Operation Taco Bell, or Burnt Burrito? Lessons from Mexico

Day 476, 18:53 • Published in USA USA • by Aren Perry

We were so very, very close to total victory. The sweet taste of the entirety of Mexico in our hands was so close I felt it. Unfortunate for us, PEACE felt it was too much to let us run through Mexico without some serious intervention from their tanks. Now, it is very possible that Mexico will be able with their MPP's to attack and regain the territories that they have lost. Though the campaign has not been decided, but it was halted in a decisive moment and we will probably be pushed back by the forces of 8 combined nations.

Even with this current defeat that we just recently suffered, I feel like this campaign has been full of nothing but WIN . We have gained so much through this campaign while giving so little to the other side. Though it is not over yet, I do not think it is too early to say, what have we learned/gained from Mexico?


Experience
I personally have gone from private to lieutenant within this campaign. I effectively doubled the amount of damage that I can do. I know that across the board this campaign has provided health and much needed war experience points. We did this while giving not nearly as many to the other side of the ball park, making this war so full of win. Now I feel like we are a much stronger nation. The greatness of our experience boost cannot be overstated.


Damage done
Though I suspected we could through some educated guesses, it was great to see the common masses of the US making over 100k wall practically by ourselves. It should let them know that if they want to mess with us, they will have to think twice more than they already had to before. OORAH!


Weapons
A “hole” in our market in terms of iron and guns definitely surfaced. Through constant fighting for days, we proved that our market cannot deal with the high demand making gun prices double. So many people bare fisted it when prices when to 20 USD for a Q1 gun, and so did I. This shows the need for the subsidized weapons companies for the government to fund our main military force as well as more private companies in both sectors to provide more in times of war.

On the other hand, with the stretch in the market, more iron/weapon companies were created and existing ones made stronger. Thus next time we will be better prepared to handle the stress on the market. It’s a hole that we are now more keenly aware of than before. Our market was set to handle peace time needs, now we need to figure out how to support war.


Planning and Purpose
The war as far as I’m aware of was not very well planned in advance. This led to the problems with Atlantis and forewarning (and fees), and also as to what we were after. Originally it was just a simple way to get some territories for making RW’s with. It turned into a full scale assault, but when exactly did that occur? Though there is nothing wrong with it in my book, the exact purpose of the war was obscure. While I do not mind secrets of war planning to be held within the top government, I do not think this was the case here; it was just a lack of intentional planning.

This also created the problem we now face with Southeast Mexico. Had we thought about it longer, we would have attacked that area, dead last and by itself to avoid such a confrontation with Portugal at the same time as our confrontations with Mexico.

On a related note, recently we figured out the hard way that the eUSA congress is too big to not leak things and cannot be trusted with some items. How we will deal with this has not yet been decided, but something must happen to ensure that what we do will be a surprise and not known to the entire world, especially PEACE.


Taxes
The amount of money that we needed to support this war shows the need that we have for the taxes of the current rate. There is no way we could support this war otherwise. And, mind you, this was a generally light war for an aggressive war due to a very small need for tanking due to the small size of Mexico. Mind also, it is still not over.


I conclude by saying what I began with; this campaign is full of win no matter what. Even if we lose all the regions of Mexico, the experience gained and things learned will provide a wonderful resource for us in the future. We ran into today a sobering lesson that there are those out there than can challenge us, but now, they realize just how much of a serious challenge we are to them.