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This is not the peace announcement you were looking for, but it's the one you've got now. TL;DW: CCC has ended its PZI sentence on Kapleo, and both CCC and NG have agreed to peace with Kap and UFP as his sponsor, along with the terms below:
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Hello friends and you are my friends. It has been a while, hasn't it? I went dark after the Bi Polar war only to be resurrected, as a Phoenix. The issue is that I have been doing my Tech Deals, wracking up money only to have this terrible war get in my way...oh, right and also I contracted COVID right as Killer Turtle got in the war. So, I thought I went into peace mode...but I had a high fever at the time, so apparently that didn't happen. What did happen was the NEW GOON squad, or as they are known now Non Grata spied on my nation..so they knew I wasn't in fighting shape and then they sicced a war criminal (Gatherum) on me and destroyed any chance of my nation being a economic powerhouse I had hoped to be. When I asked for Reparations for the War Criminals actions and to immediately be peaced out of the unjust war my Alliance bumbled and busted around and I got a middle finger from Non Grata..so here it goes, I will be deactivating, no sense in rebuilding something that in 6 months will just be destroyed again, this game use to mean something though...as FA Minister of MCXA I built something. That unfortunately didn't last but it meant the world to me. I come back and all I see are so many people willing to stab each other in the back for clout...you would have been pushed out of CN in it's glory days rest assured, this game is dying and it's on trolls and griefers like NG. If I decide to come back it will be with one goal in mind, to make not an alliance, but a collective with a goal of having the ENTIRE NG alliance go dark. This is my warning, this is my message. Y'all thought you were cute going after a nation that hasn't done a damned thing...what was it worth to you? Was it worth this game dying? I hope so!
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This is a post I never expected to make. The Imperial Entente has always valued its independence and since I took the reins of this alliance we have struggled to manage our position globally and create new security partnerships. The micro world is not what it once was. We are extremely grateful to our friends in Non-Grata and FARK who took the chance to sign treaties with us, but it seems to me that without a greater variety of military pacts or chaining treaties, we put our friends at risk and that is not something I ever want to do. So, effective immediately, the Imperial Entente will merge with Non-Grata--our members who choose to come with us in the merge will reflag as Non-Grata and Lucius Optimus will babysit the alliance name and flags as the archivist of the Imperial Entente. Signed: Tankobite, Emperor of the Imperial Entente, 6/28/2021.
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With the cancellation in early months of 2021 of COBRA and NG's treaty and relations declining quickly in passing days, through the assistance and great amounts of patience from FTW within a Boognish & NG Summit to resolve our issues, I am pleased to announce the Anti-Squanch Pact that came from such talks. tl:dr (really?) - NAP between COBRA & Non-Grata.
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> Redirecting power from missile silos to the Broadcast Towers of Anubia Begin Transmission: Pictured above; Johnny Apocalypse removing nuclear fallout from his brain. Welcome to The Day Today's January 2021 NewsWipe - A New Year's Summary Long time no see Dear Readers, now that the mandatory conscription order has been rescinded The Day Today writing team can get back to work and provide you all with only the finest, most accurate source of information Planet Bob has seen.....um, ever? Well, maybe not ever but we're close- not that there is much in the way of competent literary competition. Anyway I digress, let's dig in. So what happened this month? COBRA - State of Emergency declared in the wake of TWO Peace Treaties At the beginning of 2021, COBRA kickstarted the year in true miliaristic fashion with fireworks pointed towards the Knights of the Round Table. Soon after the initial launches; inboxes were coated wall-to-wall with paperjam consisting of letters from various animal protection charities because we were scaring everyone's pets, as well as a handful of reluctant conscientious objectors who did not wish to fight