[WHPR] Airstrike Aftermath

Day 2,826, 11:58 • Published in USA USA • by James S. Brady Press Room


Dateline: Sunday, August 16th, 2015. (Day 2826)
Location: James S. Brady Press Room, The White House


The airstrike has come and gone. The tanks have fought. The money has been spent. The guns have gone silent and the dust has settled. At the end of the day, we failed to land in Paraguay.

This was indeed the first failed airstrike in the history of the eUnited States. It was a hard fought battle, as the NSC worked throughout the night trying to pull as much damage to our side as they could. Division 4 would fall our way all day and night, but Divisions 1-3 proved much harder to deal with. Simple CO’s were simply not enough in most rounds. Only in round 5 were we able to make a significant dent into the point deficit, picking up Divisions 2-4, with D2 having gone epic. At this point, it seemed we would be able to overcome the deficit as the Americas went dark. However, our allies in Europe could only do so much to turn the tide.

The administration applauds the effort of the NSC, but sadly has to admit defeat in this round. As such, BeachBunny addressed congress this morning, admitting fault and promising an inquiry into how the battle was conducted. It is her hope that this will leave our nation with valuable lessons that will make it stronger as we move forward.

As such, I leave you with BeachBunny’s address to Congress:

Hello Congress,

The Airstrike on Paraguay definitely didn’t go as planned. I am disappointed as I’m pretty sure you all our. For this failure, I accept full responsibility. An internal review has already begun into the reasons for this disappointing result. So far, a few key points have been raise😛

Poor Communication: The AS was not communicated as best it could with the nation. Information was slow to be disseminated and some channels were not effectively utilized.
Timing: The timing of the AS (over the weekend) was a probably not the best as activity over this period is low. However, it should be noted that our allies wanted the help at that time.

We are hopeful that the internal review being conducted will provide insights which will end up being beneficial to the country. While this result is nothing to write home about, it has taught us a few valuable lessons, not the least of which are:

We as a country are not necessarily prepared for an emergency offensive campaign.
Even generous COs can only take one so far in battles.

I am truly sorry for this let down and can only say moving forward, changes would be made to make sure such a loss doesn’t happen again. We can either let our failures crush us, or we can learn from them and be stronger because of them. I chose to learn and be stronger from it.

Regards,
BeachBunny
eUSA President