[XTRA/HEB] CP Candidacy: Check, not Checkmate
ahava3233
(מועמדות לנשיאות: שח, לא מט)
Hello all, it's ahava3233. If you've been paying attention to the party CP candidate listings you may have noticed me by now. I'm one of the two candidates currently running for CP, along with a MEK representative, JMSPC.
שלום לכולם, אני אהבה3233. אם כבר שמתם לב לרשימת המועמדים בדף הבחירות אולי ראיתם את שמי. אני עכשיו אחת משני מועמדים שרוצים להיות נשיא המדינה. האחר הוא
JMSPC.
הוא מועמד מ
MEK.
Anyway, you might be asking, who am I? Well, in real life, I'm a Jewish American living in New York State (with some knowledge of Hebrew), and in-game, I am an ex-Japanese citizen who immigrated a few months ago and served in that particular country in several roles.
בכל מקרה, אתם אולי שואלים את עצמכם עכשיו, מי את? טוב, אז במציאות אני יהודית אמריקנית שגרה בניו יורק (המדינה, לא העיר, אבל אני גרה בקרבת העיר), ויש לי קצת ידע בעברית. במשחק, הייתי בעבר אזרחית יפן, עד לפני כמה חודשים, והיו לי שם מספר תפקידים בממשלה:
1. Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, where I operated as an analyst and a government representative to Circle of Trust, well when it existed, lol.
2. Minister of Finance, where I managed orgs and the country's day to day finances.
3. Prime Minister, where I ensured everything operated smoothly and acted as a Combat Order and Supply controller during a ridiculously expensive battle during the Epic Warfare tournament (against Portugal--yes MEK I was one of the key government officials directly responsible for getting your MU's flag country kicked out of the far east after you made an air-strike about a year ago. Ironic ehhh?).
I've also served as a party president several times as well as an MU 2nd commander doing distro work.
1. סגנית שר החוץ: בתפקיד הזה, אני ניתחתי את מדיניות החוץ שלנו והייתי נציגה ל-
CoT
לפני שהברית הזאת התפרקה.
2. שרת האוצר: בתפקיד הזה, אני ניהלתי את ענייני הכסף של המדינה ואת חשבוני הארגונים הלאומיים.
3. ראש הממשלה (סגנית הנשיא): בתפקיד הזה אני הדרכתי את השרים האחרים ודאגתי שהכל יפעל כשורה. בנוסף, בסמכותי היו הצבת הוראות הלחימה ומתן האספקה במירק במהלך מלחמה (שהייתה יקרה באופן מגוחך) כחלק מטורניר שהיה בזמנו, שנקרא "אפיק וורפייר". דרך אגב, במלחמה זו למעשה סילקנו את הפורטוגזים משטח המדינה - וכמו כן את היחידה הצבאית שממנה מגיע המועמד האחר - לאחר שהם התקיפו אותנו אווירית לפני כשנה. קצת אירוני, לא?
בנוסף לכל זה הייתי גם נשיאת מפלגה כמה פעמים וסגנית מפקד ביחידה צבאית.
So let's get down to business, I think it's clear to us all that the country has suffered quite a downturn in recent months. Our original lands have been under Cypriot control for some time, and the once proud Israeli empire that once spanned a vast range of the Arabian Peninsula is slowly crumbling under inaction. The community has taken the toll of this quite harshly; many players are becoming inactive, and we're running out of qualified people to run matters in the country. The matter of inactivity is so bad that even an intricate contest designed to promote activity, which was promoted by our current CP and was thought up by one of our long-time community veterans has yet to start due to a lack of people willing to participate. Last I heard in fact, only one team signed up for the competition--you can't have any sort of competition without at least two teams last I checked 🙁
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אז, עכשיו אני צריכה להסביר מדוע אני מועמדת. אני חושבת שזה ברור לכולנו שהמדינה נמצאת כבר כמה זמן במצב לא טוב, בלשון המעטה. חלק מהמדינה כבוש על ידי קפריסין כבר כמה חודשים, וה-"אימפריה" הישראלית שפעם הייתה גדולה מאוד, מתפוררת לאיטה, ולא עושים דבר בנידון. אפילו ההפך - בגלל זה, הרבה אנשים לא פעילים היום, ואין לנו הרבה אנשים מנוסים שינהלו את ענייני המדינה. רמת הפעילות במדינה היום ממש ירודה, ואפשר לראות את זה בתחרות של אורי, אחד הותיקים במשחק ובקהילה. התחרות קודמה גם על ידי הנשיא בעצמו. בפעם האחרונה שבדקתי, לא היו אפילו מספיק אנשים שמשתתפים בתחרות כדי להתחיל אותה (הכמות הספיקה לקבוצה אחת, וצריך, מן הסתם, שתיים לפחות).
