Iron Curtain Announcement

[Jacapo Saladin]

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By unanimous vote of the signatories, Iron Curtain has been dissolved.


Signed, FEAR-Hydra-NSO-NATO

[Chocolate Cookies]

And the curtain closes. Nice working with you guys.

[youwish959]

Some things are for the best. Good run.

[Groucho Marx]

What a shame.

[Kongo Jack IV]

Good deal.

hope my allies in FEAR and NATO stay friends

[Ruhani]

It has gone well all this time that the IC has decided to stay together despite endless threats of disbandment. Good luck to you all in your futures.

[KingEd]

I heard about this...a few days ago....

One Bloc less...

Good choice NATO

[Salmia]

I'd say the typical sad to see this but I am sure those involved had their reasons for this so I'll say good luck to those involved.

[supercoolyellow]

Interesting.

If you don't mind me asking, why?

[Sardonic]

Well so much for that grouping, good luck on each of your future FA paths.

[Lusitan]

I am sad so much work of our brothers was lost, but I can't say I am sad with the outcome.

[JT Jag]

I am starting to experience a bizarre sensation of deja vu. As if this sort of thing has happened before with blocs and NSO, multiple times even.

[wickedj]

And nothing of importance was lost

have fun yall

[Acca Dacca]

/me rubs his stache

I do believe Hydra has benefited off this cancellation. I do, however, wish everyone the best of luck in the future.

[Iserlohn]

I think it was the irony of having an AA called NATO in the Iron Curtain that finally did it in.

[Mathias]

[font="Georgia"]Never really did anything anyway.

Good riddance.[/font]

[Max Cristof]

I heard about this 4 months ago.

[berbers]

Far from the battle field, far from war,
We’ve got to look for an open door,
All of us working, All of us searching for peace,

We dream of a time when we all are one,
Dreaming to hope under earth bright sun,
So let’s get together, things will be better if we try,
Hear our cry,

Someday the pain of war will be healed,
Someday when we can feed what we feel,
Let the wall come down,
Tumble to the ground,
And love will have peace all around.

So let’s raise our voice so they all can hear,
over the wall, they will bay a cheer
All of us clinging all of us are singing the cry,
We will cry,

Someday the pain of war will be healed,
Someday when we can feed what we feel,
Let the wall come down,
Tumble to the ground,
And love will have peace all around.
Let the wall come down,
Tumble to the ground,
And love will have peace all around.

[bakamitai]

To all members of the former bloc, especially our treaty partners, good luck and godspeed.

[Heft]

Was good while it lasted, and we'll still be friendly with all involved. Time to move on, though.

[Ninja Colt]

What a shame, that bloc had a promising future too!

[Canik]

[quote name='supercoolyellow' timestamp='1293413027' post='2554813']
Interesting.

If you don't mind me asking, why?
[/quote]

There wasn't any real particular reason. It simply wasn't working out. We all realized this and mutually decided it would be best to dissolve the treaty. It just wasn't meant to be, but we are all still on good terms.

[Duncan King]

[quote name='Iserlohn' timestamp='1293413402' post='2554825']
I think it was the irony of having an AA called NATO in the Iron Curtain that finally did it in.
[/quote]
This was one of my thoughts as well.

This is a move by NATO I can stand behind. I liked many of the members separately but together, not so much.

Edited December 27, 2010 by Duncan King

[abdur]

Knew about this an year before it formed.

Best of luck to its member alliances in their future endeavours!

[KingEd]

[quote name='supercoolyellow' timestamp='1293413027' post='2554813']
Interesting.

If you don't mind me asking, why?
[/quote]

While I'm not privy to their inner workings; Blocs work in such a way that everyone in said bloc has to be fully committed to the Bloc, and in a sense put the Bloc above the rest. When NATO declared neutrality in the NEW-DF war, albeit the correct course of action, and FEAR declared war in defense of their ally, a weakness was exposed in the bloc. Not only ideological but commitment wise - "If TFD gets hit, we go in" (NATO) or something along those lines. That showed that TFD > IC for NATO, and thus making the bloc irrelevant tbh.

So yeah, anyone with a brain saw this coming. A disunited Bloc is no Bloc at all. Trust me, I've been part of blocs that have crumbled: Agora, 1V, Continuum, TRC. Time and time again it was because of overall disunity.

Am I close?

Edited December 27, 2010 by KingEd