Gunnland
FTR
The effectiveness of the sanctions had diminished over time, but lifting them would be welcome news to the Elbeners. Maybe they would grumble less about MacPherson's "style." The Calidia Question was complex, since the little republic was no longer the clan bastion it was in the 1980s, but these days even the most hawkish elements of the Gunnish military turned a blind eye to the thriving black-market trade across the militarized border. He immediately agreed to the Union's terms, and smiled at the silent Calidians who seemed only to be there to play a mute game of "Simon Says" and stand and sit in unison with the Kadiks. He did not look at Zilberfarb but instead piously contemplated the aphorism recently on the drunken lips of a great Gunnish actor and director, Jews are the cause of all the wars in the world.
MacPherson leaned forward into the microphone once more, nonplussed by Mihajlovic's confidence during the smoke break that the Domain would attack the CONPROFOR and Lars would suddenly turn into a Cussian airbase. Gunnland was mobilizing for war, it was true, but nobody in Windhaven or Chagny was conscious of mobilizing for this war.
"It is my sincere hope, Mr. Di Gravesano-Carone, that your diplomatic service will be able to talk some sense into the regime in Lars. They must know that Cussian presence is more likely to start a war that Lars has no business in, than it is to deter an invasion."
MacPherson leaned forward into the microphone once more, nonplussed by Mihajlovic's confidence during the smoke break that the Domain would attack the CONPROFOR and Lars would suddenly turn into a Cussian airbase. Gunnland was mobilizing for war, it was true, but nobody in Windhaven or Chagny was conscious of mobilizing for this war.
"It is my sincere hope, Mr. Di Gravesano-Carone, that your diplomatic service will be able to talk some sense into the regime in Lars. They must know that Cussian presence is more likely to start a war that Lars has no business in, than it is to deter an invasion."