Speaking for myself and for St Abbaddon, I thank you for all that you did to help right the wrongs of the NPO in our region. This has been yet another entry in a list of times Euro has come through for St Abbaddon, and I'm glad to count you as a friend.
I can understand the frustration of Cormac and my friends from Pacifica that this statement seems to legitimize the story of change coming out of The Pacific. I too share skepticism that a region themed as NPO is, and celebrating the history that NPO celebrates, is ever going to stop being filled with
Perg and Feux types. And once the reigns are loosened those types will be back up to
Perg and Feux stuff. This is the history of NPO since, the original
Perg and Feux type, Francos Spain committed original act of
Perg and Feux stuff.
Outside of the Lazarenes, I doubt there's anyone that feels more distaste for NPO's ways than myself. I have no faith that anything has changed in a meaningful way that will prevent this history from repeating. I do not doubt that in a couple years we'll be right back at square one with NPO involved in some shady ill-planned power moves. But I have pretty high faith that if I'm right about that and NPO causes trouble again - Europeia will be right there with us.
There's little doubt if you look back at
the President's initial statement about all this that The Pacific has yielded in every area mentioned. The war against TBH was surrendered, the espionage was addressed through bans and the unprecedented resignation of an Emperor over scandal, Francoism is allegedly abandoned, and the fight was given up in St Abbaddon. It is hard to imagine what could have gone better. To me the best sign of victory in this effort is looking back on what happened to St Abbaddon and realizing that there's simply no way NPO has the power to do it again. St Abbaddon was held for months
NOT by dozens of pilers but by the diplomatic strength and reputation of the NPO. It was vulnerable operationally almost every update, as NPO only stationed a couple units in the region, but no one did anything because a fight with the NPO simply wasn't worth it. That's long gone now, and I doubt it'll be back for some time. Their ability to hold or threaten regions other than The Pacific has been crushed by this new political reality.
I agree with Europeia's decision and support it fully. From where we are and all we have accomplished there is little left to fight to achieve. The goal was never to unseat the NPO in The Pacific, and to read the failure to do so as defeat is to read the Gulf War as a defeat for the coalition because Iraq stayed Iraq instead of a 51st state. Few of us on the anti-NPO side are interested in GCR politics, and fewer still in politics in The Pacific. We are very interested in keeping those that are interested in running The Pacific out of our regions and our business. To me the future of the effort to keep all regions safe from a resurgent NPO threat is sustained distrust and preparedness rather than - to quote the chief of state - perpetual war. I did not perceive any level of trust that NPO was going to take the opportunity before it to cease its hostile actions permanently, nor do I suspect that Europeia will be ill-prepared to deal with a resurgent NPO threat. It seems to me, Europeia's course is both reasonable and right.
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2019 7:40 pm