this battle. The reasons for the war were laid out in the initial declaration- contrary to attempts by deluded braincrashed leaders seeking to frame the narrative in their own way. The reasons were not strictly limited to the presence of one nation. However since that declaration, the King Cobra and the Knight of the Grail have come to terms as equals and made peace. Our grievance has been put to rest and though it remains early days, we endeavour to pursue peaceful co-existence and co-operation with each other. Thanks, Round Table. Thrable. Scary and unprecedented times indeed for COBRA. Peace!? Successfully Buried Hatchets!? Have we entered a bizarro dimension? No, that's the place where you have less than zero soldiers or infrastructure. And also no because...... RFI and Oculus vs. Non Grata and COBRA - Season 1.2 Lack of viable material cited for re-launch of popular 2019-2020 Season Approximately two weeks in to the COBRA vs. Knights of the Round Table war, the leaders of Non Grata and COBRA began to feel a twitching in the planetary grapevines. Rumblings of a greater war arriving at COBRA's door grew louder as time went on, initially the assumption being that it was an attempt to claim a moral high ground in defense of the Round Table. Had this actually been the case, it certainly would have been a bit more credible than what actually transpired.... Instead; COBRA and Non Grata found themselves once again beset by alliances from the RFI and Oculus blocs respectively, with each taking turns to dance on our lawns. The reason given? A mischievous and most wicked plot against them in violation of a non-aggression pact the RFI bloc held with Non Grata. So very mischievous it was that they refused to reveal the evidence of this claim to the public! This told us that they really meant business, our days were numbered and that we were in for it now I tell you whut. There was one thing that did strike us (and everyone else watching) as particularly odd though. Generally speaking; when you provide a casus belli you tend to actually show your evidence or at the very least; build your case for people to see your reasoning/tell your opponent it's simply because you don't like them. Either you work on crafting a written argument or you provide evidence of crimes committed against you. It is the very justification for launching hostilities, so why hide it? The short answer is that the source of the 'intelligence' was not reliable or remotely trustworth. The long answer is that the evidence cited wasn't the real reason and that their source was actually someone who was sponsored and incentivised to become a turncoat against the people he once upon a time could consider friends (more on this later) The source material was not only obtained from a deeply questionable source, but it was also acquired long before the initiation of hostilities. In fact it was acquired during the time the Non Grata-RFI NAP was in effect, though no attempt was made by RFI to honour that with Non Grata by making a diplomatic approach. Instead these screenshots were used to start plotting a war against us both. They went about this while also keeping some of their own allies who we shared in the dark about their plan to hit us and in doing so; violated intelligence clauses in treaties with those allies (yes, the irony is very thick isn't it?) After some very sound and indisputable arguments were made during the weekend long summit, a temporary ceasefire was agreed to while a pathway to peace was drawn up. As the evidence cited had been debunked thoroughly and the war itself was launched on weak pretenses and in violation of a number of their own treaties, COBRA declared that if peace was to be achieved it would not be done without some reasonable tit-for-tat for our trouble. There was to be a period of limited engagement and retaliation with a view to balancing the scales (and making sure those responsible didn't walk off without getting a pint glass in the eye themselves). So a draft was painstakingly carved out; the majority of the coalition agreed to the terms of limited engagement and COBRA revealed the extent of the counter-offensive forces they should expect. All was going well, except for one silent voice chiming in at the 11th hour before the ceasefire expired. "We would prefer white peace" they suggested. I bawked. The others asked why they did not ask this sooner, given the ample opportunity to do so. A panic began to take hold; the agreement was in jeopardy at the last minute; COBRA allies remained poised to strike; a plea for reason was made to stick