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willij

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  • Birthday 01/16/1980

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    Waregon
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    Green Old Party
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    Wheat
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    Coal
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    konservare
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    War Doves

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  1. Actually Unk Smurf didnt mention infra either, it was Londo :D And yes I know it was sarcasm and that you guys are worried about infra as much as I am. Just wanted to get the jab in while I can. Not like I can do much else.
  2. I knew it. I kept telling l0c0 that if he surrendered to me that I wouldnt take any more. Alas, he figured my free tech was a fair compromise. Anyways...I know that DBDC is saying that as long as you dont have an offensive war that makes a nation untouchable, however, many people may feel that unless that nation has actually been peaced out from those he was attacking he is still fair game. What is the policy on this (and yes it is a real question. remember I am a neutral so I am practicing my politics)?
  3. Waited until week 4? then half their nations would have been out of our reach :D And honestly, people can call it non-neutrality all they want but a better term would be non-pacifist. We are not tied to anyone but we do believe we hold the right to defend what is ours. And why be prepared to go to war from here on out (although we are always prepared) ? We are still not tied to any alliance that we would need to worry about being pulled into a war. Just like my last post said; we defend neutrality and ourselves. In fact why don't you go look at my last post. everyone seems to ignore me and only reply to Roo and Sam's posts. It makes me feel dispirited.
  4. So a few thoughts from a different GOP poster than Roo, Sam, and Earl. Sorry for the big block of text. I am not very flowery with words. When the first wars on TDO started popping up I brought them up to our Triumvirate because it was something that I felt fell into our DTOM Doctrine that I helped craft years ago. When we crafted the DTOM we didn't receive as much push back as when we actually decided to use it. There were no large calls for how we were no longer neutral, only when we put it into practice. This incident made was a perfect example of what we had said we would stand against, a call for war on neutrals. Now whether MQ really meant it or not can always be debated, but the way it was worded was interpreted by a lot of people, inside of GOP and out, as a start to the war on neutrals. In fact a couple of leaders were asking where the GOP was in this during the first few days. During those days it was deliberated by our leadership on what should be done. I was actually pretty upset at first to our response, because I could not see behind all closed doors. I felt we had drawn a red-line on what would actually draw us to war and then we were moving that red-line because people were scared. Turns out I was wrong. Before war started leadership gave everyone the option of going to war with us, knowing that we could get our behinds handed to us since we haven't fought together in a full on alliance war. Nobody stepped away. We stepped up. Even those in the higher tier of our alliance decided it was a cause worth fighting for. We knew full well that DBDC could step in on us and if they did they would destroy us. However, we also knew that we could at least deal them a little damage. Sure, they can buy back, as can most of us in the GOP, but to those of us who have stayed together all these years it was something that we couldnt back out on each other from. Those outside may see it as stupidity, wasting our infrastructure on a losing war. You may be right, but we call it honor and defending our alliance mates and our ideals. Roo's first post to us was that he would be lost. That he knew he had no money. Some of us tried to push him to peace mode, but just like asking any of us to do it we knew it would not matter. He would use his nation to do what he could. If he had not been in the battle then it would have been the next lowest nation. He has done what he can because he loves his alliance and even if his nation is destroyed we will still be as strong as ever, knowing that we each have each others backs. I know our diplomacy may not be the best, we don't come out very often as we dont have much of a need to. Neutrals, what are you going to do. I do believe that after all this is over we will go back to our soft-line neutrality, in all actuality I don't really care if others think that is neutral or not, it is how we like to live. Though it may work against us as now everyone knows exactly what to do if they want us to come out and fight. You claim to put a war on neutrality itself, and ready or not This We'll Defend.
  5. I think neutrals add to the world. We give nations a place to learn, an alliance for protection as they grow, a line of communication to talk about things and make friends, etc. Just because I choose not to play in the politics as much because my leader is very busy and just likes being on the planet does not mean I don't add value to it.
  6. Is this the way to make sure that all the defensive wars are covered from the failed jihad on neutrals?
  7. I have you just where I want you guys now. Reducing my bills so that my nations leaders can stop whining about raising the debt limit.
  8. When you cant fight on the battlefield then why not try with words.
  9. Welcome to the fun guys. Though I am sad that CT was just a member of the GOP earlier today and now has moved on to those who would attack us. Oh well such is life.
  10. I am lost. I don't see what the big deal is. VE are our friends. They said they would support us if needed. Would ya'll be making such a big deal if one of your friends said they would help you out if needed? Sure, we don't have much to offer VE besides our friendship but they are they if we need them. Leeches? No, they offer us protection because they feel we have the right to run our alliance how we believe it should be ran. They have always been there for us and we thank them for that.
  11. How are we hypocrites? We said we would defend neutrality if it was attacked. MQ declared a "Jihad on neutrality". We defended. DBDC did not declare a war on neutrality (they declared on a neutral alliance) so there is no call to defend. If DBDC has said they are going to destroy all neutrals please point us to that so that we can talk it over among the leaders and decide what to do. They haven't that we seen so we have had no reason to defend against them. Its pretty cut and dry in our DOTM Doctrine. You call it conditional neutrality, we call it standing up for your beliefs. Sorry.
  12. Im just tired of the bills. Anyways sorry that you thought people would look the other way, we just prefer to face our problems head on.
  13. and thats why you picked a neutral that was more prepared? or are they just waiting their turn
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