It seems like hope is lost for many of you, doesn't it? Well, I'm here to refute that idea. This game is not over. If we were to compare Israel's situation to a game of chess, we would be in check--not checkmate. And check...check certainly doesn't mean game over!
נו, נראה שרובכם חושבים שהתקווה כבר אבדה, לא? אני רוצה להפריך את הרעיון הזה, ולומר שזה לא נכון. לא הפסדנו עדיין! אם אנחנו עושים השוואה בין המצב שלנו לשחמט, אנחנו בשח - לא במט. ושח בהחלט לא אומר שהמשחק נגמר!
Ya know, they say the definition of madness is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Given that idea, I think we can put my finger on one particular item in our country's methodology that hasn't changed much since we've started being in an indefinite state of "check", our approach to foreign policy.
אומרים שההגדרה של שיגעון היא לעשות את אותו הדבר פעמים רבות ולצפות לתוצאות חדשות בכל פעם. אז, כאשר אני חושבת על הרעיון הזה בהקשר למצב שלנו, אני מבחינה בדבר אחד. לא ממש ניסינו לשנות את מדיניות החוץ שלנו מאז שנכנסנו למצב "שח", המצב הלא ברור בו אנחנו נמצאים כיום מבחינה מדינית.
THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE MEDITERRANEAN HAVE CHANGED
המזרח התיכון והים התיכון השתנו
There, I said it. Until recent times Israel has basically been frolicking in something equivalent to the Garden of Eden, or perhaps the Garden of EDEN, in eRepublik. The two regional superpowers, Greece and Turkey have been allies or have been generally disinterested in attacking us for some time. Yes, occasionally we would have some other country come along, like Serbia, but they're a little bit too far away to be "native" to our region of the world. Power that extends that far simply cannot last forever; this law has been proven countless times in both reality and in-game.
הנה, אמרתי את זה. עד החודשים האחרונים היינו במשהו דומה לגן עדן באירפובליק. שתי המדינות החזקות באזורנו, יוון וטורקיה, היו בנות הברית שלנו, או כנראה, לא היו מספיק מעוניינות בארץ שלנו כדי לפתוח מולנו במלחמה. כן, לפעמים מדינה אחרת באה, כמו סרביה, אבל מדינות כאלו הן קצת רחוקות מאיתנו, והן לא יכולות להישאר פה זמן ממושך. מדינות חזקות לא יכולות לפרוש את כוחן למקומות רחוקים ולהחזיק בהם מעמד לעולם, זהו חוק אוניברסאלי, שמתקיים הן במציאות והן במשחק.
However, a new power, a local one at that known as Cyprus has now risen, and the countries we call our allies have given a blind eye to much of their population backing the now grown-up Cyprus and allowing them to take part of our territory. LETO and Asteria are in effect acting in our detriment against an officially neutral country. These bodies aren't helping us, they aren't helping Iran, they aren't helping Australia either.
אבל עכשיו, נכנס לתמונה "שחקן" חדש ,שיותר קרוב אלינו כאן - קפריסין. גם המדינות שאנחנו רואים כמו בנות הברית שלנו מעדיפות להתעלם מהמצב שלנו. הם אפילו מתעלמים מהעובדה שיש הרבה אזרחים מהמדינות שלהם שנלחמים לטובת קפריסין, שהיא באופן רשמי מדינה נייטרלית, ולכן ממשיכים להרשות להם לשלוט במדינה שלנו. לטו ואסטריה לא עוזרים לנו נגדם. הבריתות האלו לא רק לא עוזרות לנו. הן גם לא עוזרות לאיראן. וגם לא לאוסטרליה.
So here comes the main point I wish to work on this month: It's time, and with your consent and our own transparency along the way, I believe we need to take the lead and start working carefully with a strongly analytical mindset to create our own destiny in the world, whatever that may mean and whatever chains we may need to rattle or not rattle. Ambition is the one thing that ties us together as a community, and without it, we might as well be dead already. For a good example of what ambition can do, here's a recent example--during Persian Punisher's presidency, we attempted an air-strike against Paraguay to prove our ongoing loyalty to Asteria/LETO. That little blip of activity was definitely the highlight of the last two months, by far!
אז אני חושבת שהגיע הזמן שישראל, יחד עם ההסכמה שלכם, כמובן, תיקח את הגורל בידיים שלה. זאת הנקודה המרכזית שלי החודש. כן, אנחנו צריכים לעבוד בזהירות, בצורה מחושבת, ולעשות כל דבר לאט ובהגיון, למרות שאנחנו לא יכולים לדעת מה ימים יגידו. השאיפה למטרה מאוחדת היא מה שקושר אותנו יחד כקהילה. בלעדיה, כנראה שכבר היינו מתים באופן מטפורי. רוצים דוגמא של מה אפשר לעשות עם אמביציה? תסתכלו על הנשיאות של פרז'אן פאנישר (מאג'יד). בימים האלה עשינו התקפה אווירית נגד פרגוואי כדי להראות שאנחנו נעשה מה שצריך בשביל לטו/אסטריה. הקהילה היתה פעילה מאוד כאשר עשינו את זה, זה היה אחד מרגעי השיא של החודשיים האחרונים!