to the original plan; a further plea was made to extend the ceasefire for another 24 hours to allow further discussion. And then they came. The Rise of Boognish (or; 'How to fold a Tiger') At 11:19:34 PM on the 23rd January, Kashmiri forces drew first blood in what was to be a growing counter-offensive against a key alliance in RFI who was most likely the recipient of the 'intelligence' and the primary instigator in the war against COBRA and Non Grata. Shortly after, Kapleo of The Phoenix Federation formally planted our flag and announced a declaration of war on behalf of Boognish against the alliance CLAWS (and GATO and Argent, we promise that you weren't forgotten!) From that point on, declarations started rolling in on CLAWS nations from across the Boognish sphere. Each alliance had their own unpleasant history with their (now former) opponents. To see them part of a coalition of 700~ nations descending upon their ally (without actually doing any of the heavy-lifting themselves) was the final straw. Come hell or high-water the alliances of Boognish had determined they would no longer sit by in the face of aggression originating from this alliance for the sake of maintaining peace- as peace was clearly not what a lot of them desired. As per the terms in the preliminary agreement, no further wars were to be launched after the 24th. Boognish stuck to their word, as did RFI and Oculus. The parameters for limited engagement were fulfilled and a peace treaty was subsequently drawn up. After a week of engagement and a reasonable level of retaliation, the proposal of White Peace was found acceptable, which is where we find ourselves today. We sincerely hope that this is the last attempt at a re-run of a concept that has been thoroughly milked at this point. The udders run as dry and empty as the justifications for launching what we call 'The Bicycle War' - let us no longer find each other at the end of one another's barrels. If by some misfortune we ever do? Let us either be honest about our intentions or have a better case prepared at the very least. For now we look to the future (oh god not the future what does it want now?) Rat Bashing and Other Pastimes As a little side note to close this edition of The Day Today, this journalist would like to address the lonely rodent who has been sat at the end of a very long queue in a cold and empty waiting room. I promised that an advisor would be with him as soon as possible and, true to my word, I will now address his conduct. Lord Hitchcock; you have knowingly acquired screenshots of private channels from alliances who once welcomed you as a member and friend. You have provided cherry-picked instances of those chatrooms in order to frame a narrative for those who sought to bring war to COBRA and Non Grata. You are a traitor who has already been afforded mercy once in recent months and you add insult to injury by opportunistically attacking the nation of our beloved, lost former King; General Kanabis while we were engaged in hostilities which you made your agenda to instigate. You will receive mercy but not today and not tomorrow. For the sake of clarity; We formally recognise the hostilities which you have once again initiated against us from your alliance King Neptune's Bar. If you have any sense remaining, you will indeed take this on the chin. Oh and if you have something to say in the future, please use your own voice. No lawyers. That's it for January and The Day Today. I don't know about you but I intend on sleeping for most of February so unless one of the rest of you does something? 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The Animal Squanch Accords In the ruins of the old IRC fraternity #animalhouse: NG and Cobra hereby announce to Squanch whoever they want, wherever they want however they want. Signed for Cobra: King Cobra - Johnny Apocalypse Royal Guard - General Kanabis, Lyanna Mormont, General Tiki Signed for Non Grata: Stewie, Leader Thrash, Foreign Affairs King Cyan, Internal Affairs
