Post Archive

Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations

History

Aquatur wrote:Good Day everyone!

Guten Tag

Lavan Tiri, Aquatur, Penguania And Antarctica

Lavan Tiri wrote:Some deluded arse is trying to liberate regions that have distant ties to "fascist" regions, for... reasons? I'm confused by it myself.

I’m not surprised at all. Firstly, self-righteous and senseless could easily be the WA’s motto. Secondly, they do it because they want to. Not necessarily do just that, but do something and show how they’re relevant and addressing the issues.

What I can’t understand is how can anyone remain in the WA voluntarily.

Lavan Tiri

I truly hope we can get independent investigators in before this whole Syria job kicks off

Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Yukona wrote:I truly hope we can get independent investigators in before this whole Syria job kicks off

Same. This will be another Iraq. The consequences will be dire. I don't much fancy getting into a third world war with Russia.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Same. This will be another Iraq. The consequences will be dire. I don't much fancy getting into a third world war with Russia.

Russia and America won't get into WW3 over Syria, we had worse conflicts in the cold war and it came to nothing because the same conclusion was reached: Nuclear War is not survivable in-so-far as it would be "winnable" against the remains of either side.

Russia is trying to appear tough on the issue because Russia is trying to defend it's Syrian Puppet, remove the puppet and you strike a fierce blow to Russia's internal agencies.

Yukona wrote:I truly hope we can get independent investigators in before this whole Syria job kicks off

What is "independent" to Russia and Syria? Remember, if you run against Putin you're basically removed from the "Is a person" list in Russia.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri

Bigostan wrote:I’m not surprised at all. Firstly, self-righteous and senseless could easily be the WA’s motto. Secondly, they do it because they want to. Not necessarily do just that, but do something and show how they’re relevant and addressing the issues.

What I can’t understand is how can anyone remain in the WA voluntarily.

Because our region requires it for citizenship :p

also, do we have any RP's going on at the moment, because I've a bubbling idea for one we could do.

Jaslandia

Welp, number of deaths from the Humboldt Broncos bus crash is now up to sixteen.

Canadians are wearing their jerseys- any jersey- today to honour those killed, injured, or otherwise impacted. Feel free to do the same!

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Kalaron wrote:in-so-far

Insofar is one word. Hyphens are redundant there.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Kalaron wrote:

What is "independent" to Russia and Syria? Remember, if you run against Putin you're basically removed from the "Is a person" list in Russia.

UN-sanctioned observers and investigators from the OPCW

Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Lavan Tiri wrote:Some deluded arse is trying to liberate regions that have distant ties to "fascist" regions, for. . .reasons? I'm confused by it myself.

Oof. School going well?

I'm glad someone else finds WA nation's incessant attempts at 'liberating' regions they simply disagree with politically regardless of their actions as irritating as I do. It's made me seriously consider even being a member.

Lavan Tiri, Mercunova

Yukona wrote:UN-sanctioned observers and investigators from the OPCW

Russia already called for an inquiry but it was voted down.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Yukona wrote:I'm glad someone else finds WA nation's incessant attempts at 'liberating' regions they simply disagree with politically regardless of their actions as irritating as I do. It's made me seriously consider even being a member.

I say we just go to war with them. The CoFN will rise again!

Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Nuremgard wrote:Russia already called for an inquiry but it was voted down.

Are you sure, the OPCW website says the team is arranging and getting ready to go to Douma shortly?

Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Yukona wrote:Are you sure, the OPCW website says the team is arranging and getting ready to go to Douma shortly?

I'm pretty certain I saw on ITV news that the inquiry had been voted down with only Bolivia standing alongside Russia calling for it.

Lavan Tiri

Yukona wrote:Are you sure, the OPCW website says the team is arranging and getting ready to go to Douma shortly?

I checked the website too. Looks like you're right. If chemical weapons have been used, I think it's highly unlikely to be Asaad. He is winning the war and Trump recently announced he was pulling US forces out of Syria. Why would Asaad jeopardies this situation by using chemical weapons on civilians? For the lols? Because he's a Bond villain who laughs manically as he gases people? No. This was a last ditch attempt by the rebels to push for Western intervention (possibly helped by Western security forces. I wouldn't put it past them to be honest.)

Lavan Tiri, Mercunova

Nuremgard wrote:I checked the website too. Looks like you're right. If chemical weapons have been used, I think it's highly unlikely to be Asaad. He is winning the war and Trump recently announced he was pulling US forces out of Syria. Why would Asaad jeopardies this situation by using chemical weapons on civilians? For the lols? Because he's a Bond villain who laughs manically as he gases people? No. This was a last ditch attempt by the rebels to push for Western intervention (possibly helped by Western security forces. I wouldn't put it past them to be honest.)

To save us all from Kal going on another rant, I asked him this question on Discord and I'll post his answer here:

[spoiler]Like I said, it's a probe. Assad does it because the more you beat your populace -to a point- the less they'll try to stand up for fear of what happens. Russia condones it because it only takes a few statements from the US to shatter the people's resolve. Like Obama saying chemical weapons were a redline until Assad used them and we said "f*ck you" to the folks who had died because it suddenly wasn't a red line at all.

Alright, first, to expand on what I was saying before:

When Assad does these strikes -and we know he does- he does it for the good of his benefactor. Russia, like China, adore the thought of America being unable to influence their sector of the world for the same reason they always adored the thought. The cold war, quite frankly, never truly ended, it just got a half-baked reset that served to fulfill the rhetoric of people who were touched deeply by previous active measures ala~ Soviet intervention. We never beat that cancer, powerful despotism. We just put it into a deep and hurting remission that we now desperately want to fight but can't.

Keep this strongly in mind, Syria has no reason not to continue using these weapons. Our only true rebuttal was the TLAM strike, and that was one strike compared to the many we needed to do.[/spoiler]

Lavan Tiri

Yukona wrote:To save us all from Kal going on another rant, I asked him this question on Discord and I'll post his answer here:

[spoiler]Like I said, it's a probe. Assad does it because the more you beat your populace -to a point- the less they'll try to stand up for fear of what happens. Russia condones it because it only takes a few statements from the US to shatter the people's resolve. Like Obama saying chemical weapons were a redline until Assad used them and we said "f*ck you" to the folks who had died because it suddenly wasn't a red line at all.