So, I've put together a partial team so far to get this done, albeit I am still looking for other cabinet members.
אז כן, עכשיו אתם מבינים אותי. אני רוצה להתחיל בשינוי, אבל אני עכשיו צריכה לדבר על דברים אחרים. קודם כל, הקבינט שלי, שהוא כרגע חלקי. אנשים נוספים צריכים להצטרף אליו.
Prime Minister - Israel Zangwill
Israel is an extremely fluent Hebrew-English bilingual (with much better Hebrew than my own) and has served in the past 2 cabinets. I intend for him to serve as a second heart of the cabinet to help me tie everything together and keep things running. He also has quite a bit of initiative of his own and will continue to be able to help motivate the ministers when they need it.
Minister of Finance - xMikiGOx
Yep, he's currently a foreigner, but damn this man knows his way around the economy. It would thus be an excellent decision imho to allow him to continue his Mickey Mouse Magicks 😉
. Hey...money is money, and if we're making the money, why change how we're doing it?
Minister of Foreign Affairs - Steveeven
A new choice--through our discussions I have found that Steveeven definitely has what it takes to be the MoFA in my cabinet. He has more than proven to me that he has a strong understanding of foreign affairs in this region in our private conversations, as well as an analytical mindset second to none from his previous articles when he was a citizen of the Republic of China. With an uncertain future ahead of us, what Israel needs most is a good analyst in the cabinet to help logically predict the causes and effects of possible choices as they come up. He is our man.
Ministry of Defense Team - Xenophanes and possibly T.FatherGO
Also currently seeking a mekkie for this position. MEK is a massive boon to our country's military strength and quite an active MU. They know their way around the battlefield from more than just the Israeli theatre; My first choice is someone from their MU in this position and that's what I'm currently looking for..
Ministry of Education - TBD/Vacant (possibly BiraMaccabi, Bar Avraham Shachrur, XAvivX
Asked T.FatherGO (who is running the summer competition) but he declined. Still seeking...
ראש הממשלה (סגן הנשיא)
Israel Zangwill
לישראל זנגוויל יש יכולת מצויינת לדבר גם בעברית (הרבה יותר טובה מהעברית שלי) וגם באנגלית. הוא גם עבד בשני הקבינטים האחרונים. הוא יהיה הלב של הקבינט והוא יעזור לי להדריך כל אחד בקבינט. יש לו הרבה יזמה לעשות את זה.
שר האוצר
xMikiGOx
כן, אין לו כרגע אזרחות ישראלית, אבל הוא ממש יודע את התפקיד הזה. הוא ימשיך את הכשף שלו בחודש הזה, הכשף שלו שעשה לנו כל כך הרבה כסף! היי, בסוף היום, כסף הוא כסף! ואם אנחנו מרוויחים כסף, אין סיבה לשנות את הדרך.
שר החוץ
Steveeven
כן, אני יודעת, בחירה חדשה. אנחנו שוחחנו, ואני ממש חושבת שיש לאזרח הזה את הדרוש בשביל התפקיד הזה בקבינט. הוא הוכיח לי, ואף יותר מכך, שיש לו הבנה מקיפה בתחום יחסי החוץ באזור, הן בשיחות הפרטיות שלנו והן בכתבות שכתב כאשר הוא היה אזרח טייוואן. הוא שני לאף אחד בניתוח מצבים, הוא חכם מאוד. כשהעתיד העומד לפנינו אינו ברור, אני חושבת שהוא יהיה אנליסט טוב בקבינט. לא תהיה לו בעיה לחזות מהן הסיבות והתוצאות של כל ההחלטות שאנחנו נשקול לעשות. הוא האיש שלנו.
שר הביטחון
Xenophanes וגם אולי
T.FatherGO
(עכשיו אני גם מנסה לחפש מישהו מהיחידה
MEK
בשביל התפקיד הזה. מ.א.ק. היא יחידת צבאית בינלאומית חזקה ופעילה שממש מבינה במלחמה, בכל מקום בעולם. הם גם מהווים חיזוק עצום לישראל מבחינה צבאית. אני יכולה להשתמש בידע שלהם)
שר החינוך
פנוי (אבל עכשיו אולי
BiraMaccabi ו\או Bar Avraham Shachrur ו\או XAvivX)
(עדיין מחפש, ביקשתי מאורי אבל הוא סירב)
As for the rest of my plans, here ya go:
וסוף-סוף, התוכניות האחרות שלי:
1. Find vice ministers: Israel needs new people to help run things in the country. Vice ministers effectively allow for an apprenticeship system to teach those who are not yet ready or knowledgeable enough yet for leadership positions. They also create reserve individuals who can both to ease the burden on current cabinet while simultaneously increasing the future pool of potential politicians. It's a win-win for everyone.