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NG-TTK NON-AGGRESSION PACT This pact of non-aggression is made on this, the 22nd of February, 2018 by and between Non-Grata and The Templar Knights for the duration of six months. Whereas both parties desire to enter into this agreement, the terms are as follows: Article 1: Neither alliance will commence any acts of hostility or espionage towards the other. Article 2: Should a member of either alliance be caught in acts of espionage or hostility towards the other alliance, an official statement and reparations will be required within 48 hours of the alliance being notified. The hostile member must be punished by their alliance, in accordance with the constitution and laws of the member’s alliance, within 32 hours of the official statement. Neither alliance shall provide aid of any form (military, intelligence, finance or technology) to a known enemy of the other, if this should happen then a greater amount of aid must be given to the non-offending alliance within 48 hours. Article 3: Should either alliance come under attack, neither alliance is not obliged to provide any sort of aid. Article 4: As a sign of good faith, both participants are encouraged to provide regular updates to each other regarding major changes to foreign relations, internal events, or members. Article 5: In cases where there is the apparent disregard of the articles of this NAP, either alliance may request an official statement be made within 24 hours stating the valid reasons for such actions (requiring proof) with the allowance that the alliance in breach of this agreement is to pay fair reparations. Only after pursuing these steps, and having been rebuffed, this pact can be broken immediately. Article 6: This pact constitutes the entire understanding between both alliances and supersedes all prior pacts, treaties, and negotiations. Hereto affirmed by, Non-Grata Caustic – God Emperor The Templar Knights Merick – Grand Master Rustikus – Marshal of Defense Riker – Marshal of Foreign Affairs Mandystalin – Marshal of Members Double B – Marshal of Recruitment Konstantine – Elder Council Sergeant At Arms King Irwin – Elder Council The Slam Anderson – Elder Council
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1. The alliances TTK, RIA, CRAP, SUN, NADC, Invicta, OG and Legion agree to peace with the M3D/Oculus coalition consisting of the alliances of NG, NoR, TLR, NPO, IRON, Umbrella, ODN, VE, NpO, DT, GATO, NATO, SLAP, GLoF, COBRA and The A-Team. 2. No further wars are to be declared by either side as of the posting of this announcement, existing wars may be ended at the discretion of the nation rulers in question. Any wars declared after this agreement shall result in reparations. Exceptions are made to this in clause #6. 3. TTK, RIA and CRAP agree not to provide support to more than one candidate *between them* per election in the Maroon senate. The need for this term shall be reviewed after a period of six months. 4. The alliances of M3D and the Chestnut Accords agree not to sanction one another or to otherwise intentionally use their senate seats to the other party’s detriment. 5. Alliances getting peace agree to not reenter or provide financial assistance in any of the ongoing conflicts against Oculus and its allies. 6. The alliances of TTK and RIA shall remain at war with the entirety of the M3D bloc for a period of 13 additional days, at which point clause #2 shall come into effect. Chestnut Coalition Signed for The Templar Knights Merick, Grand Master Marshals: Blackatron Mandystalin Rustikus Northern Empire Elder Council: Tiger c Konstantine Necron681 Teredona, Patriarch Signed for the Random Insanity Alliance Shadow, By the Grace of Cactuar, His Glorious Excellency The Most Holy, Blessed, and Venerable Lord Cactuar of Random Insanity and the Dominions and Territories thereunto belonging, Captain Planet Emeritus, Supreme Pontiff of the Holy Realms of the Cactuar, Defender of the Faith, Guardian of the Funk, Grand Master of the Most Noble Sovereign Military Order of Cactimus Prime, Central Commander of the Nintuar Clan, Leader and Guide of the Rivolucion, The Ultimate Lifeform, Mystic Dragon Emperor of the Cheeselands, Archduke of Disorder, Overlord of Lunacy, Puppetmaster of Chaos, etc. Floridian Council, Cactimus Prime dester55 Gigantuar Leo, Hello Liz Funktuar Mogar, Emperor of the Royal Ariana Grande Empire, Minister of Mogar Affairs, Minister of Attention, CN's Psychologist, Captain Planet Emeritus, Former Pink Senator, Frequent nuclear rogue, First!, Master of Amsging, Banned for your Sins, King of Notaries, Dual Member of The Bear Cavalry whether they want him or not, Defender of all of the cybernations waifus, Scourge of the low tier, Maroonity Forever, still working on coming up with more titles to catch up to Shadow, All Around Nice Guy, Also Hello Electron Sponge. Signed for the Coalition of Royal Allied Powers Chuck Normis - Triumvirate, Lord Zort and the savior of all LIltrekkie - Triumvirate, The real wonder hamster. Signed for The Legion deathbiter - Imperator tom the pit leader - Consul of Foreign Affairs and Defense CodFCS - Consul of Internal and