Alright, first, to expand on what I was saying before:

When Assad does these strikes -and we know he does- he does it for the good of his benefactor. Russia, like China, adore the thought of America being unable to influence their sector of the world for the same reason they always adored the thought. The cold war, quite frankly, never truly ended, it just got a half-baked reset that served to fulfill the rhetoric of people who were touched deeply by previous active measures ala~ Soviet intervention. We never beat that cancer, powerful despotism. We just put it into a deep and hurting remission that we now desperately want to fight but can't.

Keep this strongly in mind, Syria has no reason not to continue using these weapons. Our only true rebuttal was the TLAM strike, and that was one strike compared to the many we needed to do.[/spoiler]

Again, why would Asaad gas people when he wants the people on his side? I assume he wants to retain power after the war is ended. Gassing civilians for the lols wont win him popular support. And it makes no sense to do that during the war. Also, Syria is Russia's ally, not puppet. I know people love to think anyone who is buddies with Putin is his puppet but it's untrue. If the US is allowed to intervene in Syria, so is Russia. Russia was invited into the country by the Syrian government. The other nations have just been fighting a proxy war in Syria using various rebel forces.

Lavan Tiri, Mercunova

Nuremgard wrote:Again, why would Asaad gas people when he wants the people on his side? I assume he wants to retain power after the war is ended. Gassing civilians for the lols wont win him popular support. And it makes no sense to do that during the war. Also, Syria is Russia's ally, not puppet. I know people love to think anyone who is buddies with Putin is his puppet but it's untrue. If the US is allowed to intervene in Syria, so is Russia. Russia was invited into the country by the Syrian government. The other nations have just been fighting a proxy war in Syria using various rebel forces.

Just posted what he said to see if it answered your question, ask Kal

Lavan Tiri

Yukona wrote:Just posted what he said to see if it answered your question, ask Kal

I wasn't asking anyone anything, really. I was just offering my opinion on the matter. This whole situation stinks. It'll be Iraq all over again. Mark my words.

Lavan Tiri, Mercunova, Yukona

Yukona wrote:Just posted what he said to see if it answered your question, ask Kal

I read that May could act alone to strike Syria. That is a serious overreach of executive power. The royal prerogative needs to be severely curtailed. Any foreign policy move this drastic must be ratified by Parliament. But you just know May would do it off her own back. She's a little tyrant and is desperate for her Falklands moment. She wants a distraction from the Brexit shambles and her government's appalling domestic record. But apparently, her popularity among Tories is rising because she is acting all "strong and stable." Shows you just how thick Tory voters are.

It's times like this I wish the Queen could use her veto.

Lavan Tiri

Nuremgard wrote:I read that May could act alone to strike Syria. That is a serious overreach of executive power. The royal prerogative needs to be severely curtailed. Any foreign policy move this drastic must be ratified by Parliament. But you just know May would do it off her own back. She's a little tyrant and is desperate for her Falklands moment. She wants a distraction from the Brexit shambles and her government's appalling domestic record. But apparently, her popularity among Tories is rising because she is acting all "strong and stable." Shows you just how thick Tory voters are.

It's times like this I wish the Queen could use her veto.

The Falklands is an entirely different kettle of fish, Britain was attacked by a hostile force. However, I agree with you - it should go to parliament before anything is said or done.

Lavan Tiri

Yukona wrote:The Falklands is an entirely different kettle of fish, Britain was attacked by a hostile force. However, I agree with you - it should go to parliament before anything is said or done.

I just mean she wants her "I'm such a strong warrior PM" moment like Thatcher did. But even if it goes to Parliament, you know Labour will back May just to undermine Corbyn.

Lavan Tiri, Yukona

Nuremgard wrote:Again, why would Asaad gas people when he wants the people on his side? I assume he wants to retain power after the war is ended. Gassing civilians for the lols wont win him popular support. And it makes no sense to do that during the war. Also, Syria is Russia's ally, not puppet. I know people love to think anyone who is buddies with Putin is his puppet but it's untrue. If the US is allowed to intervene in Syria, so is Russia. Russia was invited into the country by the Syrian government. The other nations have just been fighting a proxy war in Syria using various rebel forces.

Nuremgard wrote:I checked the website too. Looks like you're right. If chemical weapons have been used, I think it's highly unlikely to be Asaad. He is winning the war and Trump recently announced he was pulling US forces out of Syria. Why would Asaad jeopardies this situation by using chemical weapons on civilians? For the lols? Because he's a Bond villain who laughs manically as he gases people? No. This was a last ditch attempt by the rebels to push for Western intervention (possibly helped by Western security forces. I wouldn't put it past them to be honest.)

No, because it discourages people from rebelling. Imagine, if you will, that the Scottish Referendum, if voted in as a yes, would actually just result in Britain dropping Sarin on the homes of everyone who voted yes. Now imagine that the world said "That's bad but I'm not stepping in".

That is the situation we presently find ourselves in. Assad is eager to discourage people from rebeling and punishing those that did with the express intent to frighten them into submission for the next "X" number of decades.

COIN, Nur, is a very Western concept. It works often "works" as well to just terrify everyone who could stand up to you if you have the will for it and know that intervention is unlikely at best.

Syria is Russia's ally like Belarus and Crimea, sure.

Why exactly do you think that the Russian populist strongman who brazenly murders political opponents and has made puppets out of three of the four nations in question (Crimea being a region with two nations, of course) isn't interested in establishing a middle eastern state slaved to Russia's goals?

Lavan Tiri

Kalaron wrote:No, because it discourages people from rebelling. Imagine, if you will, that the Scottish Referendum, if voted in as a yes, would actually just result in Britain dropping Sarin on the homes of everyone who voted yes. Now imagine that the world said "That's bad but I'm not stepping in".

That is the situation we presently find ourselves in. Assad is eager to discourage people from rebeling and punishing those that did with the express intent to frighten them into submission for the next "X" number of decades.

COIN, Nur, is a very Western concept. It works often "works" as well to just terrify everyone who could stand up to you if you have the will for it and know that intervention is unlikely at best.

Syria is Russia's ally like Belarus and Crimea, sure.