I have asked all my head ministers (excluding the Prime Minister) to search for vice ministers and appoint them as they see fit. If they don't find one, believe me, I'll be searching intently for them myself with some nice advertisements 😛
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1. חיפוש אחר סגנים: ישראל צריכה אנשים חדשים בממשלה. מערכת של חניכת סגנים יכולה ללמד אנשים, שאינם בקיאים עדיין בשיטות הפעולה של השרים או בידע הנדרש, כיצד לעבוד בממשלה כמו שר ראשי בעתיד. המערכת הזו גם יכולה לעזור לשרים הראשיים; זה יכול להקל על העבודה שמוטלת עליהם בזמן עבודתם תוך כדי הגדלת מספר האנשים שיוכלו להיות שרים בעתיד. זהו מצב של ווין-ווין - כולם ירוויחו מכך.
ביקשתי מכל השרים הראשיים שלי (חוץ מראש הממשלה, כמובן) לחפש להם סגנים, ולבחור את מי שהם רוצים. אבל אם הם לא ימצאו אף אחד, אל דאגה, אחפש בשבילם! זה יהיה בעזרת פרסומות נחמדות...
2. Create Daily Order Articles: It would do the common citizen well to have a general idea of why they should fight, in particular when a fight isn't domestic. A common practice in many countries is create a "daily order" article everyday detailing where the MoD desires citizens to deliver their damage. Having such an article with minor explanations of why we are fighting would keep people motivated and interested in the game as we move forward. Even if most common citizens don't read it, their commanders can also use it as a guideline in selecting the actual 25 kill Daily Order within their MU.
2. כתבות על איפה להלחם: יהיה מועיל לכל אזרח אם תהיה לנו כתבה כל יום שתגיד איפה הממשלה ממליצה להילחם, במיוחד כאשר הקרב אינו קרב של ישראל (או בשטחה). זהו כלל פשוט ומקובל שנעשה על ידי משרדי הביטחון במדינות רבות. יש בכתבות אלו הסברים קצרים על למה כדאי לעזור במקום מסוים, והן יצרו מוטיבציה ועניין אצל אנשים בישראל, בנוגע לפוליטיקה במשחק. ואפילו אם רוב האנשים לא יקראו את הכתבות האלה, המפקדים ביחידות הצבאיות יוכלו להיעזר בכתבות האלה כדי לבחור את הפקודה היומית.
3. Open Translation Project: The idea of this is simple. People will be able to receive compensation directly from the government for providing English-Hebrew or Hebrew-English translations for both public and private articles that have been officially recommended, ie😒
ubmitted to the Open Translation Project. Articles will usually be recommended for the program directly by the government, but private individuals may petition with details explaining why they think their article needs to be translated if their article is not selected 12 hours after it is originally posted. Translators can expect about 1-4 Gold per article (depending on its length and content). Also, translations will be briefly checked either by me or the Prime Minister (we're both bilingual) or possibly someone else before compensation is dispensed!
3. תוכנית תרגום פתוחה: זהו רעיון פשוט. אנשים יקבלו תגמול מהממשלה אם הם מתרגמים כתבות שמוצעות על ידיה, כאשר מדובר במתן תרגום אנגלי-עברי או עברי-אנגלי. ברוב הזמן, הממשלה תציע את הכתבות, אבל גם אזרחים יכולים לבקש תרגום לכתבותיהם מהממשלה. כדי לעשות את זה, הם קודם כל צריכים לשלוח הודעה אלי או לראש הממשלה, עם פרטים שמסבירים מדוע הם חושבים שהכתבה שלהם מספיק חשובה כדי להצדיק תרגום נשכר. כל זאת, במידה שעברו 12 שעות אחרי שהם פרסמו את הכתבה והממשלה עדיין לא רשמה אותה ככתבה שמחכה לתרגום. בכל מקרה, אנשים שכותבים תרגומים טובים יקבלו בין 1-4 גולד עבור כל תרגום (מבוסס על הנושא ועל אורך הכתבה). ולבסוף, אני, ראש הממשלה או איש אחר שהוא דו-לשוני יבדוק בקצרה כל תרגום לפני שהמתרגם יתוגמל בהתאם.
4. Transparent Government: Last but not least, increasing citizen participation in our transparent government is also a priority. We want citizens to be more involved. We welcome them to voice their opinions so the best solution can come out. Matters of the state will not only be deliberated within the inner circle of cabinet members but also the outer circle of congress and the public.
