The Jester Minister and Friends

[hawk11]

The most recent publication of the Palintine Civilian Free Press contained the following editorial, currently being debated by pundits and citizens alike throughout the nation.

The Jester Minister and Friends

File Photo: What many regard as a propaganda piece, the prime minister is seen here with school children.

It is surprising how quickly some people forget the past. It is especially surprising how fast politicians will forget it when given the proper reason. When Palintine was young and I myself a spry young man, there stood a great evil on the face of Asia. I, like many a youth, sought to slay the foul being from existence. I unsheathed my mighty pen and drew forth an article so compelling that I was appointed to a seat on the Prime Minister of Palintine's advisory council. It was a position I served faithfully for some time until recently when it became apparent that the past had left this prominent man's mind. Either it had left, or he simply did not want it to be remembered.

Our "minister the menacing," as a certain portrait likes to portray him, is not quite as menacing as everyone likes to believe. Sure when he dons his mask and military garb he is a menacing man. All men with their faces covered in full military dress standing at just over 5'10 are pretty menacing like this, especially when they work out as much as our minister does (no jest), however it is not solely the body that makes someone menacing. No, his mind and his actions also have a very large role. Unfortunately for the minister, it is quite clear that his brain is not capable of functioning above a fifth grade level, otherwise he would have seen the problem with the things he has done to the continent of Asia. Our "minister the menacing" has foolishly maneuvered our nation into a political quagmire while at the same time releasing the same old evil I warned him against so long ago, and these actions have shown him unfit to serve.

It was not long ago that Palintine was a prominent nation, moderate on the world stage and powerful enough to assert its own authority abroad. We had powerful allies and participated in the governing of the continent in partnership with other nations. We were part of a multinational defense force, a proud one capable of deploying at a moment's notice anywhere on the continent. We experienced an economic boom and trade flourished both internally and with other nations. Palintine was a nation that was spoken about with pride, however now it is a name that can be equated with failure and misery. The once proud nation of Palintine has fallen on economic hard times. Citizens are losing their jobs, businesses are moving abroad, and people are emigrating towards greener pastures in distant lands. It is because of the prime minister's poor policy choices that our land has become the butt of the Asian jackass. More specifically, it is because of his policies towards a certain group of foreigners who washed up on our shore.

It is not secret that I was in favor of the taking in of KT refugees when their nation was destroyed. I hope any human that is not a member of the Aotearoan government (no convincing them) would value human life in the same way. However, I was in favor of just that: taking in refugees. I was not in favor of allowing them to run their own local governments, I was not in favor of giving them public funds to squander on building grandiose projects (although the minister and current Yamato government will claim it was private investing that built these), and I was certainly not in favor of granting them autonomy. Such moves are what led me to give up the cushiest job in Palintine, such cushion was not enough to merit living in a fantasy world, ignoring the great evils being performed in front of me.

It is no secret how I feel about the former KT nations and their governments. It is no secret to the world the atrocities they committed on their frivolous and violent warpaths for territory. I still thank whatever deity is out there for the day that the world finally banded together to rid the continent of that menace of government. Calling the administration of the Sumeragi a government at all is not even accurate, as one of, if not the principle purpose of a government is to ensure the stability of the social contract. The regime (a much better word) of the Sumeragi did exactly the opposite. Whether it was by ancient tribal customs or by regime brainwashing, the citizens of Kyokujitsu Teikoku truly believed the Sumeragi to be a god. They followed her whim no matter what it was. It was by the regime taking advantage of this belief that it justified its "glorious" campaigns. 'The Sumeragi commands it' was enough to motivate any citizen to commit any action. Men and women were pushed to fight and die for trivial rocks floating in the South Pacific, all because the Sumeragi deemed it so. Such unnecessary sacrifice of human life in aggressive campaigns is why I hesitate to use the word "government" to describe the regime, rather it was a group of bandits holding the entire country hostage with its own ideology.

And we have let this menace come back. Yes, we. The nation of Yamato, clearly not headed by a Sumeragi, should be regarded with the same disdain as the previous KT bandits. They have already made their intentions clear with their quick and aggressive political actions. Barely being an autonomous region for long, they seized land to the west of Palintine without consulting the senate or even informing them. The minister, out of budget necessity and also out of fear, then cut the region loose, letting go of all the land and frivolous tax projects with it, causing the national economy to sag for a second time! And when the Yamato were free of their leash, they turned on the master. They encroached Palintinian soil with their troops claiming to be a "stabilizing force in a chaotic area." The minister responded rightly and publicly that these lands were under Palintinian control. Yamato backed off, however they would be back.

Before I resigned, Palintine was contacted again by Yamato, this time privately and without military force. They offered us the lands to our west in exchange for the same land they tried to "stabilize." The senate struck down such a deal with the minister's full support. This secret meeting, now clearly in the open thanks to myself, makes the intentions of Yamato abundantly clear and all too familiar: conquest. Why are they Yamato so desperate to get Shanghai that they would give away their own land and uproot their own citizens? I am not sure, but I know this: whatever the reasons are, they are as frivolous and as unnecessary as the land grabs of the past Sumeragi.

And to who do we owe these actions and future actions, besides Yamato's administration? The answer is simple: our own prime minister. The man who in the past agreed with my beliefs on the KT administrations. A man who was clearly outspoken of the KT administrations when they thrived and committed foul deeds on the continent. A man who went back on his own beliefs when dealing with the new Yamato administration, and is now reeling from the effects. It cannot be determined if he, like the jester, is acting the fool or has become the fool in the face of the court. However, due to the overwhelming evidence I present to you, Palintine, and the world itself, I feel I have made it abundantly clear that "our minister the menacing" is actually "our minister the clown."

-Jacob Goldstein

Palintine Civilian Free Press Editorial

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[Lord Frost]

OOC: epic, truly epic. Wall o' Text o' Win

IC:

Languedoc hopes that Palintine will take a greater roll in preventing such clearly inhumane threats from occuring in the future

We wonder, though; How did the Autonomous region acquire a military so fast after being released?

Edited May 12, 2009 by Lord Frost

[hawk11]

OOC: epic, truly epic. Wall o' Text o' Win

IC:

Languedoc hopes that Palintine will take a greater roll in preventing such clearly inhumane threats from occuring in the future

We wonder, though; How did the Autonomous region acquire a military so fast after being released?

"If the minister would be so kind to answer this question, I believe your own nation (as well as the world) has the right to know."

-Jacob Goldstein

[LeVentNoir]

Well GA could have told you that Yamoto was a bunch of snakes suited for extermination.

[Subtleknifewielder]

It is true that the former citizens of the now extinct regime of Kyokujitsu Teikoku have often proved rash in their actions, though not, we believe, out of any conscious attempt to create explosive situations, but rather letting emotions get the best of logic.

[hawk11]

"If the minister would be so kind to answer this question, I believe your own nation (as well as the world) has the right to know."

-Jacob Goldstein

"We don't know. Possibly it was through planning before they were even granted autonomy. What we do know, however, is that they have a military and they show no restraint on using it, per usual."

-The prime minister

[Maelstrom Vortex]

The Chairman remarks,

"The Yamato best be careful of how much they grab for, less the rest of Asia wake up and take action. We don't want war, but we won't tolerate aggression in our back yards."

[Ranather]

"These Yamato seem not to know how to behave themselves." - King Visakapratnam