Why exactly do you think that the Russian populist strongman who brazenly murders political opponents and has made puppets out of three of the four nations in question (Crimea being a region with two nations, of course) isn't interested in establishing a middle eastern state slaved to Russia's goals?

We're not going to agree on this so I don't see the point in you writing to me. Again, I really cant be arsed with the faux outrage. Killing kids with guns and bombs is fine. But gas? Oh, that's too far.

Mercunova

I watched Love, Simon yesterday. I cried so much. I loved it!

Russkov Soviet, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:We're not going to agree on this so I don't see the point in you writing to me. Again, I really cant be arsed with the faux outrage. Killing kids with guns and bombs is fine. But gas? Oh, that's too far.

Because you're attaching a western culture to a middle eastern country, mostly.

I mean, depends. Guns are aimed and Bombs can be directed (PGMs are massively better for civilian populations than old iron bombs like Russia keeps dropping since they lag behind massively~) and the bomb is still better than the poison gas, directly solely by the wind and impact velocity.

Him using any of them on his civilian population sure is despicable, but it's worse when you use a weapon solely defined by "You need 200~ parts per million to kill a human being and have metric tonnes you'll be dropping" that you can't even direct away from civilians.

Kalaron wrote:Because you're attaching a western culture to a middle eastern country, mostly.

I mean, depends. Guns are aimed and Bombs can be directed (PGMs are massively better for civilian populations than old iron bombs like Russia keeps dropping since they lag behind massively~) and the bomb is still better than the poison gas, directly solely by the wind and impact velocity.

Him using any of them on his civilian population sure is despicable, but it's worse when you use a weapon solely defined by "You need 200~ parts per million to kill a human being and have metric tonnes you'll be dropping" that you can't even direct away from civilians.

Let me know when you want to intervene in Saudi Arabia to end their cancerous despotism.

Axeldonia, Mercunova

Nuremgard wrote:Let me know when you want to intervene in Saudi Arabia to end their cancerous despotism.

That's an irrelevant deflection, but certainly. Let me know when you make grilled cheese I guess ;p

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LowVhCfLm68

https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.sky.com/story/amp/chemical-watchdog-confirms-novichok-poisoned-sergei-skripal-11327382

Just reusing a presented source, looks like the Ruskies really did try to kill a man. "OPCW isn't neutral" when?

This does actually make me wonder though, if a poisonous gas was used, could a diluted concentration have been initially released to reduce the quality? I'll have to look that bit up.

Benny Harvey R.I.P. Miss you big man, gone but not forgotten.

Lex Caledonia, Percyton

Benny Harvey RIP

Mercunova, Yukona, Percyton

Lex Caledonia wrote:Benny Harvey RIP

Gone but not forgotten

Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton

Yukona wrote:Gone but not forgotten

Miss ye big man

Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton

Post self-deleted by Bravernia.

Yukona wrote:Benny Harvey R.I.P. Miss you big man, gone but not forgotten.

who

Penguania And Antarctica

[spoiler=Today is April 12 and today are:]

Today is April 12 and today are:

- Al Isra' wal Miraj (Jordan)

- Celebrate Teen Literature Day

- Children's Day (Bolivia)

- Cosmonautics Day (Russia)

- D.E.A.R. Day

- Halifax Day (North Carolina)

- International Day of Human Space Flight

- National Big Wind Day (United States)

- National Colorado Day (United States)

- National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day (United States)

- National Licorice Day (United States)

- National Redemption Day (Liberia)

- Support Teen Literature Day

- Walk on Your Wild Side Day

- Yom HaShoah or Holocaust Memorial Day (Israel)

- Yuri's Night

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 0238 – Gordian II loses the Battle of Carthage against the Numidian forces loyal to Maximinus Thrax and is killed. Gordian I, his father, commits suicide.

- 0467 – Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.

- 0627 – King Edwin of Northumbria is converted to Christianity by Paulinus, bishop of York.

- 1167 – King Karl Sverkersson of Sweden is murdered on Visingsö.

- 1204 – The Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade breach the walls of Constantinople and enter the city, which they completely occupy the following day.

- 1606 – The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships.

- 1776 – American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.

- 1807 – The Froberg mutiny ends when the remaining mutineers blow up the magazine of Fort Ricasoli.

- 1820 – Alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece.

- 1831 – Soldiers marching on the Broughton Suspension Bridge in Manchester, England cause it to collapse.

- 1861 – American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sumter. The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.

- 1862 – American Civil War: The Andrews Raid (the Great Locomotive Chase) occurs, starting from Big Shanty, Georgia (now Kennesaw).

- 1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Fort Pillow: Confederate forces kill most of the African American soldiers that surrendered at Fort Pillow, Tennessee.

- 1865 – American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army.

- 1877 – The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.

- 1910 – SMS Zrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.

- 1917 – World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.

- 1927 – Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Communist Party of China members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.

- 1927 – Rocksprings, Texas was hit by an F5 tornado that destroyed 235 of the 247 buildings in the town and killed 72 townspeople and injured 205; third deadliest tornado in Texas history.

- 1928 – The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.

- 1934 – The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231 mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.

- 1934 – The U.S. Auto-Lite strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers.

- 1937 – Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.

- 1945 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office; Vice President Harry Truman, becomes President upon Roosevelt's death.

- 1945 – The U.S. Ninth Army under General William H. Simpson crosses the Elbe River astride Magdeburg, and reached Tangermünde—only 50 miles from Berlin.

- 1955 – The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.

- 1961 – The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first manned orbital flight, Vostok 1.

- 1963 – The Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-33 collides with the Finnish merchant vessel M/S Finnclipper in the Danish straits.

- 1970 – Soviet submarine K-8, carrying four nuclear torpedoes, sinks in the Bay of Biscay four days after a fire on board.

- 1980 – Samuel Doe takes control of Liberia in a coup d'état, ending over 130 years of minority Americo-Liberian rule over the country.

- 1981 – The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place: The STS-1 mission.

- 1990 – Jim Gary's "Twentieth Century Dinosaurs" exhibition opens at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He is the only sculptor ever invited to present a solo exhibition there.

- 1992 – The Euro Disney Resort officially opens with its theme park Euro Disneyland; the resort and its park's name are subsequently changed to Disneyland Paris.

- 1999 – United States President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in a civil lawsuit; he is later fined and disbarred.

