Presidential Statement: Spain vs. France and the Attack of the Headless Chicken
Battle Kitten
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Spain versus France
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Obviously, the hot button issue of the day is Spain's attack on France and where the eUSA stands on this issue. Before everyone goes into full blown panic mode, I want to make on thing clear. The eUSA is an ally of Spain. We have always been an ally and we always will be. Although I personally think that attacking France was not Spain's best option, I also recognize that we have no right to dictate policy to Spain. I do not like being told what to do and I don't believe Spain would either. In this game, I have always adopted the philosophy of: "The enemy of my enemy is my friend." In France's case I saw an opportunity. They were disillusioned with the course that Hungary, Russia, Indonesia, and Serbia had taken. They never had any intention of joining EDEN or becoming part of our large collection of MPP's. I felt that the best course of action was to reach out to newly these neutral countries and to keep them out of the hands of our enemies who had largely used them for their own self interest.
All of this said, I completely understand the motivation of Spain. They, like us, were used as a PEACE chew toy for a few months and it leaves a bitter taste in your mouth...believe me. From a diplomatic view I might disagree with the attack due to my personal fear that it will drive countries back to their former PEACE allies whose intentions are less than pure. That said, I understand the attack and honestly, if I was in the same position as them, I would be hard pressed not to take the opportunity to push the button and invade say.... the United Kingdom. Revenge is a powerful motivator and I can understand it and in some way at least respect it. My only hope is that once the fight is over, that the bad blood between Spain and France disappears and we can work on a suitable peace between them that keeps everyone satisfied long term.
In regards to our military plans, the United States will be occupied in the next few days if not more. Gaius Julius and I have been working on a plan this past month and we intend to follow through with it. We will honor our commitment to EDEN and defend our allies as we are obligated and enthusiastic to do. That said we have a plan in place that we have sunk a serious amount of time and resources into that we cannot alter.
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Indian MPP
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I have received a few pm's in the past few days asking me why the United States rejected a MPP offer from India. We have fought to restore Indian territories from the Iranians, so this decision did not come lightly. Without having our State Department or myself consulted fully on the matter, India proposed the MPP without getting our approval on the. It is the policy of this administration, that we will not accept new MPP offers from any country without first discussing it within the Cabinet and with Congress. We have been in contact with officials within the Indian government and the situation is being rectified as we speak. We hope to continue to ahve a long lasting relationship with India. At this time, we still wish to pledge our support for the safety of the Indian nation, and the ultimate goal of total national liberation for India and all other nations that stand up against the oppression of hostile nations.
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Election Goals
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To quickly answer the multiple pm's I have received from concerned citizens about why I do not have election goals next to my name, I am issuing this following statement: I too have become a victim of the headless chicken. Last night I repeatedly attempted to put them in and finalize them. After every attempt I made to finalize them, I received our decapitated feathered friend. I have contacted the admins and they are currently working on the situation.
I look forward to the election and I am hopeful, I have done enough to earn your trust for a second and final term. I encourage everyone to get out and vote on election day.
Comments
First. 😃
(now just to read it) 9_9 😛
2nd!!!
Hmm good job on being prez and all. Catch Voice of America tonight at 10-11pm/
good luck josh
"haadese"
V
Good stuff, Josh!
Lt. Scheisskopf
http://tinyurl.com/POTUS2009Dec" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/POTUS2009Dec
statement about Israel plz
voted!
Best of luck!
I'm all for helping eUK finish their suicide attempt.
Hmm
Indian MPP!
UK MUST DIE
GL!
Thanks for weighing in and clarifying!
FIrst Page,
Well great article 5/5 voted but Spain attacking France isnt a shocker
good luck tomorrow 😃
India/Jellymaxxx!
We look forward towards bettering relations non-the-less
DECAPITATEDCHICKENMAXXXX
WHAT IS STATMENT?
We hope so too
You have my vote but I wish you didn't only do two terms...FDR had 4...Frost could have 4 🙂
Its FEIND! Not Freind, FEIND.
hey bros let's halp spaniards against those froggys!!!1
:3
INVADE THE UKMAXXX
You avatar is cute.
What about eIsrael?
Thanks for the support eUSA.
Always appreciated
Help Spain, please...
http://www.erepublik.com/es/battles/show/8071" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/es/battles/show[..]/8071
Its such a hard decesion between frost and jewitt.
Well said.
A statesmanlike response to a tricky situation.
tricky situation? i need to remind you all that Spain attack France the last summer TO HELP USA?
Who are THE REAL ALLIES HERE?
France? now they are your best friends? ...
Thank you very much Mr.President and I hope today we shall successfully iron out any sticking points. Your support towards our cause is invaluable...and as stated our cause is to eventually win back all our regions, and more importantly to be able to retain them! We shall forever remember our friends and those who stood by us. 🙂
best...
Ash,
MoFA, eIndia
Vote this article
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/important-news1-1067526/1/20" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/impo[..]/1/20
the new "goals" module forces us to telegraph our military strategy. I would prefer to not have it broadcasted that we intend to take this or that territory. we'll know what region we're taking when our leadership tells us, and they'll know when we hit their beaches.
regarding Spain vs France.. I'll give the short of what I've posted elsewhere: what will the world say when we do decide to reduce Britain to rubble (in our own sweet time, not by knee-jerk reaction to goading), and will our answer not be "butt out, this is our war"?
PEACE GC was a defensive alliance until its members launched revenge wars against the eUSA and others.
EDEN was a defensive alliance until eSpain launched a revenge war against eFrance.
Wow, this sucks.
the goals mod means nothing. who cares if we get a nice little graphic of a monument
headlesschickenmaxxx!!!
invading UK is great
yep , FRANCE AND UK MUST DISAPEAR OF THE MAP , THEY DESERVE IT.
So what /are/ your election goals, then?
off course, by the freedom of all other nations we mean, besides Peru, France, South Korea, and any other country that EDEN doesn't like at the moment.
Also isn't it our "friends" that threatened to throw us to the Russians if we didn't officially join their alliance, then launch their full support for Grom in Peru and invade eFrance. Aren't these the same allies that dictated to use that we should keep the war open with France so that they could use us in their plans for conquest? The same ones that, the moment we signed PEACE with France posted article after article--including one by their president--implying we were worthless allies?
Also, I might point out that France did not invade a single country in WWIII that hadn't invaded it first, so it isn't a revenge attack Spain is doing, just a continuation of an attack they have previously pressed.
I support Josh Frost.
what about eIsrael, abandoned?
Regarding your position on Spain vs France, that all but cements my vote for you. I agree entirely.
Spain > France
O7
Aurelius Ambrosius... don't you ever get tired of typing so much worthless stuff? Sorry, but running across all your blather gets old, on every single paper no less. While you may sympathize with eFrance, they earned all that they've received right now. Just because they suddenly made nice with us in the past, what, month, they deserve to have the slate cleared? Unfortunately it doesn't work like that.
I KNEW IT! THE CHICKEN IS TRYING TO DESTROY AMERICA!
It's not Espagne/France = espagne had help to the formers from Peace. Nice thing. Why? Because Efrance refused to attack USA. So funny, isn't it? We defend values and it's a crime here.
The battle is so hard imperialism/democracy
you can see the stats of the battle, and you really see the fighters.
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/-stats-war-spain-vs-france-4th-update--1066897/1/20" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/-sta[..]1/20
I see tanks from indonesia, portugal in Eden ... so funny.
http://nsa11.casimages.com/img/2009/12/04/091204090400310841.jpg" target="_blank">http://nsa11.casimages.com/img/2009/12/0[..]1.jpg