Economic Affairs Konkrage - Elected Imperator Emeritus Regent Pancras - Elected Imperator Emeritus Signed for the North Atlantic Defense Coalition Bernkastel, Secretary General Chunky Monkey, Deputy Secretary General Signed for the State of Unified Nations Fen Dorbek, SUN Emperor Signed for Invicta /s/ King Biscuit, President of Invicta /s/ Thrash, Minister of Foreign Affairs /s/ Rotty, Minister of Doggos and Puppers Signed for the Old Guard TexWheeler Triumvir of Security Lan Mandragoran Triumvir of Internal Affairs EEjack Triumvir of External Affairs For the M3D/Oculus coaltion Signed for Non Grata Caustic: Power Top Abshire: Papa Bear Schrodinger: Professional Twink Signed for Nordreich Kaiser: Oro Ibah Aozpi Kronprinz: Latexi Reichsmarschall: Kristjan Laidoner Stabsoffizier: Johan Pitka Reichskanzlerin and Reichsminister of Foreign Affairs: Kaiser Hanssen Reichsbanker: PuliSher Reichsminister of Culture and Propaganda: Trebs Signed for The Last Remnants Kestral Elorian Hombre de Murcielago Signed for the New Pacific Order Lord of Darkness, Emperor of the New Pacific Order Prophet of Orion Shadow of the Order Jesse End, Imperial Regent of the New Pacific Order Dan100, Gumpper, & Nemphesis, Imperial Officers of the New Pacific Order Signed for the Independent Republic of Orange Nations The Warrior, President, IRON Councilor Blade 619, Minister of Defense, IRON Councilor Rhizoctonia, Secretary of State, IRON Councilor Hertt, Minister of Internal Affairs, IRON Councilor Mandarijn, Minister of the Vault, IRON Councilor Signed for Umbrella Roquentin, President Signed for the Orange Defense Network Bucovina, Secretary General Hershey, Secretary of Defense Franziskaner, Secretary of Interior Nikolay, Secretary of State Senate LXXVII: OsRavan, Dr. Hrmmm, Azkar, Hawspiper, Soccerbum Signed for the Viridian Entente Supreme 142, Lord of the Viridian Entente Austrailia, Duke of the Entente Azure, Secretary of Defense Blkandwhitlion, Secretary of Economics Signed for the New Polar Order EaTeMuP - Emperor AlmightyGrub - Regent, Imperator Emeritus HannaH - Minister of Truth Emperor Jason - Minister of Peace Quantum Leap - Minister of Love bluesam3 - Minister of Plenty Signed for the Dark Templar Starcraftmazter Terrence Krillins Supa_troop3r Triumvirate Signed for the Global Alliance and Treaty Organization GATO General Assembly Alexio15, Assembly Chairman Crv24, Deputy Assembly Chairman Tevron, Minister of Foreign Affairs Diomedes, Minister of Defense Overlord Wes, Minister of Domestic Affairs Sir Kiloist, Minister of Finance Signed for NATO NATO Council/Elders/Usurpers Shadowstriker Lenny N Karl TaylorLuckyLee Johny07 Ionabis Matt Colst0ne Old Self Grand Lord of Funk Anu Drake Signed for the Sovereign League of Armed Powers Banned, the Blood God Signed for the Grand Lodge of Freemasons Monkeybum Grand Chancellor of GLoF Obscurus Grand Old Fart Alexg314 Grand Master of GLoF Signed for COBRA General Kanabis, King Cobra Signed for The A-Team John “Hannibal” Smith~ Templeton “Faceman” Peck~ Bosco “B.A.” (Bad Attitude) Baracus~ H. M. “Howling Mad” Murdoch~
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Following the deletion of our comments on the Maroon senate The Templar Knights declares war on Non Grata. Signed Merick, Grand Master Rustikus, Marshal of Defence Mandystalin, Marshal of Members Blackatron, Marshal of Foreign Affairs Elder Council, Lord Konstantine Necron681 Tiger c Patriarchs Teredona Hawkeye
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http://m.imgur.com/gallery/Wj8Pinu In defense of our allies in NG, we declare war on NADC. Signed, 1. Holy Ruler, Leaver in Chief 2. Other guys who decided to join this open alliance, Leavers
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TREATY FOR MAROON DOMINANCE Article I: The alliances of Non Grata, Nordreich, and The Last Remnants (“Signatory Alliances”) join together for the mutual domination of Maroon. Article II: Should the Signatory Alliances’ dominance of Maroon be threatened, the Signatory Alliances are obliged to use any and all means necessary to address such threat and to defend one another when in pursuit thereof. Article III: The Signatory Alliances agree to refrain from hostilities against one another, and to resolve all disputes peaceably. Article IV: The Signatory Alliances agree to distribute the Maroon senate seats as follows: 1) Non Grata will hold two (2) senate seats 2) Nordreich will hold two (2) senate seats 3) TLR will hold one (1) senate seat 4) The distribution of senate seats may be changed with the agreement of all signatory alliances Article V: Signatory Alliances agree that they will not sanction the member nations of any of the Signatory Alliances. Article VI: Which alliances constitute a threat, for the purposes of Article I, and how to respond will be determined by the Signatory Alliances on an ad hoc basis. For Non Grata: Abshire, Duumvir Erwin Schrodinger, Duumvir For Nordreich: Oro Iban Aozpi, Kaiser Latexi, Kronprinz Kaiser Hansen, Reichskanzlerin PuliSher, Cancertroll For The Last Remnants: Triumvirate of TLR Kestral Hombre de Murcielago Jgoods45