- 2002 – A suicide bomber blows herself up at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market, killing seven people and wounding 104.

- 2007 – A suicide bomber penetrates the Green Zone and detonates in a cafeteria within a parliament building, killing Iraqi MP Mohammed Awad and wounding more than twenty other people.

- 2009 – Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwean dollar as its official currency.

- 2013 – Two suicide bombers kill three Chadian soldiers and injure dozens of civilians at a market in Kidal, Mali.

- 2014 – The Great Fire of Valparaíso ravages the Chilean city of Valparaíso, killing 16, displacing nearly 10,000, and destroying over 2,000 homes.

- 2017 – Zuma Must Fall protests resume in South Africa, with Julius Malema addressing large crowds in Pretoria.

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1823 – Alexander Ostrovsky, Russian playwright and translator

- 1871 – Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece

- 1884 – Otto Meyerhof, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1928 – Hardy Krüger, German actor

- 1933 – Montserrat Caballé, Spanish soprano and actress

- 1940 – Herbie Hancock, American pianist, composer, and bandleader

- 1946 – Ed O'Neill, American actor

- 1947 – Alex Briley, American disco singer (Village People)

- 1947 – Tom Clancy, American historian and author

- 1947 – David Letterman, American comedian and talk show host

- 1948 – Joschka Fischer, German academic and politician (Green party), former Vice Chancellor of Germany

- 1956 – Herbert Grönemeyer, German singer-songwriter and actor

- 1956 – Andy Garcia, Cuban-American actor, director, and producer

- 1979 – Claire Danes, American actress

- 1994 – Saoirse Ronan, American-born Irish actress

[/spoiler]

Quote of the day

The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German Poet, 1749-1832) -

Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, The British Islands Confederacy, Midasia

Today, after nearly 20 years of service to the Equestrian Union and it's people, we say goodbye to the now former-Premier Aleksander D. Coltsov. He will be retiring later today and will serve as the advisor to the upcoming Premier-elect Aleksi Coltsov, the son of the Premier.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Percyton, Midasia

I have an announcement to make.

I'm gay.

Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Midasia wrote:I have an announcement to make.

I'm gay.

https://media.giphy.com/media/4Q8uUNqurYtag/giphy.gif

Penguania And Antarctica, Midasia

Lavan Tiri wrote:Because our region requires it for citizenship :p

also, do we have any RP's going on at the moment, because I've a bubbling idea for one we could do.

We have three RPs going on right now:

1. The Confederacy General MT RP

2. A medieval/fantasy RP

3. A deity RP

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- 2002 – A suicide bomber blows herself up at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market, killing seven people and wounding 104.

- 2007 – A suicide bomber penetrates the Green Zone and detonates in a cafeteria within a parliament building, killing Iraqi MP Mohammed Awad and wounding more than twenty other people.

- 2013 – Two suicide bombers kill three Chadian soldiers and injure dozens of civilians at a market in Kidal, Mali.

Today seems like a popular day for suicide bombings, for some reason.

Russkov Soviet wrote:Today, after nearly 20 years of service to the Equestrian Union and it's people, we say goodbye to the now former-Premier Aleksander D. Coltsov. He will be retiring later today and will serve as the advisor to the upcoming Premier-elect Aleksi Coltsov, the son of the Premier.

On behalf of the United Kingdom of Jaslandia, Prince Regent Jason would like to honor Premier Aleksander Coltsov and his service to Russkov Soviet, and to the whole CoFN. The now-former Premier was a wise and generous leader who skillfully led his nation, despite many obstacles and threats. We thank Premier Aleksander for his service, and we wish him all the best in retirement!

On an additional note, Prince Jason has suggested the possibility of awarding Jaslandia's Royal Medal of Freedom to Aleksander Coltsov. The Prince Regent is currently consulting with his advisers on the subject, and will make an official announcement in due time.

Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Midasia wrote:I have an announcement to make.

I'm gay.

https://youtu.be/uwJSFYRtjHI

jk

Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Midasia

hey dudes, thought I'd plug my bill here since I'd appreciate some feedback in the little bit of debate time it has left:

http://thecoffincofn.boards.net/thread/83/discord-establishment-structure-administration-act

Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Yukona

Jaslandia wrote:On behalf of the United Kingdom of Jaslandia, Prince Regent Jason would like to honor Premier Aleksander Coltsov and his service to Russkov Soviet, and to the whole CoFN. The now-former Premier was a wise and generous leader who skillfully led his nation, despite many obstacles and threats. We thank Premier Aleksander for his service, and we wish him all the best in retirement!

On an additional note, Prince Jason has suggested the possibility of awarding Jaslandia's Royal Medal of Freedom to Aleksander Coltsov. The Prince Regent is currently consulting with his advisers on the subject, and will make an official announcement in due time.

Alexander Coltsov: I thank you for such praise Your Majesty. To hear such from one as Highly Revered such as yourself is always a blessing.

Aleksi Coltsov: I also promise, Your Grace, to continue my father's legacy. The Union will reign supreme!

Luna Coltsov: Calm down child. Your not Premier yet!

Aleksander Coltsov: Your mother is right. The swearing in is tomorrow.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

I'm rewriting the whole history of Ludania. Now with 300% more sibling murders!

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Confederal States, Midasia

Ludania wrote:I'm rewriting the whole history of Ludania. Now with 300% more sibling murders!

Your civil war should be between 2 sisters, one Catholic and one Protestant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_mJDJxR69s

Ludania, Penguania And Antarctica, Confederal States

Ludania wrote:I'm rewriting the whole history of Ludania. Now with 300% more sibling murders!

So, basically like every game of CK2 ever played.

Ludania, Nuremgard, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Confederal States

On the campaign trail, Trump said that he wanted to kill the families of terrorists.[1] He just recently asked the CIA's head of drone operations why the family of the target of a drone strike was spared.[2] And the worst part about it is that drone strikes have increased by over 400 percent under the Trump Administration[3], and another important thing to take into account is that drone strikes kill the wrong people 90 percent of the time.[4] With this callousness towards the killing of civilians and the appointing of torturers as high-level government officials[5], you have to start wondering why the international community hasn't approved regime change against the US. If Assad deserves regime change for killing civilians, then the US deserves the same thing too. I mean, what makes the US special? What makes so that some countries can kill civilians and torture people while others can't? Is justice really blind, or is it tilted in favor of those to whom the geopolitical scale leans to?

