PEACE in Harmony
Sophia Forrester
Two nights ago, President Minamoto asked me to serve, if he is reelected, as Minister of Foreign Affairs in his administration. This is an honor I had not expected, but if called I will do my utmost. It is my hope that, by forthrightly speaking with our allies and with nations worldwide whose ideals are compatible with ours, we can create more than a future with a place for eJapan -- we can create the change we each wish to see in the world.
In the past, I have spoken of my vision for PEACE GC, if only in the abstract. Since if appointed I would be in a position to act on that vision, it is my duty now to set forth concrete and inclusive ideas. I offer these ideas not as a limiting ideology or as binding restrictions, but rather as an indication of my hopes for the direction of our policies, and my intent to work with the entirety of our nation, and together with our allies, to achieve our mutual hopes.
PEACE GC was established in the wake of an invasion, to fight in defense while seeking peace in good faith. There are many around the world who argue that PEACE is the aggressor in this war, that we give only lip service to our founding ideals. I do not believe this to be the case. Each of us seeks to fulfill those ideals as best we can, within the imperfect visions of our own humanity.
Yet, has something been forgetten? If in the drive toward victory genuine opportunities for peace have been overlooked. then it is the role of all of PEACE GC's diplomats to seek those opportunities. If appointed, I will do my best under the direction of our President to help ourselves and our allies find such a chance for genuine peace and security. Mind you, that doesn't mean stagnation, or a ban on war -- it means trust, where nations may cooperate or compete in good faith without the raw shock and betrayal conjured up by the wars of invasion that have appeared in eRepublik for as long as there has been a war module.
As Minister, I will answer to the President. As a representative of Japan, I will answer to the people. And so, just as I will report to the President and abide by his directions, I will speak with the public and assess their mood. While I cannot please everyone, and will not try, I will do my best to harmonize with the reasoned sense of the people's discourse, a dialetic of ideas. This national conversation, the dialogue which did not occur before the Kyushu lease in any forthright way, is the key to rebuilding the bonds of mutual trust that will once again define us as a nation -- because when all of us forthrightly speak our reasons and convictions, then whether or not we all agree, we can all respect one another's motives.
Our nation needs PEACE GC, and we need it more than it needs us -- as it should be. A transnational alliance ought to be bigger than any single one of its members. However, there are ways we can be useful to PEACE beyond the scale of our strength of arms. Even as we build our military into a force capable of assisting our allies in time of need, we will also build our credibility. Our nation is hardly the only one seeking a way out of an endless seesaw of war. In the right circumstance, we can present that way out to others.
However, it is not Japan's role to dictate solutions to other nations. Even more than an advocate, I hope to be a diplomat: One who listens to other nations concerns and takes them to heart. The key is to never lose sight of one's nations own ideals, and the reasons for them -- because one who hides the concerns of ones country or ones countrymen cannot effectively and credibly communicate to those countrymen the concerns of others. I stand ready, if called, to offer an ear to our friends and allies -- a sympathetic ear, not a partisan one. More than that, it is not now for me to say.
Good luck to our nation, our alliance, and our ideals. Harmony, the coherent accord of different yet complementary musical themes, is yet in reach.
Comments
Peace propaganda!
Congratulations on your post. I'm interested to see how this plays out.
Voted
Excellent Article
lol
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What, you mean PEACE is going to actually acknowledge Minamoto as president of Japan when he is reelected this month? I'll believe that when I see it; I expect another river of tears from sore losers running to cry to their girlfriend GLaDOS.
Having said that, good luck with the position Sophia.
PEACE GC's Global Security Council has already recognized President Minamoto as the duly elected President of eJapan. Granted, this could have been more clearly communicated, after the confusions of the weeks that immediately followed the election.
Regardless of the past, conscious of the present, my intention is to open a path for our country to the future.
needs more glados
Voted and subscribed.
Great job, good luck with the position Sophia!
I am very glad that Moto has chosen you for MoFA. I am anxious to see the wonderful change you aspire to bring about within PEACE. I, too, am disappointed in what PEACE has turned into and wish it to more closely follow its original purpose. Good luck, Sohpia!
Sophia as a PEACE dog? Lol she is not but a great eJapanese citizen.
Sophia, im glad that i voted for you on the congress-elections again. You are one of the few people i really respect here in eRep.
🙂 Good luck.
How can we make Sol something more meaningful than the loose group it is now?
I dislike immensely the whole affair with Indonesia using our territory to launch an imperialistic attack.
To make Sol meaningful in the same way PEACE GC has been, its members must be able to work together not merely in theory, but in practice. Once the allied nations are operating as a unit to undertake defensive operations, the alliance will be meanigful. It is true that the lack of significant long-term threats in the Asia Pacific region has prevented such an operation so far, yet it need not do so forever. Perhaps Sol could make a coordinated effort during the next Korean independence initiative, to prevent another PTO. Note that Sol is a defense organization, but defense is not conceived as solely military.
Regarding Indonesia, it is unfortunate, yet it is also past. The role of a diplomat is not to dredge up old wounds, nor to cover them over, but to foster the health and holistic security that would have prevented the wounds in the first place, had it existed at the time. I can't now know if I am up to that challenge, but it's one I am willing to undertake.
Man...even eJapan is under PEACE's influence...Do you REALLY think that PEACE will leave us alone if we play the obedient servent act!?Well forget this country!I'm not going to be a servent to the dictators called PEACE!