4. ממשלה פתוחה: אנחנו רוצים לראות יותר פעילות בפוליטיקה ובממשלה. כל דעה חשובה מאוד כאשר אנחנו מחפשים ההחלטה הכי טוב לעשות על שום בעיה. אז, נשוחח על כל דבר לא רק בקבינט, אבל גם עם הכנסת וכל האזרחים האחרים שיש להם משהו לומר.
So that's that, thank you for reading and I ask for your support in the elections. Also good luck to the opposing candidate, JMSPC!
זהו זה, תודה לכם על שקראתם את המצע שלי ואני מבקשת את ההצבעה שלכם בבחירות הקרובות. וגם, בהצלחה למתמודד השני,
JMSPC!
עם ישראל חי!
Long Live Israel!
Comments
Pertamaxxx
Make Dio proud
Ahava4CP
Let's put an eJapanese president in EVERY country 😉
Bruce
Japan is nothing but a potentially good airstrike target from this angle 😛.
Hahaha Show them what you've got! 😛
Great job on the article! VV
Voted with love - good luck!
voted,good luck
Good article, but perhaps too much hyperbole (as in 'strongly analytical mindset to create our own destiny in the world' -- what does that even mean?) without enough content that really shows you're aware of what's going on in the e-world.
You say '...a new power, a local one at that known as Cyprus has now risen, and the countries we call our allies have given a blind eye to much of their population backing the now grown-up Cyprus and allowing them to take part of our territory. LETO and Asteria are in effect acting in our detriment against an officially neutral country. These bodies aren't helping us, they aren't helping Iran, they aren't helping Australia either.'
Cyprus aren't a 'new power'. They have almost the same citizens they had a year ago, the difference is that probably the strongest tank in the game decided to take cs there -- just to qualify what that means, reliable sources claim on some days he does more damage than the rest of Cyprus combined. Plus he has lots of friends, more tanks, he can call on when he needs assistance on the battlefield. Take him out of the picture and it would be a fairly even playing field between Cyprus-Israel, they certainly wouldn't have the strength to subject Israel to a wipe of any length.
Secondly, the statement 'the countries we call our allies have given a blind eye to much of their population backing the now grown-up Cyprus' really illustrates your naivety in regards regional politics, specifically the fallout from Greece's co-founding of Asteria. A large swathe of their strongest tanks were opposed to Greece joining Asteria, and so now we're seeing them hit wholesale against our nations. This is not something Asteria*LETO are culpable for.
Thirdly, eIsrael have signed a treaty with Cyprus, if military aid isn't forthcoming from Asteria*LETO that'll be why. And Greece recently AS'd Oz (a move which bankrupted them) to evict MKD, but were soundly beaten by an Indo NE and huge Aurora support. Its hard enough to beat Chile in Euro daytime, so expecting Asteria*LETO to manage multiple victories against them/Indo and MKD in order to liberate Australia is wishing on a star.
Getting down to brass tacks, imo what eIsrael needs is to encourage more immigration, especially from amongst LETO/Asteria nations and persevere with the assimilation of said folk into eIsrael. That and co-operating more closely with our LETO allies, i.e. going beyond the call of duty for them on the battlefield, is how eIsrael can grow and hopefully one day soon prove too strong for Cyprus to hold down.
'co-operating more closely with our LETO allies,'
Well, any ally really, yes. Why do you think I am pushing the Daily Order articles? Not only do they improve activity in the country, they also encourage people to fight not just for themselves.
UNOK,
'strongly analytical mindset to create our own destiny in the world'
That means instead of doing next to nothing on the foreign policy end of things, we move forward and possibly rattle the playing field in a deliberate, logical fashion after looking at the consequences of every move.
In actual governments, you typically have a large number of people employed as "analysts". These people exist not to make choices, but to look at the potential consequences, both positive and negative of choices so those in power can make a decision. This is what I'm referring to, we can't just sit on our butts on the foreign policy end of things, we need to try something new.
Regarding Cypriot power--it doesn't matter where it comes from (Mithrantir, Romper, you can throw names at me but in the end they're only a small portion of their power, and mostly in D4. Alot of people overlook it, but seriously D3, D2, and D1 can win a war!). Asteria notes in its charter that it will work with LETO as well as it can. It hasn't been doing enough, and it hasn't been helping many of its other member countries either.
We need to seriously explore our options to get some sort of foreign support--as for what those options are; TBD.
'strongly analytical mindset to create our own destiny in the world'
That means instead of doing next to nothing on the foreign policy end of things, we move forward and possibly rattle the playing field in a deliberate, logical fashion after looking at the consequences of every move.'
And how is a tiny country like eIsrael going to achieve that? Give us some ANSWERS instead or empty election spiel please. That was your cue to supply how this was to be achieved, not regurgitate more rhetoric.
