PEACE in the descendant
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by Thomas Fairfax
Swords and Ploughshares - A polemical rag of the worst kind
The blue flag of PEACE, and the flags of the mighty alliance's many member states fly high from the rooftops. The German tricolour flutters in the breeze next to that recent addition, the British union flag. In the distance fly the two flags of the United Netherlands. This was Washington and Quebec but a short while ago. PEACE and her member states were in the ascendant.
Now, only the stars and stripes flies over Washington, only the maple leaf over Quebec - perhaps flanked by the new flag of the EDEN alliance. The only occupier's flag flying now, of indeed whatever colour and design, is that which flies over Flanders. PEACE is in the descent, perhaps it can be stopped before the precipice.
The PEACE alliance's righteous anger was stirred when American antagonists attempted to declare themselves the liberators of Belgium, and this anger went on to push PEACE into its ascendence. PEACE cast the interlopers out of the United Netherlands, and then took the fight to the enemy on their own ground. But where has PEACE gone since then? PEACE failed to hold all but the most remote of her new conquests. A more recent invasion by EDEN, which this newspaper would term weaker than the first, was succesful in usurping Flanders. To all intents and purposes, PEACE stood by, perhaps in surprise - perhaps unwilling to act.
Swords and Ploughshares worries that at some unknown point in our history with the alliance, the UNL began to believe that PEACE protects the UNL as a senior partner, not an equal partner. After the debacle in Flanders, where PEACE should easily have pushed out the invaders, this newspaper calls for the UNL to ask whether the current PEACE system and administration really does enough for the UNL and what that system's obligations are. With PEACE in the twilight, now is the time for the UNL to repair the defences and make sure who her friends are - lest PEACE leave us in the cold again.
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Nice article. Voted!
Surely, we did receive help from PEACE. It may not have been in massive numbers, but know that the Congressional Elections is a once-in-a-month battle everywhere; Not a lot of PEACE members are quite keen on aborting their vote in the home country elections for just a minor country.
But I must agree with you, we can not trust on PEACE to save our Union behinds every time we are in trouble. Not if they have a more important battle to fight. Really, we all knew it was this way. I've never been very fond of PEACE, it is quite an imperialistic alliance and therefore not a hair better then EDEN. But being in PEACE does takes away no sovereignty from us, but it brings us the fun, experience and wellness of being in a major alliance and having a lot of (Training)wars. We can however not see their aid as a consistency whenever we are in trouble, but at least we have some good friends within. So I stay still support the idea of being in PEACE, but I agree we must not relentlessly rely on them.
We are working on some things which can improve our army structure 😉
I am all in favour of army reforms, its always a good thing to have greater readiness.
I don't see why the conclusion can be made that PEACE is in the descendant. They just lost some foreign regions that can be taken back more easily because of MPP's & attack+RW option.
They are still looking for options to give Flanders back to eUNL. Make a good plan and you'll win or rush back into action and you will lose.
good article, voted
@Kixtart; But EDEN (including America and Canada, whatever the technicalities are) are on the offensive. Theyve won back almost all of PEACE's conquests and theyre taking the fight to the enemy, which is us. With such a turnaround of fate, how can PEACE be in anything but decline?
So only when PEACE starts to more offensive again they aren't in decline according to you?
When PEACE can defend what is supposed to be their own territory (Flanders) and hold onto what they have conquered they wont be in decline. The whole point of PEACE is defense of its members isnt it? All of PEACE together should easily have defeated a band of EDEN miscreants.
Im not anti-PEACE, I realise PEACE is a necessity. But PEACE can be better, and it needs small member states like us to hold it to account.
Ofcourse it can be better, but such things are usually noticed when it happened already. We could have done better ourselved also, since we have gold for MPP's, but didn't use much for defense now.
It did happen already - but im not convinced that enough is happening to prevent it happening again. Domestic defence reforms (which I have to say, I am impressed with so far) are excellent, but PEACE can do its part too.