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The Courage to Say No

63 Day 722, 14:33 USA


Today some of you in the world received a surprise announcement from the nation of Italy. They have voted to leave PEACE and pursue a more neutral stance on the world stage. This news is notable and exciting for a variety of different reasons. Italy was one of the founding members of PEACE and has been with it from the beginning. Secondly, is the justification of Italy for leaving PEACE. According to them, the "goals for some of our allies are no longer relevant, a part of the old spirit of the alliance has been eroded and corrupted".

While pledging "unconditional support to our closest allies and all those who supported us when the eItaly needed for help", they also recognize that the driving force behind PEACE's goals are no longer the voices of the collective PEACE nations as a whole, but the irrational and imperialistic voice of a few. These countries that once claimed to be a loyal ally of Italy abandoned them when they were PTO'ed and then turned PEACE from a defensive alliance into an imperialistic war monger willing to eradicate even the most harmless nations from the map.



While loyalty is a valuable attribute to have, I also recognize the bravery and determination of Italy and all other nations whether they be in PEACE or EDEN to stand against PEACE GC oppression and tell them NO MORE!! Italy realizes that the quest for wealth and territories has far less value than having friends on the world stage. They have the courage to be one of the first nations to raise their voice against the currently imperialistically controlled PEACE and say "NO!! we will no longer support your goals!!" In doing this, they have put themselves at great risk for retaliation from those who do not share their line of thinking. The United States and all other freedom loving nations around the globe hope this is the beginning of a trend that reaches to every PEACE nation with a conscience. You no longer have to be a part of an alliance that serves only the powerful and those seeking wealth. New friends can be made, even with old enemies.

I want to at this time to reiterate my previous statement to all countries dissatisfied with their current allegiance to PEACE. The United States is willing to sit down and talk with all of you and seek a peaceful resolution to our differences. We bear no ill will to any nation that joined any alliance to seek protection. We will however, continue to fight against the Hungarians and all other PEACE nations that pose a threat to us or our allies around the globe. Once again we commend the people of Italy and hope that this will lead to better relations between our peoples.

 
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amamkhomaini
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amamkhomaini Day 722, 14:34

voted

 
Blue Holt
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Blue Holt Day 722, 14:35

Go eItaly! \o/

 
Ingo Castilho
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Ingo Castilho Day 722, 14:35

Great stuff, great respect for Italy, took courage.

 
Bob Wolf
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Bob Wolf Day 722, 14:36

first page

 
Papein
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Papein Day 722, 14:36

GO ITALY

 
Daniel Hawkins
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Daniel Hawkins Day 722, 14:36

Croatia PTOs Italy and they leave PEACE. I like this.

Oh, Frost is awesome.

 
Hoyle
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Hoyle Day 722, 14:37

\o/

 
DanielCD
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DanielCD Day 722, 14:39

Good stuff.

 
Tyler F Durden
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Tyler F Durden Day 722, 14:39

eItaly is the thin edge of the wedge.

 
Stormin
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Stormin Day 722, 14:45

Couldn't agree more with the stance on PEACE. They will fall apart at the seems because I tend to believe that most people who dedicate time out of their day to this eworld, use some intelligence and imperialistic desires without rational rewards is not something most of us want to partake in.

 
Amun Nefer
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Amun Nefer Day 722, 14:46

BOATED!

 
ligtreb
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ligtreb Day 722, 14:46

Voted!

 
sydiot
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sydiot Day 722, 14:47

VOTADO! Hail Italia!

 
Al Vlahovich
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Al Vlahovich Day 722, 14:48

Voted!

Croatia PTO-ed Italy only for change Italian LIT with Hungarians who had (have) our Croatian HRK-s , not to destroy Italy economicaly, but Hungarians didn't wanted even this.

 
Q5 Houses sales
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Q5 Houses sales Day 722, 14:49

<b>Hail Italia!</b>
&lt;&lt;&lt;----

 
vSkyzv
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vSkyzv Day 722, 14:54

Boated

 
timothybeasley
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timothybeasley Day 722, 14:56

Handled wit exceptional Magnificence...both parties.

Way to go, Frost and, also...

ROCK ON, ITALY!!

 
KeCheck
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KeCheck Day 722, 14:57

Viva Italia!

 
Wally Wilson
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Wally Wilson Day 722, 15:00

@stormin... one of the best quotes ever... &quot;without rational rewards is not something most of us want to partake in.&quot;

 
Laflamme Industries
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Laflamme Industries Day 722, 15:01

Yay! We love you eItaly ^^

 
Shadowen
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Shadowen Day 722, 15:13

Great...whoopee...meanwhile our allies (Poland an North Korea)are getting attacked while we sit on our cracks and get all excited.

 
HeinekenCoC
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HeinekenCoC Day 722, 15:16

NO I WILL NOT NOT NOT VOTE THIS UP

 
SukarnosRevenge
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SukarnosRevenge Day 722, 15:24

\o/

PEACE won't attack.
Don't join EDEN even if they give you a Q5 hospital.
Stay neutral.

