Krig! War! Guerra! Krieg! Voyna! Guerre!
josefstark
After several days of hard work the "surprise article" is finally published. It is dedicated to the leaders of the eWorld and in some sence the new war module.
I asked the leaders of the eWorld what they think about war. How does it make them feel? I did not want any formal answers, I asked them to let their hearts out, to open up.
I was surprised at some of the answers, and with others... Maybe not that surprised. However, with this article I want to shed some light on the fact that our leaders may seem crude at first glance but if you scratch the surface and you ask them to let their feelings out they are thinking, deliberate people just like any one of us.
Here are the wise words of our leaders. Enjoy!
Argentina - Joimzhando
- There's no need to.
Austrailia - Neo26988
-I quote Fallout: "War never changes."
Austria – VoXx
- War is a big word, and war is not a good thing, but sometimes we need it, but I want peace in this world and I hope many more want it too.
Bulgaria - IcoBgr
- I do not know how it works. How to defend our country? That is what I think at first.
Canada - Faltnor
- If you say war. Hmm. Well, Its a very controversal subject. But if it came down to being Invaded our War Minister would handle it and could push back any army right off the coasts.
Czech Republic - Vinzent Zeppelin
*(1)
Denmark - Grev Per
- NO WAY! Denmark is a peace loving people and we pretty much just hope that no one in the world can afford war against us. So in short: "War! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing!"
Germany - DKN
- If I hear the word war I have to remember back to my history lessons in school. And in German schools you were tought to hate war and all kinds of war. The most important thing my teacher said to me : "It is our duty not to forget! Germany should never be initiator or part of a war again..."
So I think it is important to prepare for war in the game but it is although important for me (under my period as president) that Germany won't be an aggressor. We just fight if we have to fight for our freedom, sovereignty and our wonderful people...
Hungary - Imre Barbarossza
- War? Alliance.
Hungary is a relatively small country that is why we do not have enough resources and soldiers to conquer. Our interest is peace and stability at the borders. However, our neighbours are not sharing this opinion. Our only chance to survive is to establish a multilateral, powerful alliance. Such alliance itself can prevent war, or as a last resort the mutual protection comes into picture.
That is what I think when I hear the word war.
India - Illuminati
- Well, we are not declaring war on anybody anytime soon, but if someone attacks us we will defend this country to the last man.
Indonesia - yanezu
- Ill say lets go...Whatever your country is , we are ready 😃
Iran – Koroush
- Awful. Darkness. Hate. Unnecessary.
Avoid it as much as you can. War has no winners but losers.
BUT...
If a nation of peace is being attacked, no matter how awful war is. The country must be protected and everyone should help.
Ireland - Michael Collins
- I quote Albert Einstien: "You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war."
Israel - CyberStormAlpha
- Why? What is the purpose of this war? Which nations or peoples compose the sides? To what ends are both sides willing to venture? Have all other options been exhausted?
Japan - Wej
- When you say war, i say something to prevent. Right now, I am trying to put together some close nit alliances with countries around us. My country is to small to stand a chance in war against any bigger country, but we are going to defend East Asia from any invasion, keeping all bigger countries away.
Mexico – Dhoo
- Mexico has not become jumbled in a war for many years. The human being forgets soon. The Mexican does not know what a war is. For a Mexican, the war is a distant concept, something that happens abroad, almost completely theoretical.
If the history of the human being has taught me something, it is that all the wars begin by the mistaken reasons. The fault of a war is not of the soldiers. The fault of a war is not of the enemy. The fault of a war is of those who declared the war.
In the war, the heroes are born and the legend is written.
Netherlands - Overmaze
- When I think of war, I think of pain and all kinds of negative feelings. But on the other hand history has proven we cannot live in peace, therefore there will always be wars as long as there are people on this planet. So there will always will be wars, and for all kinds of reasons. People forget the tragedy a war brings for the people in war as well as economicly and militairy. War is expensive and should be avoided at all costs.
Pakistan - Dio Brando
- Peace.
Poland – Majkal
- Oh I just feel what I hope everyone else feels, misery.
Portugal – PHuSiOn9
- I say profit.
Romania - Cristesco
- I would say OK for a small war, but I am against a new World War.
Russia - Sasha Igorovich
- It is difficult to respond to a single word. I guess I would have to say that I agree with Gen. Patton who said "War is hell!" and on the basis of that I personally feel we are better off if we can avoid it.
I know that there will be wars, but I hope to keep Russia out of them if at all possible.
Slovakia – Johann
- I don’t know what to say.
War is a solution but not a good one.
South Korea – quisterr
- War is nothing my proud people should be worried about at the moment. We need to grow stronger economically before we can even discuss the possibility of war.
Spain - Meiko
- Everyone looses. Its a no win situation. Its something we dont approve but we prepare carefully for it.
Sweden - ZiggyZag
- Well, who likes war in IRL? In Erepublik on the other hand nobody gets hurt. War will be a useful way to control and stimulate the economy. Sweden is a responsible superpower and will act accordingly, still, our big and powerful army demands respect from the other nations.
Switzerland – Frans von Echtlen
- I say an idea that is as alien to Swiss people as a flat desert. War disrupts the profits and economic success that peacetime stability brings with it.
Thailand – Ian Dunross
- War should not be an option during this harsh period for Thailand.
I acknowledge that its a possibility, but the decision will be taken by the people of Thailand.
Ukraine - ua_bogdan
- War - instability.
Changes and probably devastation.
Our country wont in any case give up our land. We will fight to the end!