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Following a minor dispute on the Maroon senate a few days ago, presumably regarding the “Pro peace” proposal, the leaders of TTK and RIA received these messages: As the remaining signatories are all either allied to one another, or essentially no longer exist as alliances, we are hereby announcing that “One Big Happy Family Accords” is considered defunct. We are not certain as to why the cancellation was necessary but are open to communication between our respective alliances to solve any misunderstanding that might exist, OBHFA had allowed for over 2 years of a peaceful maroon. We hope to continue good and amicable relations despite this cancellation. The Random Insanity Alliance, Lord Cactuar: Shadow, By the Grace of Cactuar, His Glorious Excellency The Most Holy, Blessed, and Venerable Lord Cactuar of Random Insanity and the Dominions and Territories thereunto belonging, Captain Planet Emeritus, Supreme Pontiff of the Holy Realms of the Cactuar, Defender of the Faith, Guardian of the Funk, Grand Master of the Most Noble Sovereign Military Order of Cactimus Prime, Central Commander of the Nintuar Clan, Leader and Guide of the Rivolucion, The Ultimate Lifeform, Mystic Dragon Emperor of the Cheeselands, Archduke of Disorder, Overlord of Lunacy, Puppetmaster of Chaos, etc. Floridian Council, Cactimus Prime dester55 Gigantuar Leo, Hello Liz Funktuar Mogar, Emperor of the Royal Ariana Grande Empire, Minister of Mogar Affairs, Minister of Attention, CN's Psychologist, Captain Planet Emeritus, Frequent nuclear rogue, First!, Master of Amsging, Banned for your Sins, King of Notaries, Dual Member of The Bear Cavalry whether they want him or not, Defender of all of the ladies of the cyberverse, Lord of the Great Eastern Ocean, Knight of Maroonity, Wonderer if anyone actually reads any of this, still working on coming up with more titles to catch up to Shadow, All Around Nice Guy, Also Hello Electron Sponge. The Templar Knights, Merick, Grand Master Rustikus, Marshal of Defence Mandystalin, Marshal of Members Blackatron, Marshal of Foreign Affairs Elder Council, Lord Konstantine Necron681 Tiger c
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This afternoon, I noticed that a month ago I was asked what I thought about the Polaris-NG treaty. Yes, a month, I love you all, but I just don't care too much, anymore. I read my answer at Polaris' forum, and decided that it is sufficiently interesting to me that I know everyone else will be thrilled to read it. You're quite welcome. In all seriousness, even though the treaty itself is old news, the question became a platform to discuss philosophy, and I love talking foreign policy. I understand you're reducing your big FA moment down to a gotcha on me, but here's the serious answer. We will examine my opinion on Polaris' FA decision through the philosophy I have always used in regards to FA, illuminated by personal example. My opinion springs from my ideology, and ideology guides my actions, it all fits. My thoughts/philosophy on treaties in general should be well known enough, by now, (1, 2, 3) but I am keenly aware that my personality has overshadowed my message for a long time. So to recap, in short: First: A treaty is an endorsement, and a partnership, and it ties responsibility for one AA's actions to the other. For example, New Polar Order in 2007 can't PZI 20 people a year without being shored up by 3 or 4 different blocs, or NPO in 2008 can't keep GATO at war indefinitely for using peace mode without having 16 top flight AAs backing them up. Lip service does not change culpability. For example, if OsRavan says "I'm totally against reps" 500 times a day, then sits down in peace talks and says to Cult of Justitia "you will have no peace with ODN until you agree to pay GOONS $200,000,000" and to Legion "you will not have peace until you pay our allies $1 Billion" then what matters? The principles ODN says they hold, or the actions ODN takes? There can be no denying that a treaty is an endorsement and a partnership. Any