[1] http://time.com/4132368/donald-trump-isis-bombing/

[2] https://nypost.com/2018/04/06/trump-asked-cia-why-they-spared-family-when-killing-terrorist-target/

[3] https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/25604-drone-strikes-up-432-percent-under-donald-trump

[4] https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/civilian-deaths-drone-strikes_us_561fafe2e4b028dd7ea6c4ff

[5] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/trump-pick-cia-director-gina-haspel-oversaw-torture-180313145500866.html

Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Mercunova

Gualimole wrote:On the campaign trail, Trump said that he wanted to kill the families of terrorists.[1] He just recently asked the CIA's head of drone operations why the family of the target of a drone strike was spared.[2] And the worst part about it is that drone strikes have increased by over 400 percent under the Trump Administration[3], and another important thing to take into account is that drone strikes kill the wrong people 90 percent of the time.[4] With this callousness towards the killing of civilians and the appointing of torturers as high-level government officials[5], you have to start wondering why the international community hasn't approved regime change against the US. If Assad deserves regime change for killing civilians, then the US deserves the same thing too. I mean, what makes the US special? What makes so that some countries can kill civilians and torture people while others can't? Is justice really blind, or is it tilted in favor of those to whom the geopolitical scale leans to?

[1] http://time.com/4132368/donald-trump-isis-bombing/

[2] https://nypost.com/2018/04/06/trump-asked-cia-why-they-spared-family-when-killing-terrorist-target/

[3] https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/25604-drone-strikes-up-432-percent-under-donald-trump

[4] https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/civilian-deaths-drone-strikes_us_561fafe2e4b028dd7ea6c4ff

[5] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/trump-pick-cia-director-gina-haspel-oversaw-torture-180313145500866.html

Not gonna comment on that last part, but I will say that stuff like that made me doubt the whole "Trump is a non-interventionist" narrative ever since the campaign. Many Trump supporters said during the election that electing Hillary Clinton would lead to World War III with Russia over Syria. Trump was elected, and lo-and-behold, the U.S. is now in a standoff with Russia over Syria. People aren't kidding when they say that all the stuff Trump said about Hillary Clinton and a Clinton presidency could just as equally apply to him and his presidency (for another example, see Trump's comment about how a Clinton presidency would be ineffective due to the president constantly being under investigation).

Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Gualimole

Nuremgard wrote:Your civil war should be between 2 sisters, one Catholic and one Protestant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_mJDJxR69s

I love that film haha. That pretty much is like any civil war right?

Continental Commonwealths wrote:So, basically like every game of CK2 ever played.

I was literally just playing that lol. I managed to get the Saint Thomas's Dream achievement.

Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri

Ludania wrote:I love that film haha. That pretty much is like any civil war right?

I was literally just playing that lol. I managed to get the Saint Thomas's Dream achievement.

That film is great. Goldie Hawn and Meryl Streep were perfect together.

Ludania, Lavan Tiri

Gualimole wrote:On the campaign trail, Trump said that he wanted to kill the families of terrorists.[1] He just recently asked the CIA's head of drone operations why the family of the target of a drone strike was spared.[2] And the worst part about it is that drone strikes have increased by over 400 percent under the Trump Administration[3], and another important thing to take into account is that drone strikes kill the wrong people 90 percent of the time.[4] With this callousness towards the killing of civilians and the appointing of torturers as high-level government officials[5], you have to start wondering why the international community hasn't approved regime change against the US. If Assad deserves regime change for killing civilians, then the US deserves the same thing too. I mean, what makes the US special? What makes so that some countries can kill civilians and torture people while others can't? Is justice really blind, or is it tilted in favor of those to whom the geopolitical scale leans to?

[1] http://time.com/4132368/donald-trump-isis-bombing/

[2] https://nypost.com/2018/04/06/trump-asked-cia-why-they-spared-family-when-killing-terrorist-target/

[3] https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/25604-drone-strikes-up-432-percent-under-donald-trump

[4] https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/civilian-deaths-drone-strikes_us_561fafe2e4b028dd7ea6c4ff

[5] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/trump-pick-cia-director-gina-haspel-oversaw-torture-180313145500866.html

I like how Trump called Asaad an "Animal who kills his own people and enjoys it." As if you're any better, Trump? Sounds like he was practically getting a boner at the thought of killing that terrorist's family. And it's all about who the scale leans to. Like when American and other NATO bombs kills civilians, that's "collateral damage" and "accidental" but when Russian bombs kill civilians, it is always deliberate.

Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Gualimole

Gualimole wrote:On the campaign trail, Trump said that he wanted to kill the families of terrorists.[1] He just recently asked the CIA's head of drone operations why the family of the target of a drone strike was spared.[2] And the worst part about it is that drone strikes have increased by over 400 percent under the Trump Administration[3], and another important thing to take into account is that drone strikes kill the wrong people 90 percent of the time.[4] With this callousness towards the killing of civilians and the appointing of torturers as high-level government officials[5], you have to start wondering why the international community hasn't approved regime change against the US. If Assad deserves regime change for killing civilians, then the US deserves the same thing too. I mean, what makes the US special? What makes so that some countries can kill civilians and torture people while others can't? Is justice really blind, or is it tilted in favor of those to whom the geopolitical scale leans to?

[1] http://time.com/4132368/donald-trump-isis-bombing/

[2] https://nypost.com/2018/04/06/trump-asked-cia-why-they-spared-family-when-killing-terrorist-target/

[3] https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/25604-drone-strikes-up-432-percent-under-donald-trump

[4] https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/civilian-deaths-drone-strikes_us_561fafe2e4b028dd7ea6c4ff

[5] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/trump-pick-cia-director-gina-haspel-oversaw-torture-180313145500866.html

Disgusting.

Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia

Gualimole wrote:On the campaign trail, Trump said that he wanted to kill the families of terrorists.[1] He just recently asked the CIA's head of drone operations why the family of the target of a drone strike was spared.[2] And the worst part about it is that drone strikes have increased by over 400 percent under the Trump Administration[3], and another important thing to take into account is that drone strikes kill the wrong people 90 percent of the time.[4] With this callousness towards the killing of civilians and the appointing of torturers as high-level government officials[5], you have to start wondering why the international community hasn't approved regime change against the US. If Assad deserves regime change for killing civilians, then the US deserves the same thing too. I mean, what makes the US special? What makes so that some countries can kill civilians and torture people while others can't? Is justice really blind, or is it tilted in favor of those to whom the geopolitical scale leans to?

