The Decision to Join EDEN
Evan Feinman
Fellow Americans,
Earlier this week, we the undersigned members of America's Advancement Party voted in favor of the President's request to join the ERepublik Defense and Economic Network (EDEN) - a mutual protection alliance against hostile rogue nations across the New World.
Our decision did not come easily; joining EDEN means pledging eUS support to fight battles in which we might not otherwise take part, and we will share our allies' burden of paying for mutual protection pacts and military actions.
However, our allies in Europe stood by us during our country's darkest hour, and earlier this week the EDEN Council unanimously requested that the United States join their alliance - when the largest gathering of nations in the New World asked us for our country's assistance, we felt we could not in good conscience turn away.
We also feel that joining forces will benefit our nation as much as our European allies. By joining EDEN, we will increase military coordination, ensure continued MPPs with strong, established military powers, and gain a powerful voice on the EDEN Council to help steer the Alliance in a mutually beneficial direction. We also have faith in our military leadership - many of us were swayed to pledge our support when the Joint Chiefs of Staff unanimously endorsed the alliance.
It is important to understand that not a single member of our caucus voted to join EDEN unreservedly. As members of Congress, we will closely monitor the ramifications of the new alliance. Should we find that the EDEN relationship is not in the eUS' best interest, we will speak out, and more important, we will vote accordingly.
As Members of America's Advancement Party, we believe that you are entitled to transparency and accountability from your elected officials. We also believe that, as one of the most powerful nations in the New World, the eUS benefits from positive engagement with the global community. Today, with our support, the eUS joins with EDEN. We wanted you to know why.
Sincerely,
Willisen, M.C.
Mississippi
Tyler Buublar, M.C.
Louisiana
Daniel Dodge, M.C.
Colorado
Even Feinman, M.C.
Virginia
Comments
I appreciate your article. I would have voted no only because I still support G. Washington's farewell address in which he stated to avoid entangling alliances at all costs. I fear we have made firm agreements with other nations that we at some point might not be able to hold as you even eluded to in your article "Should we find that the EDEN relationship is not in the eUS' best interest, we will speak out". I appreciate your comments and I hope for the best. I trust Frost to make the best decisions for us but I do hope you and your fellow congressmen keep an eye on the situation. It will be very difficult to "leave" if we deem that to be the appropraite choice at a later date. I know I am in the minority on this...and do not intend another debate on the issue as the issue is resolved. Thanks for being one of the handful of congressmen/women who actually update us non politicians.
Stormin, I respect that position, and it's one I shared until events forced our hand. While we are a powerful nation, we still need our allies if we're going to maintain our security. When it was our choice I was happy to remain informally allied with EDEN, but when they voted unanimously to request that we join, I felt that the potential loss of goodwill was a sufficient risk to justify the relatively minor curtailment of our freedom of action.
EDEN stands for eRepublik Defense and Economic Network. Other than that, it's a good article.
Ha, I missed that, and it now won't let me edit. Thanks Leviathin, I'll make sure to get it right moving forward.
Those who are willing to give up a little liberty for a little security deserve neither and will lose both - Ben Franklin 🙂