such denial is intellectual dishonesty at best and in reality is simply a lie politicians tell each other, themselves, and the people in their AAs. Second: Alliances are organic entities. They are not static, they change. Recognition of that fact in foreign affairs and public discourse has always been central to my political stances. For example, Vox Populi was a reactionary popular movement against the Continuum bloc's "hegemony" (I never really liked that word, but that's the parlance)—not because a hegemony existed, but because of how it acted: Viceroys, people banned from being gov, ZI transforming from a harsh punishment to PZI lists as eternal black lists that removed people from the game and then to EZI (parlance again, EZI is just PZI), forced disbandment, OOC attacks by the hegemony against their enemies, and so on. New Pacific Order and New Polar Order were central to that. It was a feedback loop: they did harsh crap by the endorsement of their allies, but their allies often did worse things while NPO/NpO pretended to be more civilized villains—they were all responsible for the results of their power politics, the results of their power politics were the point of their treaties. In 2007-08 New Polar Order wrecked my AA GOONS (which was a vile AA and I was too new to the game to really know it), then spent a year chasing all of us around, PZIing us, threatening alliances we joined, setting up proxy blocs on Black to dominate the Senate, and everything else in the history books. Post-Vox, as the leader of CoJ I penned blistering attacks on New Polar Order. Yet here I am, member of New Polar Order. Because I'm a hypocrite? No, because between the time Polaris PZIed me to the end of Karma, Polaris changed wildly. And then from the time I founded CoJ and wrote that essay to the time I allied CoJ to Polaris and then dissolved CoJ and joined Polaris, Polaris had undergone even more transformations. Therefore: Treaties and military cooperation are endorsement and culpability; therefore, alliances should choose allies whose actions align with their character and ideals, or accept the hypocrisy that their actions are at odds with their identity and move on. (Realpolitik is just that, the allegiance to a distasteful ally to get a hard job done.) But the prospective allies out their, alliances, are not beholden to the past. There is no inherent hypocrisy in allying an alliance that wasn't in line with one's ideals 5 years ago or even 5 weeks ago for that matter if they have changed. There is no hypocrisy in recognizing change. People make lazy ad hominem arguments, obsess about my over-the-top persona and ego, and simply label any shifting allegiance I make as "hypocrisy" or selling out. These processes are a complicated ideological discernment and judgement. Politics from ideology is complicated, people don't like it, they don't like to wade through it. What do I think about this treaty in particular? I haven't paid any attention at all to Planet Bob in at least a year. I've been quiet because I hate retractions; I don't post unless I know. It's fun to stick my head out and rip on OsRavan once a year, but it's also simply the case that the past is just about the only topic I'm informed to speak on intelligently. I don't know if this treaty is realpolitik, or if Non Grata has become significantly different to a degree that you're a perfect fit for Polaris. Or maybe Polaris has changed sufficiently that we're a perfect fit for an unchanged Non Grata (in which case I'll start AA shopping :P ) A dear old friend left Polaris because of this treaty, I respect his discernment and principled stance for his own nation. If there is a meeting of minds between NG and Polaris, I'm glad we're working together. If Polaris and NG are engaged in realpolitik, that's a reality an idealist like me has to swallow sometimes to get things done (I always was a chaos agent with a conscience, myself)—my problem would be if Polaris lent its NS to seriously bad behavior, or if Polaris shifted what should be a short-term cooperation (realpolitik) into a long term FA position (hypocrisy). I said "in short" so there you have it, Schattenmann is a liar.
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Hi. LoSS still exists and never stopped existing. BIG BOLD FONT. Here's our fancy new charter for those who care. Our website has not changed. Our government has though. New government: #1: Phoebus #2: Junior Economics: Sam Winter Armory: Co God Ben Relations: Amossio *if I cared what SNX has to say after this post, I would not have used comic sans.