"In actual governments, you typically have a large number of people employed as "analysts". These people exist not to make choices, but to look at the potential consequences, both positive and negative of choices so those in power can make a decision. This is what I'm referring to, we can't just sit on our butts on the foreign policy end of things, we need to try something new."
Best not to employ the template of RL govs and how they operate, because RL and this game there really is no comparison. You say "analysts" and I hear role-player who wishes to carve out some niche for themselves and role-play they're of some significance. Recent Israeli governments secured her a congress when Cyprus could easily have wiped us -- how is that sitting on butts?
"Regarding Cypriot power--it doesn't matter where it comes from (Mithrantir, Romper, you can throw names at me but in the end they're
only a small portion of their power, and mostly in D4. Alot of people overlook it, but seriously D3, D2, and D1 can win a war!).
So you're saying what exactly, that we should bolster our lower divs and forget about engaging Cyprus in Div4.....? Also D4 isn't "only a small portion of their power", its overwhelmingly their strongest and most significant division.
'Asteria notes in its charter that it will work with LETO as well as it can. It hasn't been doing enough, and it hasn't been helping many of its other member countries either."
In case you hadn't noticed Asteria is on the backfoot almost everywhere, we are in the weaker alignment. eIsrael has a congress secured, other Asteria*LETO nations don't even have this, even some of the strongest. But claiming its because Asteria are ignoring them is not the truth.
If your plan involves taking Israel out of LETO, why not just say so instead of all this nonsense, half-truths and lies to misrepresent how things are?
Also, I'm New Faustian Man, not UNOK
"Regarding Cypriot power--it doesn't matter where it comes from (Mithrantir, Romper, you can throw names at me but in the end they're
only a small portion of their power, and mostly in D4. Alot of people overlook it, but seriously D3, D2, and D1 can win a war!).
My point is people tend to overemphasize upper divs and "ace accounts" ALOT and disregard everything else. You need to look at the whole picture, not just a small portion of what's going on. ie: You cannot simply attribute Cyprus's power to Mithrantir.
"And how is a tiny country like eIsrael going to achieve that? Give us some ANSWERS instead or empty election spiel please. That was your cue to supply how this was to be achieved, not regurgitate more rhetoric."
Israel will manage that by working with the right people (perhaps those who we know, or perhaps those who we don't) to create a support network that will enable it to rise from the ashes. This could mean LETO, this could not mean LETO. Either way, it will be done slowly and carefully and with some transparent public input, and this is what I mean by, "what that means", as in specific actions being TBD. It is difficult to work this angle unless you are the CP or an MoFA without alot of liberty to work foreign policy and the previous CPs have not even attempted to play around much with the current foreign affairs formula.
"In case you hadn't noticed Asteria is on the backfoot almost everywhere, we are in the weaker alignment. eIsrael has a congress secured, other Asteria*LETO nations don't even have this, even some of the strongest. But claiming its because Asteria are ignoring them is not the truth."
You're one of those people who misinterprets what "check" is. Asteria is in "check", Israel is in "check" (ie: they appear to be losing). You should reread my paragraph about ambition. Israel needs more than status quo, it needs a dream and it needs to try to live that dream through deliberate and logical actions.
'Regarding Cypriot power--it doesn't matter where it comes from (Mithrantir, Romper, you can throw names at me but in the end they're
only a small portion of their power, and mostly in D4. Alot of people overlook it, but seriously D3, D2, and D1 can win a war!).'
I'm not disregarding anything. I'm fully aware of the importance of the lower divs. My question was what significance are YOU attributing them? I'll just repeat what I said above: Are you suggesting we should bolster our lower divs and forget about engaging Cyprus in Div4.....? Or what exactly?
'My point is people tend to overemphasize upper divs and "ace accounts" ALOT and disregard everything else. You need to look at the whole picture, not just a small portion of what's going on. ie: You cannot simply attribute Cyprus's power to Mithrantir.'
Lol, who are these people who "overemphasize upper divs and "ace accounts" ALOT and disregard everything else"? Any names? No one's attributing the entirety of Cyprus's power to one guy, but you ought to understand the actual damage output someone like that (and his friends/MU) actually do.
'You're one of those people who misinterprets what "check" is. Asteria is in "check", Israel is in "check" (ie: they appear to be losing). You should reread my paragraph about ambition. Israel needs more than status quo, it needs a dream and it needs to try to live that dream through deliberate and logical actions.'
Lol'd at this. We "appear" to be losing? So the result of a campaign, the actual numbers involved, can be interpreted can they, and when the other side achieves 83 points that doesn't necessarily mean they've won...? Interesting, I didn't know that.