[1] http://time.com/4132368/donald-trump-isis-bombing/

[2] https://nypost.com/2018/04/06/trump-asked-cia-why-they-spared-family-when-killing-terrorist-target/

[3] https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/25604-drone-strikes-up-432-percent-under-donald-trump

[4] https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/civilian-deaths-drone-strikes_us_561fafe2e4b028dd7ea6c4ff

[5] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/trump-pick-cia-director-gina-haspel-oversaw-torture-180313145500866.html

Sure, when we incorrectly draw conclusions from target data we can get a 90% mark, if you also ignore literally all relevant (IE, military and government sources) on who was a target and who wasn't you can get a pretty high number as well...not quite 90% but probably somewhere close?

Here's the trend from 2009 forward to 2015:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/10/29/bergen.drone.war/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2012/07/03/opinion/bergen-drones-taliban-pakistan/index.html

https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/Newsroom/Press%20Releases/DNI+Release+on+CT+Strikes+Outside+Areas+of+Active+Hostilities.PDF

https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/projects/drone-war

Literally nowhere but Buzzfeed and (Probably?) clearly biased sites like Drone Strikes UK or something does it state so faulty a claim as 90% of the people. Even the Bureau is high in what it estimates but it at least acknowledges a reasonable number. The trend shows a clear reality that isn't the hyper-sized claim of Buzzfeed. The US isn't really "callous" tbh or we'd not be using expensive PGMs but rather dropping only cluster munitions? It's closer to "The US cares about making sure terrorist leaders don't get into a hiding hole and continue directing their cell unabated for years on end because we let a strike option slip through our fingers".

The US accidentally kills civilians normally, I'd expect you to understand the difference between "Accidentally hitting up to 20% of people" (a still doubtful number given the trend) and " and "Deliberately dropping chemical weapons on people/Deliberately dropping old iron bombs on people" tbh.

The US takes efforts to reduce the number it accidentally harms, that's what makes it actually different to Assad. See "Unitary warheads" and "Self-destructing mines" for more info there. Compare it to Assad tho and you come up with immediately understandable differences between the two.

Sulania wrote:Disgusting.

And wrong tbh :V

Lavan Tiri

Kalaron wrote:Sure, when we incorrectly draw conclusions from target data we can get a 90% mark, if you also ignore literally all relevant (IE, military and government sources) on who was a target and who wasn't you can get a pretty high number as well...not quite 90% but probably somewhere close?

Here's the trend from 2009 forward to 2015:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/10/29/bergen.drone.war/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2012/07/03/opinion/bergen-drones-taliban-pakistan/index.html

https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/Newsroom/Press%20Releases/DNI+Release+on+CT+Strikes+Outside+Areas+of+Active+Hostilities.PDF

https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/projects/drone-war

Literally nowhere but Buzzfeed and (Probably?) clearly biased sites like Drone Strikes UK or something does it state so faulty a claim as 90% of the people. Even the Bureau is high in what it estimates but it at least acknowledges a reasonable number. The trend shows a clear reality that isn't the hyper-sized claim of Buzzfeed. The US isn't really "callous" tbh or we'd not be using expensive PGMs but rather dropping only cluster munitions? It's closer to "The US cares about making sure terrorist leaders don't get into a hiding hole and continue directing their cell unabated for years on end because we let a strike option slip through our fingers".

The US accidentally kills civilians normally, I'd expect you to understand the difference between "Accidentally hitting up to 20% of people" (a still doubtful number given the trend) and " and "Deliberately dropping chemical weapons on people/Deliberately dropping old iron bombs on people" tbh.

The US takes efforts to reduce the number it accidentally harms, that's what makes it actually different to Assad. See "Unitary warheads" and "Self-destructing mines" for more info there. Compare it to Assad tho and you come up with immediately understandable differences between the two.

And wrong tbh :V

You literally ignored the main point of my argument. The point about drone strikes was supposed to amplify my argument, not be its spearhead. The main point was about how callous Trump is in regards to the lives of civilians and the fact that torturers are in our government, and the points I made about drone strikes were in regards to how these people with little regard to civilian lives now had a large amount of control in regards to how they would be carried out and how its hypocritical that regime change is advocated when Assad supposedly kills civilians while the US can get off scot-free when they're doing the same thing, and I even ignored the minimal 200,000 civilian deaths in the illegal Iraq War, which further proves my point about how little the US actually cares about civilians.

Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Mercunova

Gualimole wrote:You literally ignored the main point of my argument. The point about drone strikes was supposed to amplify my argument, not be its spearhead. The main point was about how callous Trump is in regards to the lives of civilians and the fact that torturers are in our government, and the points I made about drone strikes were in regards to how these people with little regard to civilian lives now had a large amount of control in regards to how they would be carried out and how its hypocritical that regime change is advocated when Assad supposedly kills civilians while the US can get off scot-free when they're doing the same thing, and I even ignored the minimal 200,000 civilian deaths in the illegal Iraq War, which further proves my point about how little the US actually cares about civilians.

The US can essentially do what it wants on the international stage. The only ones powerful enough to challenge its hegemony are Russia and China. A tripolar power world.

Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Mercunova, The British Islands Confederacy

Following new legislation in Shazria, the nation turns a blind eye to human rights abuses in its quest for athletic supremacy.

Well yeah. Shazria is an absolute monarchy. It cant get all moralistic with other nations about their human rights abuses.

Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia

Nuremgard wrote:Following new legislation in Shazria, the nation turns a blind eye to human rights abuses in its quest for athletic supremacy.

Well yeah. Shazria is an absolute monarchy. It cant get all moralistic with other nations about their human rights abuses.