 
Jude Connors
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Jude Connors Day 722, 15:38

This is just awesome.

 
Quanah Parker
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Quanah Parker Day 722, 15:42

Italy = respect

 
Quanah Parker
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Quanah Parker Day 722, 15:44

@Sukamos: who said anything about joining EDEN?

Anyway, the E/B nations don't buy friends with Q5 hospitals, like Indo and Hungary. We actually *have* friends.

 
Rusty_Shackleford
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Rusty_Shackleford Day 722, 15:47

Maybe we finally lift the embargo on pasta.

 
Bazihome
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Bazihome Day 722, 15:57

Viva Italia
Viva Josh Frost
Viva haadese or amamkhomaini lol

HaadesemaXaXaXaXaXaX :X

 
Veteris
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Veteris Day 722, 16:26

Good for italy, to leave the imperialistic, war-mongering alliance, ironically named PEACE.

 
John Hansen
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John Hansen Day 722, 16:58

great job italy

 
Eugene Harlot
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Eugene Harlot Day 722, 17:11

Bravo eItaly!

 
Deval Homit
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Deval Homit Day 722, 17:12

W00T

 
ThomasWDH
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ThomasWDH Day 722, 17:19

Voted! =]

 
Whilom
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Whilom Day 722, 17:26

Kittens do good things to the eWorld.

 
Marguerite Valois
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Marguerite Valois Day 722, 17:28

Hooray!

 
Nataniel Deems
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Nataniel Deems Day 722, 19:03

FROST IS THE BOSSS!!! OORAH!

 
Arbuckle
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Arbuckle Day 722, 19:43

Go Italy! Maybe eUK and eFrance can be next...eFrance already offered an MPP with Malaysia...

 
Luckwearer
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Luckwearer Day 722, 20:35

eItaly you got some brass balls right there! So if you are attacked anytime soon I got your back!

 
George Washington
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George Washington Day 722, 20:50

As a current fellow cat I approve this message.

 
Jason Conners
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Jason Conners Day 722, 21:31

voted

 
FatherlandLegion
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FatherlandLegion Day 722, 21:44

Hmmm, once peace crumbles this is going to get boring

Oh well, good job eItaly!

 
azrael96
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azrael96 Day 723, 23:17

good job eItaly it takes courage to stand up and say that what that alliance is doing is wrong. congratulations and good luck.

 
Deff Junham
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Deff Junham Day 723, 10:52

The United States is willing to sit down and talk with all of you and seek a peaceful resolution to our differences.

o7

 
Backbeard
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Backbeard Day 723, 11:53

Just say no to global empires, and say yes to more piracy.

 
Guy3000
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Guy3000 Day 723, 13:33

We admire your courage and perseverance eItaly!

 
Heineken Corp
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Heineken Corp Day 723, 14:23

w00t

 
Jenkins67
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Jenkins67 Day 723, 16:13


Hail Italia!

 
Anna Wallis
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Anna Wallis Day 723, 17:39

Good job Josh. You no only commended them for thier actions, but you offered them a friendly hand. Congratulations Italy.

 
Reverend Joe
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Reverend Joe Day 723, 17:45

Hail Caesar!
I mean Viva Italia!

 
Markerun
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Markerun Day 723, 18:57

great article. frost, you must have some kind of literary type degree to write so well.

 
Hark Harker
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Hark Harker Day 723, 19:29

Bravo

 
SRB.Igor
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SRB.Igor Day 724, 07:20

interesting propaganda

 
Zabba
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Zabba Day 724, 07:22

As an American who is half Italian I'd like to good job to eItaly. In fact even if I wasn't half Italian I'd still say good job to you.

 
eWorld*inc
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eWorld*inc Day 724, 09:12

selling houses q3,q4,q5, if interested contact me!

 
nexus2012
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nexus2012 Day 724, 09:23

Let us see who of founding nations of PEACE left it:
Greece
Italy
Indonesia

But hey, PEACE is not breaking apart...
Grow up

 
AFL_ITALIA
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AFL_ITALIA Day 724, 09:49

FORZA ITALIA!!!!

 
Nezavislost Organization
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Nezavislost Organization Day 724, 12:08

Glory to Italy!

 
Moonszajn
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Moonszajn Day 724, 12:11

ITALYMAAAX! o/

 
Oprah Winfrey
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Oprah Winfrey Day 724, 12:26

PEACE's imperialism corrupted their creed and international standing. No longer.

The eUS is willing to sit down with all of you.

 
George S. Patton Jr
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George S. Patton Jr Day 724, 13:16

ITALIANMAXXXX

 
looks8
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looks8 Day 724, 13:31

Cool

 
Doutrus
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Doutrus Day 724, 14:07

well written article.

 
Robaekdb
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Robaekdb Day 724, 15:36

best of Luck eItalia!!