The endless wars with Ireland

Day 1,987, 00:19 • Published in United Kingdom United Kingdom • by Thomas765


Since 2009, the UK has been in a relatively constant state of war with Ireland, with the exception of most of 2012, where peace was forged. The main focus of this article is the current period of war and the prior cold war, which began in December 2012.



The status quo of November

The peace treaty forged between the UK and Ireland had existed from March and had initially included a region swap which saw Ireland possess Scotland and Northern Ireland from the UK and the UK obtaining Dublin and Louth from Ireland, both for the added bonus of +20% FRM production. Due to the relative instability of the deal, in particular with mercenary groups targeting the other nation's RWs, the deal was changed to a simple NAP (Non-Aggression Pact).

As a result of the NAP, Ireland had no way to go to war as they are allied to the USA and Canada, which meant that true patriot medals could not be obtained by the population. As with most periods without war, it most likely caused stagnation in Ireland's society and boredom. However, while there was no war going on, there was an intense alliance debate going on in Ireland over their own membership of EDEN. The reasoning behind this was lack of faith in EDEN's HQ over the future of the alliance. As one of the few countries in EDEN that was not under constant threat of war, Ireland were able to help allies and see first-hand the effects of the war without much concern for their own country at the same time. Several prominent citizens of Ireland became concerned with the state of HQ, in particular over Nenya's presence, who had a personal grudge against then MoD, MUFC. And so in December, Ireland voted to leave EDEN.

Meanwhile in the UK, BigAnt was elected as country president, who wanted to maintain the status quo between Ireland and the UK - peace...



Cold war

Essentially, this is what I'm calling it as relations began a downward spiral since around mid-December. Ireland were in desperate need for a war and as such organised a training war with Canada. However, on two occasions, UK having a real war with Canada, blocked both attempts for them to have a training war - first time before the battle of Azores and the second time starting a battle in Newfoundland and Labrador when Ireland was declaring Canada as Natural Enemy.

Excerpt I just found from an article from the CP of Ireland in December


To rectify the situation, a training war between Ireland and the UK began. However, relations remained slightly low as the Irish were and remain to this day distrustful of Big Ant, often comment in their public channel if we had "impeached him" yet.



Blue and Evil's CP term

Mid way through Blue and Evil's CP term, a training war with Ireland was proposed and passed. There was no difference between this training war and previous ones, except with the fact that Ireland was choosing to go to CUA - alliance between Colombia, Uruguay and Argentina, the latter of which had been threatening the UK with an airstrike for several months. So while it would've remained a normal training war as those of the past, this one was marked with relative suspicion on both sides which most likely ultimately led to Blue and Evil making it an official war.

The Irish congress decided not to end the training war when it was due to end, so Blue and Evil decided to escalate the situation and declare war on Ireland. Whether or not this was necessary or not is open to debate but the war would still have existed between the two nations regardless of whether or not he wrote that article. On a personal level, I believe writing that article was a mistake but wouldn't have prevented the inevitable.



Who's to blame?

If anything, it is my belief that war was inevitable between the UK and Ireland once again.

Ireland: The Irish congress refused to end the training war when it should have and thus created the current war with Ireland. Had the Irish congress ended the training war, the UK would not have declared war. In addition, their membership of CUA had caused a bit of concern in the UK as a result of the "alliance's" affiliation with Argentina.

United Kingdom: The president of the UK declared war on Ireland after the Irish congress had rejected the end of the training war. A more tempered, patient and understanding reaction from the UK would most likely have been appreciated by the Irish government, who for months had to put up with the same non-sense from the UK's congress. The UK was also running out of war possibilities as a result of France's NAP, Canada's non-existence and Norway's wipe, so it could be argued that the CP of the UK was looking for an excuse to start a short-term front.



Argentina arrives

Ireland signed peace on the eve of the day Argentina airstriked the UK, then promptly declared war. The president of Ireland used Northern Ireland as a reasoning for the war. For the first time since April 2012, Ireland was in a position of temporary power over the UK, attacking and winning both Northern Ireland and Scotland, not without failures along the way though, with Wexford and Louth being conquered on several occasions by the British.

Argentina's presence allowed Ireland to feel a relative sense of security in the war between the UK and them. They were at war with the UK and finally had some support. While the UK was focusing on Argentina, they were secure in Northern Ireland and Scotland. However, Argentina's stay in the UK would only be a short term thing, so it can be argued that the invasion of Britain by Ireland was done on impulse rather than on long-term, effective planning.

With Argentina gone, Canada wiped and France at peace with the UK, Ireland is left alone in the war. As a result, the UK has been able to obtain all original regions back from hostile forces and has been able to conquer three regions from Ireland. As I write this article, the UK is attacking Shannon having won the resistance war in Louth.



The future

As it currently stands, peace is not an option between the two nations. The president of the UK intends to wipe Ireland and refuses to negotiate even white peace while MUFC992 is president of Ireland, as evidenced below:



Several negotiations have failed, as MUFC has stated in his most recent CP update. Meanwhile, a respected member of the Irish community has started an impeachment:



The president of Ireland has used the threat of using CoT MPPs against the UK, which would be an absurdly disloyal thing to do given they were granted membership into CUA (or CUAI). So ultimately, the future of Irish diplomacy will also hang in the balance.

As for the future of the war, it will really depend on who is elected as country president next week in both countries. For as long as MUFC is president of Ireland and Jimbo as President of the UK, the war will remain unless both CPs change their attitudes.



Personally...

The worst move in this whole mess was for the Irish CP to offer 100 gold a month for Northern Ireland as the high starting terms for peace has meant that just white peace between the UK and Ireland simply won't do in Jimbojoy's eyes. While white peace existed before, this time round there is a general sense that Ireland should be punished and that is the intention of the UK government.

I want the war to end and for friendly relations to resume. With Ireland as a friend, we can not only maintain cordial relations but help both countries secure a border just incase shit hits the fan. We don't need a permanent war in the British Isles as we have done for the last three years. We, unlike Ireland, are more lucky in that we are surrounded by more countries in which we can to war with - Norway, Netherlands, Canada (when they spend less time being irrelevant) etc.