This strangely kind of relates to what we were previously talking about.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia

Gualimole wrote:You literally ignored the main point of my argument. The point about drone strikes was supposed to amplify my argument, not be its spearhead. The main point was about how callous Trump is in regards to the lives of civilians and the fact that torturers are in our government, and the points I made about drone strikes were in regards to how these people with little regard to civilian lives now had a large amount of control in regards to how they would be carried out and how its hypocritical that regime change is advocated when Assad supposedly kills civilians while the US can get off scot-free when they're doing the same thing, and I even ignored the minimal 200,000 civilian deaths in the illegal Iraq War, which further proves my point about how little the US actually cares about civilians.

Sure, except he hasn't changed much about the targeting since it's directed by intelligence networks -hence the trend as they improve- and instead has increased the operational tempo. That's a very minor increase but not really "90%" or anything. A false claim is a false claim honestly, spearhead or not. So in reality, going biggly with our assumption we can get maybe 40% of strikes. Not a good basis for a point about how the US is callous regardless since Trump has done very little overall to the Military's targeting structure, including when he makes silly statements about how we should strike, or put on aircraft carriers, or do aircraft :V

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2017/09/29/trump-again-bashes-emals-technology/

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/donald-trump-f-35-cost-234719

Trump is frankly not active in the military's business, as far as I've seen besides the usual "I don't understand this lol" we see from all presidents and certainly not in actually directing them since his ignorance is too large even fail at that.

If you ignore the nuance of the situation, sure it's hypocritical; it's hypocritical in the same way that being let go after committing true Homicide in the line of duty is when we arrest murderers. The US doesn't do it on purpose, Assad does. The clear -and important- difference is that the intent is wholly different...well that and the fact that America's military does everything it can reasonably do to reduce it. Bremmer was an idiot though, it's as though the best choice was also the one the US army deliberately presented to the President in that keeping CPA order 01 and 02 were actually highly antithetical. Lastly, the US does care? I'm not sure how many ways to present this so instead I'll just link some weapons we deliberately designed or use to reduce civilian casualties?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M270_Multiple_Launch_Rocket_System#Alternative_Warhead_Program

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M7_Spider

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Diameter_Bomb

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Direct_Attack_Munition

The US military spends exorbitant amounts of money on killing less civilians, mostly because COIN is based wholly in not killing everyone, unlike Assad who does it deliberately to suppress future revolts tbh.

So sure, if we ignore most of the evidence we can see that the US really really just doesn't care about civilians despite COIN, our weaponry and the military being evidence to the contrary. That's why we only drop Cluster munitions since they're cheap, effective and basically a better form of Assad's current barrel bombs.

Lavan Tiri, Confederal States

We have 121 nations currently, the 121st in the world.

C-can we eject anyone who moves in, now? We've reached apotheosis

Bearlong, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

So, lads and lassies of NS. I think its time for me to let go of New Estaris. I have avoided it for far to long. But I think the time has come. I'll wait for good byes and then I will sign off for the last time.

Russkov Soviet, Unfallious, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton

Lavan Tiri wrote:We have 121 nations currently, the 121st in the world.

C-can we eject anyone who moves in, now? We've reached apotheosis

No, each time someone comes in we vote on someone to eject.

Vista Major

New Estaris wrote:So, lads and lassies of NS. I think its time for me to let go of New Estaris. I have avoided it for far to long. But I think the time has come. I'll wait for good byes and then I will sign off for the last time.

I'm sorry to hear that, Est. It was nice having you here, and we will miss you. Good luck in whatever you decide to do next!

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris, Mercunova, Percyton

New Estaris wrote:So, lads and lassies of NS. I think its time for me to let go of New Estaris. I have avoided it for far to long. But I think the time has come. I'll wait for good byes and then I will sign off for the last time.

We are going to miss you comrade! It was a joy to have you here and the CoFN will not be the same once you leave. I wish you the best of luck in whatever your future may hold.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris, Percyton

Yukona wrote:Benny Harvey R.I.P. Miss you big man, gone but not forgotten.

I don't know who Benny Harvey is, but may he rest in peace. Whoever he was, he must have lived a very productive and positive life if so many people are mourning him.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- 1862 – American Civil War: The Andrews Raid (the Great Locomotive Chase) occurs, starting from Big Shanty, Georgia (now Kennesaw).

As yes, one of the most famous train-related incidents in history. While the event was too dangerous for us to reenact or anything like that, we did remember the occasion by having Porter (one of the American engines on Sodor) tell us the story, and then watching Walt Disney's movie The Great Locomotive Chase for Tidmouth Sheds movie night.

Russkov Soviet wrote:Today, after nearly 20 years of service to the Equestrian Union and it's people, we say goodbye to the now former-Premier Aleksander D. Coltsov. He will be retiring later today and will serve as the advisor to the upcoming Premier-elect Aleksi Coltsov, the son of the Premier.

I'm sorry to hear you're stepping down Aleksander, and we will miss you! However, we're glad to have made the friendship of yourself and your nation, and we were always very impressed by your leadership! Good luck to you in your retirement, and hopefully your son Aleksi will be just as good a leader!

New Estaris wrote:So, lads and lassies of NS. I think its time for me to let go of New Estaris. I have avoided it for far to long. But I think the time has come. I'll wait for good byes and then I will sign off for the last time.

You're leaving? That's so sad! But, if you have to go, I won't keep you. We'll all miss you Est, and thanks again for being here! Wherever you go next, good luck!

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris

In jonor of me leaving, how about some small personal informations of myself?

Its been good guys. I'll miss you all.

Ps. All my GDP to Baxten.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton

Hold on. Is Baxten gone?

Penguania And Antarctica

New Estaris wrote:Hold on. Is Baxten gone?

Afraid so. According to the Boneyard, he CTE'ed 59 days ago.

Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica

Percyton wrote:I'm sorry to hear you're stepping down Aleksander, and we will miss you! However, we're glad to have made the friendship of yourself and your nation, and we were always very impressed by your leadership! Good luck to you in your retirement, and hopefully your son Aleksi will be just as good a leader!

Aleksander: Thank you Percy. I'll still be around, so you will see me and my colt. In fact... later this month, all three of us will come over to visit Sodor on vacation!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Russkov Soviet wrote:Aleksander: Thank you Percy. I'll still be around, so you will see me and my colt. In fact... later this month, all three of us will come over to visit Sodor on vacation!

