to make sense with the way our constitution is worded, that players would think they have joined a MU under the command of the CP.
The US Army was a branch of the eUS Military, once the formal military of the nation, now an independent unit. Almost all active members in the US Army moved to WarInc with the merger of eUS Military and Seal Team 6.
Jason and Mister Y do get included in the PRivate MU thread by which government passes on their plans/directives to private MUs . The units tend to work toward those directives.
i really dont undestand that AS, sounds more like a whim for some ppl that a reasonable attack. we all know there some eCountrys that want invade USA since lot, make this move just open the door to get wiped.
Why make an AS to CRo? its under invasion , fightinh in them RW hard, have no core regions...
Why not AS some country to help a Close friend and member of Pacifica ? Same day AS approve Hun got 3 attacks .
Maybe making some favor not to be attack?
He's never had any honor or respect for other players, don't expect to see any now.
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We know that Cro wasn't Usa ally, but they're helping Huns a lot and at last they're friend of your friend and why needs Cro to be top 1 enemy for Usa this is just a bad move
pfeiffer was a terrible mistake...
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well written and great arguments
Everyone always hatting on the president. We all say you represent the worst parts of me i spit on you!
And then stroke you
In usa vote
Pffffeiffer.
basically the most badass person in this game.
erepublik.com/es/citizen/profile/1813808
prnt.sc/iaitmf
so cute xD