Peace with PEACE
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by Cody Franklin
My sweet America, today is a difficult day for us, and it is only the first of many on the excruciating road that lies ahead.
At 18:00, Congress passed a peace treaty effectively ending the war in the United States, which can be viewed at the following link: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dt29hcw_0ckqqwh2d>The Treaty
As President Emerick outlined in his most recent address to the American public, the price for failure is steep. We're semi-voluntarily allowing our enemies to retain California, Hawaii, and Alaska, with large fines in place for reacquiring these regions; we must also expend great funds to reacquire all other regions: 300g for high-resource regions, and 200g for all others; on an individual basis, these may not appear to be large numbers; however, for better or worse, I feel it my duty to inform you that these numbers are going to add up over time: the future reacquisition of all lost territories is going to be a heavy financial expenditure, the likes of which will leave an indefinite aftershock on our economy, and of which we have probably never seen in our nation's history.
While these prices are high on their own, in addition, we have a four-month period in which to pay these fees and fines; essentially, reparations for the war in the United States; one thing that struck me as odd is that, four months is not only the period that we have to pay these reparations, but four months is also the length of time in which we will maintain a non-aggression pact with our enemies.
It's quite likely that these decisions will come back to haunt the American public and future administrations if things continue in this fashion.
However, President Emerick must also be commended; he inherited this war from the previous administration, headed under President Harrison Richardson. He inherited one of the largest, if not THE largest conflict that this world has ever seen. Under immense stress, and immeasurable pressure, he made a decision; I may be quick to criticize our current position, but if any of us were to have our nation's fate squirming restlessly in our hands, it's hard to imagine who among us would be able to make such a decision; in the face of criticism, adversity, and impending defeat, few people would be able to make the call that our President has; whether you agree with Emerick or not, we must all be able to look to him in this time of great struggle, and to know that, no matter what happens to our nation, we still have our pride, and that we will never go gentle into that good night. We fought our hardest, and in the end, perhaps it was not enough; but, facing the treaty or complete eradication, Emerick knew that we could not let our arrogance blind us; and so, we may kneel for a time in the faces of our aggressors, but let us remember that we have never laid supine, and that we have never subjugated ourselves to outside control.
Emerick's decision may not be one that we've liked, or one that we wanted, or one that would satisfy both the patriots and the skeptics, but the American public elected him to make that decision; and he has decided.
So, remember my great nation, that we do not live in an ideal world; there is war, and death, and famine, and pestilence. We are not a perfect race; we never have been, we never are, and we never will be; but realize that we must make the best of our imperfection, and though we may take pride in ourselves, we must never let pride overtake ourselves, lest we be destroyed by our own vanity.
In the coming months, things will be difficult, and we will have to level with those who would have conquered us otherwise; it isn't the outcome we had expected, and especially not the one that we had hoped for, but this is how it is, and is how it will be for a time; but, America, I ask you all not to despair, and not to fill yourselves with rage or bitterness; we must remain steadfast, relying on perseverance and solidarity to carry us gloriously into the future, onto the high ground, and out of the darkness.
I leave you with great love, dear America; and remember, no matter where you stand, truth takes no sides.
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Excellent article!
Russia rejected the treaty
Indeed. As far as I am aware, with respect to rejecting the treaty, it specifies in Article 5, Section VII, Subsection B that, if the treaty is rejected three times, that the country who voted the treaty down is obligated to pay a lump sum to the opposing country's treasury, if I've read the legalese correctly; if this continues, then I would assume that our nation might receive a bit of a break as far as the negotiations are concerned.
Well written.
I would like to comment that we are not "giving away" anything ... those regions are already lost.
I would also like to commend you on accepting that Emerick had a tough decision to make and that he made a decision, even if it would prove be an unpopular one. He showed a lot more spine in reaching this decision than many of those that would deride his decision did.
Well, I didn't necessarily mean that we were 'giving away' these regions in the sense that we still owned them; however, I have edited things to more accurately reflect my thoughts on the matter. I appreciate that you took the time to point that out.
You really think treaties are worth anything? This war just turned uglier. Russia was a puppet but now it sees that it's a major contender in the game. The cracks in PEACE have begun. They'll only grow more as several nations grow in strength.
Oh, I personally found it strange that the length of time of the non-aggression agreement was the same amount of time we had to pay our debts; almost as if PEACE wanted to bankrupt us before they destroy us; but, it could be speculated that the treaty wasn't necessary to bring about the United States' destruction; you have to understand, I don't cater to any particular side, or any particular theory. I simply tell events as they stand.
That's what I don't like about this treaty. You hit the nail on the head I think. Suck us dry by having us buy back our stuff, which they can then horde and use it to attack us or an ally with. Emerick defended himself by saying that there's that 4-month gap, but in this game you can't make plans of 4 months. Nations have come and gone in that time and it's already fallen through with Russia being warmongers. In my opinion this is similar to the last treaty. It's just not AS bad but ultimately it winds up being the same effect. We fund PEACE. And ultimately it makes us look weak. Pardon the ego trip, but it's true. Hungarians and Indonesians must be partying and thinking, "we have conquered America, therefore we can conquer the world". This is such a sad state of events.
Something else that I didn't really bring up, but was equally strange, is that we are still allowed to fight for our allies; this means that it basically drains not only the financial reserves that are left, but also depletes our military strength by having us fight all around the world, so by the end of this four month period, there's probably going to be little left to conquer. Of course, this is simply one of many theories, but it fits together, so I figured that I ought to at least list it as a possibility.