The First of Many Victories
Day 573, 20:57
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by Reiji Mitsurugi
I first must apologize for the long delay in writing this article. We here at the Ashigaru Taishou (that is, me, Reiji Mitsurugi) have been very busy with a number of things. First, I'm sure you all remembered Empress Day. Like any good citizen, I went home to my family in Shikoku and enjoyed a hearty celebration with them. Then, fat with steamed buns, chocolate cornets and other traditional Empress Day foods, I was deployed on my first organized operation as part of our new model army.
It was a test, obviously, since our proud nation is not currently engrossed in any declared wars. We crossed the Pacific Ocean to fight in the PEACE war games at Cuyo, and a great battle it was. The six squads of the Imperial Expeditionary Force, together with the Elite Imperial Guard, descended on South America in an expertly coordinated operation. Trumpets sounded, guns fired, swords clashed and, ultimately, the enemy fell. The new model army's first planned attack was a raring success, as the battle was won shortly thereafter.
That demonstration in South America, supported by the Japanese treasury with government equipment, drove home the point that the Imperial Expeditionary Force is not a frivolous expenditure. With such ruthless precision and deadly coordination, our nation and its allies are safe from the threats of foreign powers. The only reasonable thing, then, is for the Diet of Japan to vote for greater funding for the army. With the elites training (quite expensively) abroad and the expeditionaries needing equipment, only with great institutional support can our army reach its ultimate effectiveness.
But the showing in our Diet of Japan has been less than stellar. Only a terrible minority of congressmen have cast their votes. It's as if the rest of them don't care about Japan's military. As if they don't care about Japan's security. With congressional elections coming up little more than a week, I ask this of the people and soldiers of our great nation: to vote for those congressmen who show a legitimate interest in the safety, security and prosperity of Japan. Look to the proud nationalists in the Imperial Sun Party, and others. Look to those who truly have your best interests at heart.
To have such a critical issue open to congressional voting for so long and seeing less than half our congressmen turn out with their opinions is absolutely unacceptable. So look, Japan, at your voting options come election day. And look at the candidates' voting history. If they couldn't be bothered to cast their vote in the name of your security, then how can you be bothered to cast your vote for them?
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i agree i am apart of the army and fight proudly for my nation i began out in japan and will stay in japan always helping always fighting
i agree. if our army has trumpets and swords, we really bloody do need more funding! we need to give them modern technology!
I agree. We pay our Congressmen to vote and if they can't do a simple thing like vote what are they doing? I look forward to time when voices like Reiji's are heard from Congressmen other than the - very good - few we normally hear from.
cuyo is a traing grounds there is no mortal danger that requires congressional funding there
I beg to differ. Training with weapons makes a tremendous difference, and weapons are quite expensive, prohibitively so for the caliber of soldier who most needs that training.
Have the military leaders considered having the military make their own weapons?
Soulscode, even if the military makes its own weapons, that decreases the actual cost only slightly, and dramatically increases the amount of work being done by army officers.
Also, the person with so many 4's in their name I don't even bther counting; of course CUYO is a training ground, but the reason you TRAIN is to be ready for REAL war. If we run the numbers, it is far more beneficial in the long run to provide soldiers with Q1 weapons to fight than to save it for big battles, so we are investing NOW for our future.
agreed
Good to see that the TFC Party members although also not all off them are clearly present in this discussion.
It depends on how it's implemented Geno. This method of supplying the army was used to good effect in Canada. Hell, if done right there's even money to be made that can be put to other army supplies.
Thanks for the link. I had not checked the forum in a few days and thus had missed that thread. I appreciate the notice given, and encourage all citizens, Member of Congress or not, to read the thoughts contained therein.
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As of this posting, eight members of Congress have voted on the military funding bill (in the following order):
Akki
Jafarin
InfernoSD
KITA Ikki
Oraizan
Saithis
DankChronic
Sophia Forrester
I encourage all my fellow Congressmen who have not voted or expressed an opinion on this important issue to do so as soon as possible.
I support government funding for the military because it will not only increase rank at a faster rate than sending unarmed recruits into the training field, but also because it will build some esprit de corps. We want as many citizens to stay in eJapan as possible, and this is one way to help do that.