Diego Rivera

Oh hey its that time every year where this guy pops in for a few months. Don't worry, he'll surely be out of here in the next 10-12 weeks.

The man has a point, I burned because Trotsky, JGoods and Rush didnt give me aids.

This needs repeating.

Oh gosh, thank you for pointing that out. Not sure how that slipped by us.

[quote name='Ayatollah Bromeini' timestamp='1344730226' post='3020957'] Moving forward... I can't say it's a bad thing, VE. Good luck. [/quote] Agreed. This must make it difficult to parse out your next treaty move. At least we are all confident it will begin with no knowledge of INT's past allies, and end with your nose up MK's a******.

Good to see LSF get peace. And much credit to Trotsky for all his efforts in making sure LSF didnt burn.

[quote name='unpronounced' timestamp='1340712595' post='2997129'] Aren't you allied to LSF? Didn't you promise to back LSF in the war against Nordreich? Can you explain again why you choose one ally over another? [/quote] Yes, this is an interesting question that has not been raised at all. Craig, would you mind addressing this?

[quote name='Pingu' timestamp='1340132129' post='2989046'] There's the disrespect. Int are a mature collective who take their decisions carefully and take the consequences. There is nothing 'undue' about them taking into account the views and interests of their friends and allies in assessing their strategic situation and making decisions. [/quote] Then you wont mind them speaking up for themselves if they are really offended instead of you deciding for them.

[quote name='Pingu' timestamp='1340124996' post='2988932'] All on Bob are subject to external forces to some extent or other, whether these come from alliance discipline, the larger treaty web, the predations of raiders if one is unaligned, etc. None is truly autonomous, in the sense of being able to act without the environment reacting. We choose some of our constraints, accept or seek to change the rest. To focus on how Int's competing commitments constrained them now is interesting enough, I suppose. But please do not disrespect Int's members to the extent of portraying them as hapless victims. [/quote] I'm not denigrating INT by any means and I doubt any of them feel disrespected by what I have said. Except Trotsky, hes a bit wishy washy. All I am doing is commenting on the (very public) disagreement of some with the direction they have had to take in this conflict. To think that this direction was taken without any undue influence is naive and/or misleading.

[quote name='James Wilson' timestamp='1340115156' post='2988854'] *GASP* You mean like in EVERY alliance where there are a select few who are very popular and can influence what happens? Oh, the horror! [/quote] Pat yourself on the back that was a sick burn. I was speaking of my own experience with INT and relating it to this situation where some members are pretty much verifying what I said. You can keep avoiding the point but it doesnt change the fact that C&G/MK is bending INT into a direction it would rather not go.

While I strongly disagree with INT on this, I am sure large segments of the Congress did not want R&R or LSF to burn. In fact I'd suspect the majority didn't want to but debate was steered by a small handful of individuals.

[quote name='VladimirLenin' timestamp='1340077503' post='2988424'] Not entirely, but spin it how you like. Time will reveal all truths. [/quote] Frame it however you want, but this looks bad.

[quote name='Ayatollah Bromeini' timestamp='1339985785' post='2986989'] Obviously FC getting his revenge on Invicta for messing with us over the SOS cancellation. Two alliances I like at war.. ugh, why must you do this to me. [/quote] While we are all perfectly aware of your [i]feelings[/i] for MK, I believe you are treatied to one of the involved parties. The decision on what you should do should be pretty easy, no?

I can get down with this.

[quote name='Nikita Ilyich Lenin' timestamp='1337592818' post='2970204'] on a scale of 1 - embarrassing, this is a 12. [/quote] [img]http://cdn.brownstoner.com/4dee5ca25d7f0-ba_dum_tsh.jpg[/img] Sorry it troubles you so much.