United Kingdom - Kaleb
- Umm, I say Waaaaaaghh!
er, no wrong game.
I say - it will certainly add a new interesting dimension to the game.
USA - Nave Isikiliah
*(2)
Venezuela - zotho
- If you say war, I'd say stupid.
*(1,2)
Responded to the PM sent out but could not give an answer due to different reasons.
Did read but not respond to the PMs sent out:
Belgium - Annie Chanovsky
Brazil - Ed
China - YudhArifin Jr,
Finland - Ape
France - Evohe
Greece - tharkas
Italy - carloarturo
Moldova - Underdog
Norway - Forconin
South Africa - Jeffa
Turkey - BattalGazi
I hope all this was appreciateble and maybe inspiring. I put up with a lot to do this article, both my linguistic skill, because some people have a little trouble understanding english I ended up sending out PMs in their respective native and/or official languages. Allso my patience was stretched to its braking point. I lost count of all the PMs that was sent out only to be lost in the cyber space and never reach its destination, all the answers that was sent to me but never came that far. It has been a time of dispair and desperation, but allso hope and joy. Because in the end, now that i see it, I can realy feel that it was worth everything.
I would allso like to thank everyone for making this possible, and I hope this experience have enriched you all as it have enriched me, both "eProfessionally" as a journalist and as a person. I allso hope that all the readers have found something in this publication that will help them grow intellectually and as an eCitizen. And finally I have some "words of wisdom" of my own I would like to share with you all: MUTUAL UNDESTANDING. This is the remedy to all problems.
Now, take care of eachother! Until next time, fare well!
EDIT: ZiggyZag has given me an answer in place of Carradine.
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Comments
I was really looking forward to Sweden\'s answer🙁 Too bad Carradine \"wasn\'t able\" to answer the question at hand. But interesting read all togehter🙂 I can\'t wait for \"The Infiltrators\". Keep it iup!
Intressant, starkt jobbat
Thanks Klarskov! I was quite persistent with Carradine but he said he wasnt so good at philosophical statements, and that hed rather not say anything at all in fear that his presumed statement would be interpreted as the official standing point of Sweden.
And thank you Ettan... I like feedback.
Awesome article. We need more of these.
Thanks Dio, youve contributed to it...
Nice compiling, it was great fun reading every responce efter one another! Thumbs up!
The nominees for \"best answer\" are... Germany, Mexico and Pakistan. And the winner is... ...Germany! Great article!
Thanks man! I\'d like some more feedback, and votes... 🙂
Nice article! Great work! Maybe Carradine didn\'t want to answer since he\'s resigning as president?
Voted! Bra jobbat (is that how you would say it? 😛 )
Awesome article! Voted!
Nice isn\'t the right word for this article. Good Luck bringing more of these interesting news.
It would be interesting to read the same article after 2 months and to see the changes in policy... well done
Thanks for all the nice words and the ideas... DKN: Yes it would interesting. It might me something to work on. But it takes so much time and effort to establish contact with everyone and extract a good answer. 😛 I will definitely take it into consideration.
Now that I see the article in full i regret not answering - it´s a great article and something good for the Erepublik community. Maybe Ziggyzag would like to make Sweden\'s contribution ?
Absolutley... If I get a PM from him or you I\'ll edit the answer in along with the others... goes for the other presidents who didn\'t answer too. PM me.
In Indonesian we say it \"Perang!\"
Too bad Indonesian is not recognised as an e-world language
Thank you vos, although I\'m not quite sure what your point is there.
Insnuwarda: I\'ll vebture a bit and thank you for the seemingly kind word \"perang\". Too bad i don\'t know indonesian... I think i like the linguistic diversity of eRep, although my eyes hyr when i read indonesian newspapers.
Vos has left the building*
Återigen en mycket intressant artikel från syndikatet min skäggbärande kamrat, tumme upp!
PS: Har du något namnförslag till hypogeums tidning? Själv finner jag det en aning svårt att komma på ett välformulerat namn med tanke bakom...
@Josefstark. Thanks for this article. It is a true piece of art.
@Riddler. I like to be one of TOP 3. I like much the answer of DKN. The Mother of my Mother is German.
... and also, the Mother of my Father is Cuban.
Great reading! I thank you my friend, I really hope more writers will see this exellent piece of work
one word - great!
Jag har en känsla att vi svenskar kommer kriga. Nu är ju vår chans! Vi är mäktigast!
Samtidigt som vi krigar måste vi hålla en stark alliance med Norge. Fler alliancer vore smart.
LÄS SvD OCH SE ARTICKEL OM VAD VI TYCKER OM KRIG!
I guess pretty much everyone was waiting for Carradine to answer :/
I usually don\'t say this in a foreign newspaper but... wonderful article.
I wonder why Nave didn\'t say anything?
Well done. Excellent article.
Nave didn\'t want his true feelings towards Canada to be known across the world.
I have had some problems when sending personal messages, so I think my messages have never reached you Josef, sorry.
Anyway, my point of view is just like DKN\'s, in a War we \"[...]won\'t be an aggressor. We just fight if we have to fight for our freedom[...]\"
This was a very well done article and took alot of work. Good job. I\'m glad to see my words compared to other great presidents.
I am so glad for all the responds you have given me, president or not. For once I have witnessed the true essence of the eRepublic spirit. I want to spread the wisdom and understanding throughout the known eWorld and I know that I have fullfilled that goal with this article, and I also know that I am kneeling with gratitude to all of you! Thank you!
Best article ever.
Thanks!
Awsome!!! thumbs up!!!
great work
A thousand thanks to all of you!