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TOO LATE TO APOLOGIZE?
After a meeting with Fu Wen, Luziyca seems prepared to redouble its efforts in Qianrong-
but after months of apathy, can the Luziycan-Qianrongese relationship be saved?
After a meeting with Fu Wen, Luziyca seems prepared to redouble its efforts in Qianrong-
but after months of apathy, can the Luziycan-Qianrongese relationship be saved?
YUCHENG, QIANRONG- OCTOBER 20th, 2014 - While we can't be sure exactly what was said between Fu Wen and Breuvi Shjoraski, we can guess this much: Qianrong's new friends in New Zepuha were brought up, and both Fu and Shjoraski agreed that more action needed to be taken to keep Qianrong away from the Namophobic and autocratic Zepuhan regime. And both leaders came before the press with their common plans for the revival of the Qianrongese-Luziycan relationship.
The common plan in question seems to have three main points.
First, try to prevent Qianrong from associating with New Zepuha. "Mr. Shjoraski and I went over this during the discussions," Fu Wen told Zepuhan dissident media. "He said that Luziyca- and possibly [Namor]- will provide aid to the Qianrongese only if they agree not to accept aid from New Zepuha. Qianrong has two roads ahead, and cannot take both at the same time- they can get aid from Luziyca or they can get aid from New Zepuha. If Qianrong accepts aid from New Zepuha, Luziyca won't aid Qianrong. The same goes for us; we will not help Qianrong sort out its problems if they want the Zepuhans to do it instead."
Second, get rid of Qianrong's nuclear defense program. Fu Wen told the press that "A nuclear-armed Qianrong is detrimental to both stability in the East Namor Sea, and the domestic situation in Qianrong," though he failed to specify how. And Breuvi Shjoraski told the press that, after his return to Bethlehem, he would immediately begin "negotiating a plan to remove nuclear weapons from Qianrongese soil.
And third, Luziyca and Namor both taking a more active role in preventing attacks by the ASQ. Shjoraski told the press that "we plan on activating LAFB Yucheng to help search for Chancellor Song Li-Chao," the first support Luziyca has given the FDRQ throughout the entire Second Domestic Terror War. Fu also expressed a willingness to aid Qianrong; "Both us and Luziyca are closer to Qianrong than New Zepuha is, and if anything goes wrong we have a mandate to do something about it," he told a Zepuhan reporter. He then told a Ministry of Information reporter that "If you want some help in keeping your country stable, you could just give us a call."
The overall message that Luziyca and Namor want to send to Qianrong was eloquently summarized by President-General Fu: "No one has abandoned anyone, no one will abandon anyone, the status quo needs to stay in the East Sea."
Is Fu being entirely honest, though? If we go back to June of this year, when the Second Domestic Terror War really began in earnest and during the opening days of the Fall of Peitoa, Luziyca and Namor both have terrible track records with Qianrong. On June 3, Chancellor Song Li-Chao was abducted by the ASQ in Hai Nang, as part of a terror attack that left 50 other people dead. Neither Luziyca nor Namor offered condolences or any sort of assistance; Luziyca didn't even respond to the kidnapping. In the days following the Peitoan seizure of the Changlang ferry, the common foreign policy that Chancellor Song and President Shjoraski had established in regards to Peitoa collapsed after Luziyca announced opposition to the RON as Qianrong announced support. On June 9, in what is generally considered an act of piracy, the Namorese navy assaulted the Qianrongese-flagged and Zepuhan-manned Trang Vai on smuggling grounds, even though neither Qianrong nor New Zepuha had passed any trade restrictions against the Peitoan autocracy- as if the FDRQ and New Zepuha have to follow sanctions passed by Namor's CenCo. Luziyca made no moves to support Qianrong, nor did it urge for the Trang Vai's release. On June 22, the ASQ confirmed that it had taken Song hostage and began to release videos of him being tortured. Neither Luziyca nor Namor made any move against the ASQ, and again they remained largely silent on the issue. It was at this point that New Zepuha, already close to Qianrong because of the Trang Vai incident, offered aid against the ASQ. Qianrong accepted- likely because Luziyca continued to do nothing. On July 11, the NSF attacked an ASQ hideout in Xiangmen. Again, no offers of support or assistance. The following day, foreign troops first engaged ASQ forces- not Namorese or Luziycan soldiers, but Zepuha's Jägerkommandos. In August, Qianrong began detente with Namor; despite several moves by Qianrong, little reaction was elicited from the Namorese. On August 12, 27 died in the bombing of a Yinglidao church; still no support from Luziyca, or offers for support from Namor. On August 24, the Zepuhan royal family visited Yucheng as part of a global tour; even this did not illicit a reaction out of Bethlehem or Namo. Finally, on the 27th, in its singular act of detente towards Qianrong, Namor returned the stolen Trang Vai after nearly three months. In return, Qianrong dropped its accusations that Namor was funding the ASQ in the fictional Operation All In. On September 13, when Massean ships began patrolling the East Namor Sea as an attempt to intimidate Qianrong, Namor did nothing and neither did Luziyca- though New Zepuha offered to hold naval drills with Qianrong. On September 29, the now-infamous "No Comment" gaffe by Shjoraski spokeswoman Monica Thatcher occurred; Thatcher was dodging a question posed by an RFQ reporter about Luziyca's nonexistent aid to Qianrong against the ASQ. On October 1, Fu Wen told the press that Namor would not act for or against the ASQ, saying that "things should be handled by Yucheng." On the 15th, over 270 Qianrongese civilians were killed in a massive series of coordinated ASQ attacks on Danh Dap, Shanliang, Xiangmen, and Lumangdaungan. And over the past 24 hours, 80 more civilians have died in attacks on Seongyun, Vinh Quang, and Mengtian. And it is only now that Luziyca and Namor want to help.