Disappointing response overall tbh. Terms like "the right people", "support network", "rise from the ashes" etc etc all = just empty rhetoric that mean nothing in real terms, give us the details not airy fairy pipe dreams please.
All I take from all this coded language and rhetoric is the threat to leave LETO and pursue this "dream" you have for eIsrael, which you seem loathe to share with the rest of us. Ultimately this is just good electioneering, makes lots of promises in flowery language and some nice turns of phrase, but as regards REAL content and REAL plans of action -- it just doesn't deliver.
@New Faustian Man
I'll end my convo with you on this note (I need to go to bed as I need to take my mom to JFK airport at 5AM tomorrow 😶) I don't intend on doing anything rash. The NAP is indeed beneficial for us atm and should definitely not be broken for now (It's in Cyprus's benefit anyway atm as they have regions in Saudi, and they could risk the regional infrastructure connecting their capital to those regions through a war with us--thus I doubt we'll have an issue keeping it in place while we're not ready to fight back), and if we do in fact leave LETO we will have an alternative plan. Rattling the playing field doesn't necessarily mean leaving LETO anyway--in fact, unless there is an obvious alternative that would bring us immediate benefit, which we currently don't have; the first step in the process is likely sharply increasing diplomatic pressure within the alliance itself. Simply leaving without testing the waters for a while would be a mistake. Of course though, there is also a point where you have to make a real decision, you can't test the waters forever. You need to strike a balance in that respect.
In the end, my point is thus--I am not married to LETO, I am married to Israel and will always put her first as president. I am thus willing to shake things up for her sake and take a few risks after doing a full cost-benefit analysis, unlike many who came before me.
Oh and lastly (before I shut this off), you need to look at the broader picture.
Appear to be losing is referring to matters on a global scale, as well as Israel's current situation in comparison to its neighbors, not just in a single campaign. You can't really quantify war results, which occur on longer timescales so easily with solid numbers. You can only really quantify battles
Also at the end of the day you also can only estimate damage, Mithrantir's output depends on what he wants to spend honestly...any player after all could be casually fighting or really in it to win it. When you are both in it to win it in this game, damage per second tends to matter more than simple damage btw.
You also talk about interpreting what I said as bolstering lower divs and ignoring upper divs, but really that's not the job of the president. That's the job of the MoD or the combat order/mercenary controller. There isn't much a plan except for battle timing, otherwise the best way for an MoD or the combat order/mercenary controller to handle the battlefield is by ear once the government has given them a budget (decided through thorough analysis of what may be required. Btw: That is EXACTLY how we kicked Portugal's butt in Epic Warfare when I was Japanese.
Also no one is online 24/7, people have jobs, and if they don't they still need to sleep. Time the battle right and even if a country has high DPS and/or damage, that's usually only at a certain time of day, so you may still have a chance.
Also my sincere apologies for calling you by the wrong name, my eyes went up to far when I went to copy your account name by hand.
Hello New Faustian Man. Thank you for commenting and your analysis is enlightening. However, to build our knowledge, I have a few comments. First, you wrote:
Take him out of the picture and it would be a fairly even playing field between Cyprus-Israel, they certainly wouldn't have the strength to subject Israel to a wipe of any length.
By “him,” I’m believing you are referring to the legendary Mithrantir. However, Cyprus was stronger than Israel without him. Cyprus was able to occupy Israel for more than half a year, before Mithrantir was able to obtain Cypriot citizenship. You should see our efforts. We did our best to resist. We formed a fighter’s PM of all the loyal fighters of eIsrael. We formed monthly “major” resistance wars to gain congress. We poured in CO’s. Finally, after months of futile effort, we were able to liberate eIsrael when the determination bonus was at 1.20x. That took an epic effort on our part and drained much of our MU’s treasury, including mine. After we were free, guess what happened? A few days later, when our determination bonuses reset back to zero, Cyprus reoccupied us again. The good was we are able to get congress. The bad is we are starting from ground zero again.
'Cyprus was stronger than Israel without him. Cyprus was able to occupy Israel for more than half a year...'
Yes, and I appreciate your point. But my original point was just that Cyprus are just the Cyprus they were a year ago, not much has changed apart from that Greek tank emigrating there. Secondly, by "Take him out of the picture and it would be a fairly even playing field between Cyprus-Israel, they certainly wouldn't have the strength to subject Israel to a wipe of any length" I was talking about current eIsrael/eCyprus damage breakdown. They may still be stronger, but with MEK going kosher that gap wouldn't be extreme as it once was. Like I say, not enough for a prolonged wipe.
Also, the whole point of me going off on that tangent wasn't because I disagree with the peace between Israel-Cyprus, I was simply correcting the author who believed Asteria*LETO/Greece were to blame for their citizens fighting against Israel. Which isn't the case.
