NationStates

Liberate Westphalia

A resolution to strike down Delegate-imposed barriers to free entry in a region.

Category: Liberation | Nominee (region): Westphalia | Proposed by: Cormactopia Prime

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The Security Council:

Observing that Westphalia is a peaceful region, does not engage in the invasion or defense of other regions, and remains neutral in interregional conflicts;

Noting that The Black Hawks, assisted by numerous other forces, have invaded Westphalia and are engaged in a long-term occupation of the region;

Recalling that The Black Hawks have a long history of occupying vulnerable regions for the purpose of displacing their native communities, barring free entry, and permanently claiming those regions as their own territory, a history for which they have twice been condemned by this Security Council;

Recognizing with great alarm that The Black Hawks are showing all the signs of preparing to engage in the aforementioned process of conquering Westphalia, signs which include a massive build-up of military forces in the region, displacement of natives, and insistence that participating military forces quickly remove non-essential forces which are no longer contributing to the operation;

Acknowledging that hostile forces have publicly spoken in favor of conquering Westphalia, and that the Field Marshal of The Black Hawks has openly questioned the wisdom of the Security Council failing to pass a previous proposal to liberate Westphalia;

Rejecting any notion that the Security Council should delay any longer in providing relief to the native community of Westphalia;

Asserting that the invading Delegate should be prevented from barring free entry to the region as soon as possible, making conquest of Westphalia much more difficult for The Black Hawks, if not impossible;

Hereby Liberates Westphalia.

I'll be submitting this sooner rather than later (read: within the next 24-48 hours), so suggestions should be posted as soon as possible.

Much better written than the first try at this, I will support.

Cormactopia Prime wrote:Observing that Westphalia is a peaceful region, does not engage in the invasion or defense of other regions, and remains neutral in interregional conflicts;

I know you've worded this quite carefully to play on the claim that they've never deployed their own troops, even if they've been defender aligned, so I'm not expecting much out of this, but...let me restate some key points here.

- Westphalia was a proud member of SWORD, an active defender organization.



- The prior attempt to liberate Westphalia, written by a native and co-written by a close ally, explicitly acknowledged their defender alignment.



Even allowing you your very specific wording for the first claim to stand, I'd argue that being clearly defender-aligned rebukes the idea that they could be "neutral in international conflicts." Would you have considered FRA members neutral, merely because they did not deploy troops? When you've actively joined a militant defender alliance, you're declaring a side.

Ever-Wandering Souls wrote:Even allowing you your very specific wording for the first claim to stand, I'd argue that being clearly defender-aligned rebukes the idea that they could be "neutral in international conflicts." Would you have considered FRA members neutral, merely because they did not deploy troops? When you've actively joined a militant defender alliance, you're declaring a side.

They may have technically chosen an ideological side, but as you've acknowledged, they don't deploy forces. Therefore, everything I said in the first clause is accurate: They're a peaceful region, they don't engage in the invasion or defense of other regions, and they remain neutral in interregional conflicts.

In regard to your question about the FRA, the FRA was a serious defender organization and regions knew what they were getting themselves into when they joined it. I'm not sure the same is true of SWORD. I forgot SWORD existed until The Black Hawks raided Westphalia and made SWORD the pretext of the invasion. To say that it's irrelevant in interregional politics and conflicts would be an understatement. So no, I don't think mere membership in SWORD makes Westphalia a defender region or justifies The Black Hawks griefing Westphalia. If I thought the latter, this draft wouldn't exist.

On second thought, I've decided to withdraw this draft. I just honestly don't care anymore.

May I have it?

Might actually want to do something here. Westphalia has been passworded.

Another resolution attempt will be running against deep territory. It's already failed once so whoever campaigns for it will have to run hard for it.

Moctezuma wrote:Might actually want to do something here. Westphalia has been passworded.

So what if it’s passworded? It still can be un-passworded if it was liberated by the proposal. Haven’t you read about liberations?

Oakrugia wrote:

Moctezuma wrote:Might actually want to do something here. Westphalia has been passworded.

So what if it’s passworded? It still can be un-passworded if it was liberated by the proposal. Haven’t you read about liberations?

That’s the point of what they said.