In fact.. I just realized that I never did go see His Majesty, Prince Regent Jason in Jaslandia... I'll have to pencil that in. Once I deal with the war in Blackacre first.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Russkov Soviet wrote:In fact.. I just realized that I never did go see His Majesty, Prince Regent Jason in Jaslandia... I'll have to pencil that in. Once I deal with the war in Blackacre first.

That would be a great idea! We were planning to invite you to Jaslandia for the ceremony to receive the Royal Medal, so you can come visit then!

Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Russkov Soviet wrote:Aleksander: Thank you Percy. I'll still be around, so you will see me and my colt. In fact... later this month, all three of us will come over to visit Sodor on vacation!

That would be wonderful! Just let us know what you need, and we'd be happy to provide it during your vacation!

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

I really don’t want to get a ICBM dropped on my head just because Donald and Theresa wanna drop a few warheads on an airstrip in the desert... It’s a bit more worrying now

Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Yukona wrote:I really don’t want to get a ICBM dropped on my head just because Donald and Theresa wanna drop a few warheads on an airstrip in the desert... It’s a bit more worrying now

The chance of being nuked is honestly as low as always. What has to be understood is that nuclear weapons are for deterrence and not much else (Though the Russians are supposedly adapting them for tactical scenarios involving bombing Warsaw and threatening the west into submission in the east) without going full crazy. Russia won't fire because -though it's very survivable- Russias leadership might not make it and also because the USAF never bought into the "Russians are our best buds" talk after 1995.

Besides, global thermonuclear war is far, far above Syria in the Escalation Ladder: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/233369021632872448/434293912878841857/SeSlH7i_1.png

I appreciate all the support you guys have given me. It makes me happy to know that I am accepted.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, The Cross And Davids Star, Confederal States

Oh. Well. It was certainly my pleasure.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Yukona wrote:I really don’t want to get a ICBM dropped on my head just because Donald and Theresa wanna drop a few warheads on an airstrip in the desert... It’s a bit more worrying now

Jeremy Corbyn basically called May a lapdog because she is waiting for him to strike first so she can follow him lol. So true. She is just his pathetic little poodle.

Angela Merkel said Germany wont be taking action. A leader with common sense! She may be a conservative but bloody hell, I have a lot of respect for that woman.

Axeldonia

Nuremgard wrote:Jeremy Corbyn basically called May a lapdog because she is waiting for him to strike first so she can follow him lol. So true. She is just his pathetic little poodle.

Angela Merkel said Germany wont be taking action. A leader with common sense! She may be a conservative but bloody hell, I have a lot of respect for that woman.

Kinda misleading. She's planning on "supporting" the actions of other nations in syria principally the US in ways that arent directly militant, so basing is OK for US craft.

https://www.thelocal.de/20180412/germany-will-not-participate-in-possible-military-actions-in-syria-says-merkel

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/germany-wont-take-part-in-possible-syria-military-strike/2018/04/12/54f7ff3a-3e56-11e8-955b-7d2e19b79966_story.html?utm_term=.2730cc3c9bc5

Post self-deleted by Nuremgard.

Exams next week. Sh!t.

Jaslandia, Mercunova, The West Country

Nuremgard wrote:Exams next week. Sh!t.

Same mate. What are some of them?

The West Country

Just a reminder to everyone that each of our three Ministers have created a thread within their “office” on be forums entitled Public Inquiry.

If you wish to ask a question of any Minister, feel free to use this as a means to do so.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, The West Country

Sulania wrote:Same mate. What are some of them?

I have American History on Monday and Comparative Politics on Tuesday.

Nuremgard wrote:Exams next week. Sh!t.

I learned some metric conversions so I can km/s

The West Country wrote:I learned some metric conversions so I can km/s

You what, mate?

The West Country

Nuremgard wrote:You what, mate?

Kill myself

The West Country

Nuremgard wrote:I have American History on Monday and Comparative Politics on Tuesday.

American history should be fairly easy for ya, I would think. By American, do you mean the Americas, or as in the US?

Sulania wrote:American history should be fairly easy for ya, I would think. By American, do you mean the Americas, or as in the US?

The US. We studied American history from 1877.

New Estaris wrote:Oh. Well. It was certainly my pleasure.

It was great to have you around. I'll miss you, pal. Have a wonderful life. <3

Midasia wrote:I have an announcement to make.

I'm gay.

Welcome to the LGBTQI+ community :D

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Midasia

Nuremgard wrote:The US. We studied American history from 1877.

Oh. Well then, you missed all the good parts.

Sulania wrote:Oh. Well then, you missed all the good parts.

I did really well in my class essay though which I'm happy about.

Jaslandia

Does anyone want to start a CoFN sports league? I feel like it could work out really well.

I have ideas for how the "matches" could work out where we could let each nation even "weigh" a specific sport.

We'd need at least three sports.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Nuremgard wrote:I did really well in my class essay though which I'm happy about.

Well that's good, hope you do really well on the exam too.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

Sulania wrote:Well that's good, hope you do really well on the exam too.

Thanks. I hope so too.

Sulania wrote:Oh. Well then, you missed all the good parts.

Yes, like pre-1776. When they had the adult supervision necessary to keep them safe from the downward spiral that would come to a head in November 2016.

Nuremgard, Bigostan

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Yes, like pre-1776. When they had the adult supervision necessary to keep them safe from the downward spiral that would come to a head in November 2016.

I would say it was time they got back under the imperial jackboot but with Brexit, Britain has shown it cant even look after itself, never mind its former colonies.

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Yes, like pre-1776. When they had the adult supervision necessary to keep them safe from the downward spiral that would come to a head in November 2016.

I was gonna say post 1776 to then end of the Civil War.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:It was great to have you around. I'll miss you, pal. Have a wonderful life. <3

Welcome to the LGBTQI+ community :D

Peng you are awesome.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Midasia wrote:Peng you are awesome.

*blushes* Oh you are such a flatterer. No, you are awesome. :D

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Midasia

Hyderbourg wrote:Does anyone want to start a CoFN sports league? I feel like it could work out really well.

I have ideas for how the "matches" could work out where we could let each nation even "weigh" a specific sport.

We'd need at least three sports.

BASEBALL! #MareskovColts (Formerly the Stalliongrad Colts)

Jaslandia, Vista Major

Assembled with Dot's Region Saver.
Written by Refuge Isle.