To add a little after revision, it is true that Mithrantir and other heavy tanks was fighting for Cyprus against Israel before they got Cypriot citizenship. But the intensity was less than now, since they have cs.
We asked our allies for help but either the help wasn’t enough or they refused us (debatable), with former Greek players fighting for Cyprus. Our alliance LETO/Asteria were unable to liberate us. During our occupation, we were losing players. Some of our players were giving up and our country got weaker. It was in this situation that our CP, Persian Punisher, made the cease-fire agreement with Cyprus. It was both in our best interests. We get to retain two regions and thus perhaps increase morale among our players while we promised not to fight anymore.
Now, the alliance LETO/Asteria are winning against Aurora/Sirius. They can and should put in some effort to help us.
I'm not really sure we are starting to win, the x2 Det aside.
But in principle I agree, they should start helping (*if* we were to scrap the peace). But it all really depends on alliance organization/HQ and the kind of bonds our nation can develop with fellow members. Like I say above, a country going beyond the call of duty -- and being seen to go beyond the call of duty -- for it's allies has a better chance of getting the support it requires in a time of need than one which relies on the sheer fact its a member of alliance A so is deserving of assistance. That kind of setup hasn't worked for any country for quite a while, and it's certainly not how LETO operates.
Our diplomatic/military approach should be to develop strong bonds with 2-3 Asteria or LETO countries and continually fight for them day in, day out, instead of relying on an underpowered alliance that can't secure victory for some its strongest members anyway. This approach works for Chile/Bulg/MKD/Indo and it could work in miniature for us given time.
Yes, we should try to form strong bonds with some select allies. In the past, we formed a strong bond with Greece. During the Serbian occupation of Israel a year and half ago, for example, we were aiding Greece. It’s sad that, as mentioned earlier, Greece wasn’t the ally it once was.
Our cabinet has plans to create daily military orders. This is win-win situation for all. Our citizens can see government activity and our alliance will see that the government is trying to aid the alliance. We can put a few strong allies as our military priorities.
Just to qualify, I didn't mean we should attempt developing bonds solely with strong countries lol. Reforming bonds with Greece would be great considering they're superb allies, but my thinking was more toward countries of a size with Israel. Someone like Belarus, RoC, France, Portugal etc. for example. The former are regularly involved in wars, so I'm sure a commitment by Israel to aid them in their wars day in/day out would be returned when we needed it. Considering our current enemy is only Cyprus, on paper our close allies don't have to be powerhouse states in order for us to win out.
Shortly after the deal was made, MEK joined us. Big thanks to you. I believe with your MU’s firepower, we should be able to stand up to the old Cyprus, however, not the new, with Mithrantir and other heavy tanks that joined if I forgot. I wrote an article to commemorate that occasion: http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/the-training-war-with-cyprus-an-analysis-2406279/1/20
As the potential MoFA, since Israel has increased in power, I am interested in renegotiating with Cyprus about the deal when it expires in more of a position of strength. You can see the basic outline of my proposal here: http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/a-proposal-for-eisrael-and-ecyprus-2409967/1/20 Again, this deal will be favorable to both sides. An alternative, if we can get alliance support, is to resist after the contract is over.
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Voted. Good luck.
Edit: If you desire a veteran soldier to help in your administration, let me know.
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Damn, that's a lot of words! I thought you don't have time for this sh*t 😛
The platform is amazing, but I think that it's too long! You know Jews, they are lazy as hell, unless it involves money. I read all of it because I am in a good mood (finished my last test of the year). Sounds promising. I am glad to be a part of your cabinet if you get elected. Ready to work hard! I like the ideas and I am sure I could bring even more. I like the team, though I would add some other experienced and veteran citizens (it's one of your targets so it's a win win as you said). Unfortunately, as the community is inactive not many care about politics and tell their opinion, though we asked for it not once.
Good luck 🙂
JUST AMAZING.
EVERY WORD.
HOPE U WILL BE ELECTED!
AHAVA4CP 🙂
VOTED HARD.
אין לי בעיה להיות שר החינוך אם את רוצה, הייתי השר החודש ואין לי בעיה להמשיך.
זה לא בדיוק...
אבל לא אכפת לי כל עוד אתה עושה את העבודה מצוין...
שלחתי לך הודעה.
Good luck!
Mo😨 http://www.erepublik.com/en/citizen/profile/3295618
He's the head of MEK. He currently in vacation though.
Already asked him, he told me to contact JMSPC or FreeGigi.
JMSPC has yet to respond to me and I'm gonna send a message to FreeGigi soon.
Both are very good 🙂
when you said you had leads on getting a job, i didnt expect this 😒
LOL this is my second job hon. 😛
this is your first job, the RL one is simply part timer to pay for this one innit
apparently i made a new comment rather then reply to your reply on my reply on...wut
בהצלחה !!
בהצלחה.
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