Presidential Candidate Goals Point To Asian invasion

Day 834, 12:54 • Published in USA Australia • by Aeros
SUMMARY

With Gauteng secured by resistance war, another major Phoenix colonial enclave has been removed, limiting their holdings to just Northeastern China. With Presidential elections now coming in, the United States Voters seem to be in the unique position of choosing which route EDEN is going to take with regards to the Asian enclaves. Will the US land swap through China to push on Liaoning, or launch an all out invasion of the Russian Federation. In order to help the informed voter, lets review both options.

INVASION OF RUSSIA

PiginZen/George Armstrong Custer

This has been kicking around since the end of the North American War. It has generally been considered too risky due to the bottleneck along the Bering Straight. If the initial attack is repelled by the Russians, then they would be able to immediately counterattack with a newly activated list of MPP’s. Recently however, the US has been able to establish a presence in Asia, and could conceivably region swap through India and China to other points along the Russian border. This means that even if the US is defeated in the initial invasion of Far Eastern Russia, they would be able to continue the assault in Central Asia to hold initiative.

Choosing this route will mean an enormous war with huge risks. Unlike the United Kingdom, Russia is a fairly large country in its own right and would be barred from any kind of settlement with the United States due to some serious RL issues. Launching an invasion of Russia would mean a fight to death, either America’s or Russia’s, because this time we can be certain Hungary will be on Russia’s MPP list. The lack of Hungary in both Indonesia’s and Russia’s MPP lists in the North American war was a major factor in the defeat of those countries at the hands of EDEN. Should EDEN and the United States prevail over Russia, the effects would be immediate. For starters, the US would have unlimited access to the Hungarian occupation zone. They would also be able to make a second attempt on North Korea. Should we be defeated though, we can expect Russia use its newly minted Hungarian MPP to invade the US , while Great Britain keeps our Canadian Allies distracted.

For victory to be achieved, precise timing and a lot of luck will be needed. The expense of attacking this part of the world will be huge. Thousands of Gold just to declare the attacks, not counting the amount to be spent on tanking and weapons. Should the attack be stalled, Hungary or Serbia could counterattack and halt the American offensive. If this occurs, EDEN will face a tough decision. Let Russia counterattack, or call Phoenix “all in” and order Croatia to use their MPP stack and invade Hungarian and Serbian home territory to preserve initiative. As you can see, a very high risk, high reward move is waiting in this sector.


LANDSWAP TO LIAONING

Andy Costello/Aersidius

This candidate seems to be favoring a much less dramatic military campaign then PiginZen. The stated goal of retaking Liaoning from Serbia would basically entail a second attempt at what the US tried to do a back in January. Pushing out Phoenix from Northeastern Asia through 1 v 1 battles without activating any MPP’s. This plan carries far less risk to the US Homeland, as it would avoid the possibility of a major Phoenix counterattack into North America. While it also removes risk, there is some loss of gain as well, because it avoids an all out confrontation with Phoenix. This would also cost considerably less money, as this strategy would allow the United States to continue to attack on its own schedule. Because of borders with Hungary and Serbia in North Asia, the US would be forced to attack constantly for an extended period of time against very expensive targets. There would be no room for error, or delay. In this respect, continuing with the strategy of surgical strikes through China has many positives over an all out throw down between EDEN and Phoenix in Siberia.


Other then this, I can’t really say much else about this plan to attack Liaoning that has not already been said. We’ve all seen this effort off and on for the last couple months.


ENDORSEMENT

From a purely tactical standpoint, the land swap through China might be the safer option short term. It carries with it the least risk for the most gain. Of course, what the US could gain from a victory through attacking Liaoning from the South would be minor compared to what could be won if we emerged triumphant over Russia in a direct assault. And thus my quandary. The militant nerd in me really wants to see an epic war, and that has me feeling very strongly in favor for PiginZen’s plan to add Far Eastern Russia to United States territory. With that in mind, and the fact that I have always been a PiZ fan, I must go against my cautious voice of reason and endorse PiginZen. Lets burn down the Russkies!



For a more detailed look at the candidates, check out the UIP report on the race

http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/american-driven-american-powered-1230910/1/20