Why do they want to help, though? Certainly not humanitarian purposes, otherwise they would have been helping us since June 3rd- like the Zepuhans. More likely is that Shjoraski and Fu looked at a timeline like the one I've just provided you, and come to the same conclusion: Luziyca has abandoned us and betrayed the alliance, and Namor certainly doesn't seem to want the best for us, but New Zepuha has been giving us all the assistance we want and then some.
This is quite obviously something that neither country wants- Luziyca is about to have one less country in its sphere, and Namor is about to see New Zepuhs gain a foothold in the East Namor Sea. The irony in this is that the entire situation is their fault. If the CRL and PRN had done more in June and July, Qianrong would never have gone to New Zepuha for help, and the future of Qianrong would not be a concern for Fu or Shjoraski. But with Luziyca gone AWOL and Namor opposing the FDRQ, it turned to a nation that not only said it would help, but kept its word. And that nation just so happened to be New Zepuha.
But could Luziyca and Namor still somehow stop the various impending Qianrongese-Zepuhan agreements and initiatives and joint actions? Can those old relationships, between Qianrong and Namor and Luziyca, still be resuscitated? Can the two most powerful countries in Western Esquarium uphold the status quo in the East Namor Sea?
It just so happened that Breuvi Shjoraski answered that question for us at his joint press conference with Fu Wen: "...I personally feel that it has an ice cube's chance in hell."
Why? Well, look at the status quo for Qianrong. All those terror attacks, the blood of innocent civilians in the streets, the fear permeating every aspect of your lifestyle, the NSF repression combined with ASQ assaults. For the Qianrongese people, that is the status quo that Fu and Shjoraski have committed to upholding. By contrast, New Zepuha is determined to change that status quo. While the FDRQ will no doubt continue to oppress the people- and will undoubtedly adopt New Zepuha's ruthless tactics- an alliance with New Zepuha means that the Qianrongese people may at least no longer have to worry about whether or not they're going to be murdered by the ASQ before the day is out. We have no reason to believe that Luziyca or Namor will carry through with their promises to send help to fight the ASQ; they certainly haven't helped us in the past. Song Li-Chao was kidnapped only a few days after meeting Breuvi Shjoraski in Yucheng and Kenyen; he didn't even offer condolences to Song's wife, Song Mei-Bao, and their three children. All Namor did was "urge for calm"; perhaps the only response weaker than that was the MoI's response to the shooting of Feliks Oleg- that is, silence. And now, we're just supposed to trust them? We're supposed to blindly accept that they'll start helping now? Sorry, Luziyca and Namor, someone's already offered to join us in fighting the ASQ, and they've actually been helpful.
While it's disappointing that the FDRQ will choose to associate with a psychotic dictatorship with an even worse human rights record than Qianrong, and while this means that Qianrong itself is likely to remain oppressive and restrictive, it is no longer reasonable to pretend that Qianrong could stay close to Luziyca or become close to Namor. Because it doesn't dare guarantee liberty, Yucheng is going to make sure that it can guarantee security- and New Zepuha seems to be the best candidate for that.
There is, however, still an opportunity for revolution: before New Zepuha comes, but after Luziyca leaves. In this moment, Qianrong will be truly alone- and we can guarantee our liberty and independence once and for all.
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