sippyjuice

1.)But we have done deals with them on a regular basis in the past. Ramirus would come to us himself. That regular involvement led us to believe that this course of action was necessary. 2) Yes, we were. But it's foolish to hold that over our heads now. Most of the people that actively shared the relationship with NPO are gone. Plus, I assumed that the beating we took in Karma (we've never gotten to pre-Karma strength since then) was our punishment. If it's not, please feel free to let me know just what we are supposed to do to rebuild our alliance's image in your eyes.

So apparently GDA's little announcement has caused quite a stir. Given that our announcements rarely go for so many pages, I guess we should be flattered. We at GDA had done tech deals with Grämlins often in the past. Given Grämlins recent war behavior, we felt that a statement of disapproval, as well as action, was necessary. You might or might not disagree with that. But really, this goes far beyond just Grämlins. It's about the idea of surrender. Asking an alliance to completely decommission their military, before even bothering to give surrender terms is a tactic that is both brutal and dangerous. Sure, Gramlins could have simply used it to give white peace. But still, for a period of time, the fate of your alliance rested entirely in the hands of someone who is looking out for their own benefit. With traditional surrender terms, you at least have a chance to bargain for a good position for your alliance, and you have the option of backing out. This tactic of unconditional surrender effectively takes two of the greatest tools of a surrendering alliance away. You don't like the terms? Too bad, you agreed to unconditionally surrender, and now you are backing out of that agreement. So now your alliance gets blitzed while undefended. I've heard people say that you could just simply buy military back. But still, it's a risky tactic. If your enemy is faster than you, you still get blasted. Not to mention, if part of the terms call for you to come down to DEFCON 5, guess what, unless it's after update, you are stuck in DEFCON 5 while you are attacked. It isn't just about us being on the opposite side, and taking a shot at the "enemy". If any alliance tried to introduce such tactics in a similar situation, I would certainly push for some kind of expression of disapproval. Now Grämlins, has had a shot to make their case. Had the Grämlins leadership made some kind of clarifying statement early on, it might have helped their case. But right now, all I see is a belligerent alliance intent on making some kind of statement. Which is really sad, considering where they came from. Now, I know that some of you out there, believe that we "former-hegemonists" as I have heard us called deserve this kind of treatment because of past crimes. All I have to say, I wasn't here for whatever happened in the past. My nation was barely six months old when the Karma War rolled around. All I know is what has happened now. And this new idea on surrender is not something I want to see become common, no matter what side of the treaty web you are on.

o/ to our allies. Thanks for the support; I'm certain IRON and company appreciate it too.

1) Yes, GDA has a history of having people participate in Gramlins tech deals, at the request of Ramirus himself. It had stopped for a time, due to the recent political upheaval coming from the war. Ramirus had come to us last month about when we would be ready to start up again. 2) Yes we know this is a small move. Even we can tell you that we aren't the greatest economic powerhouse on Planet Bob. But we couldn't just sit there and allow Gramlins' moves to go along unnoticed. So in the words of many, we decided to do something about it. 3) As to the people who are bringing up the past, I'm the only current government member who was also government during Karma War. If you want to say anything about that, come find me on IRC.

You won't find GDA the freely donating sort. Oh well, my new guys need war experience. Tell you members to get better spies so that I don't have advance notice of your plans.

Glad to see you; you guys rock. o/ TPF

As an addendum, GDA has an MDP with DAAN. Here's to a good round guys.

[center][img]http://i354.photobucket.com/albums/r412/dssp2010/GDA%20Flags%20and%20Images/GDAWarBlood.jpg[/img][/center] GDA is back for another round of fun and excitement. Everything is the same as last round.

Nice fight to CSN. Twas much fun and merriment.

I am very much displeased to not see GDA being mentioned...

Time to kick some butt and take some names. Thanks to the combatants for not peacing out the night before we went in. o/UBD o/GDA

Happy Birthday Admin! May your loyal minions bow before your might. [img]http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/3382/respectg.gif[/img]

Nice fight CDT. Good Luck.

Thanks for helping me to clear this up so quickly. Here's to the rest of this war being fun. o/ CDT

Because you want to...or because you know we'd come to the assistance of TPF and RE if you didn't war us first? Either way, see you on the battle field. Here's to a good war.

o/ MHA You guys rock!

An announcement from GDA We at GDA have been getting to know our partners down at OO, and we decided that a mere PIAT was not enough to define our relationship. So we have decided to take the next step up to an ODP. Here's to a further deepening of our ties. o/ OO o/ GDA

GDA will add that Clash may become my co conspirator in my plot to take over the universe

GDA is proud to announce the completion of a major restructuring of our Foreign Affairs department. We invite all alliances to come onto our forums and create an embassy. If you have any questions or concerns, send a message to our Minister of Foreign Affairs, PopCap. Also, many thanks to PopCap for heading the restructure. --sippyjuice, President of GDA o/ GDA o/ PopCap

GDA offers a hoard of minions, and a real live girl.

As the leader of a Blue Team alliance, I would hope we would be allowed to request sanctions against rogue nations...

GDA is back for another round of newbie training. Leadership includes myself and thenb Our allies include TPF and RE, (at this time). We're on the Blue Team. Now that all the important stuff is out of the way.. We're back. Special thanks goes out to CDT for a nice war at the end of the last round.

On behalf of GDA, it's sad to see you guys go. Keep in touch with us.

GDA declares war on CDT at the request of SOS Brigade. See you on the battlefield. My trainees are looking forward to the chance to actually see action before the round is up, considering my alliance appears to be invisible to all the warmongers this round... >_> --sippyjuice, Leader of GDA