Is this the end for the UK?
Ayame Crocodile
The title is misleading, i'll give you that but events today have probably changed the future of the eUK or have at the very least shown that we are not as respected within ONE as we may have been lead to believe.
Just a few weeks ago Spain announced her departure from ONE citing that the alliance was far to Balkan-centric and alongside this the announcement mentioned not just that Spain hadn't felt empowered or supported by the alliance but also mentioned was one other nation that had, in the Spanish view, been neglected by ONE and pushed to the sidelines. That nation my friend was our's.
However that being said the UK remained loyal to ONE, most especially Poland and Serbia who have long been great allies to the UK as attested to by Poland's outstanding and much praised defense of the UK and ousting of France from our green and pleasant homeland.
But then came the Polish referendum, which was won by a staggering 76% of the population voting to leave one, the Polish reason once again was that ONE was far too Balkan-centric. And though this decision surely resonated within the eUK community it has hardly been spoken about publicly. So once again the UK remained loyal to ONE.
Now this morning, i came home to see not 1, not 2 but all 3 of my Macedonian friends had fought in the Paris Isle RW against Poland and for FRANCE!
This was clearly meant to show Macedonia's butthurt at the Polish People's decision (despite the polish announcement stating they wished to remain friendly with ONE nations and their former alliance allies).
However this leads to one of two possibilities either the Macedonian decision makers didn't even consider the UK and we don't feature at all in their thought process despite being allies or far worse the Macedonians could care less whether this was a slap in our face or not.
There is an old adage which i think sums this situation up rather well;
'the enemy of my enemy is my friend' and just as clearly it stands to reason that 'the friend of my enemy is my enemy'
So whether the Macedonians intended to offend us or not, they have knowingly aided Our most sworn enemy, the very nation who until recently was occupying the majority of our homeland and with that have betrayed the very nation who came most to our aid Poland!
We do still have allies within ONE, most of which have helped us, but this move by Macedonia is a terrible and heinous. They've aided our enemy and have forced us to choose between an Alliance which now has a member helping our enemy or a long time and trusted ally.
We are now stuck between ONE nations on the one hand and Poland on the other. With this kind of action it's clear we can't be allies with both and have the same respect back from either especially if we have to ignore either's request for our aid.
If this blows up into a full scale war then what do we do?
Try and say we're in ONE but not get involved and also not defend Poland? Neither side will see that as what an ally should do. And rightfully so because that's not what an ally should do!
Though it would pain me to leave some great allies behind (though hopefully we could keep a good relationship with most, most especially Serbia whom i still have the greatest respect for) it must be said that Macedonia has given us far less reasons to remain in ONE and pushed us further away, Poland and Spain's respect for the UK clearly outweighs theirs and i have to say in my opinion it's there that a successful future for the uk now appears to lie.
And so back to this articles title (minus the extra shock by ommision of two words):
Is this the end for the UK... in ONE?
Thank you for reading and please share your own opinion.
Ayame Crocodile.
ps. sorry for any spelling mistakes, grammatical errors and a major lack of pretty graphics but it has been rushed at a god awful hour after a long shift.
Comments
I see people from UK fighting for Scotland, against UK's peace deal. Still UK is a good ally.
When you see some from MKD catching a BH medal for France it does not mean MKD is not anymore our friend. MKD has helped UK getting London from France so we got our nation back because of MKD.
MKD is UK's friend!
So Niemand... Explain this:
Princess Emily earned a Battle Hero medal. 4 hours ago
The Battle hero achievement was awarded for dealing the highest influence in the battle of Paris Isle of France for France against Poland
ivan.sk earned a Battle Hero medal. 5 hours ago
The Battle hero achievement was awarded for dealing the highest influence in the battle of Paris Isle of France for France against Poland.
MakedonecMKD earned a Battle Hero medal. 7 hours ago
The Battle hero achievement was awarded for dealing the highest influence in the battle of Paris Isle of France for France against Poland
Now bear in mind these are the only 3 Macedonians i have on my friends list. Along with this are lots of anti polish shouts. What are we to do... stand by while Macedonians turn on our other ally Poland?
Our hand has now been forced.
Should they go to war fully over this then we may very will be stuck with an impossible choice between ONE and Poland. I'm just giving my opinion above of the situation. Ofcourse MKD has been a great ally and many Macedonians won't have fought for France. But that still leaves a question over what the MU's were thinking and why they chose france to defend.
They could've RW'd for many other nations against Poland. Did they not even consider us at all?
The important thing is Macedonia did not fight against UK. As Poland left ONE (understandable) now there are issues between Macedonia and Poland. As for now it is not UK's business although it is worrying. I have a lot more Macedonians on my friend list and from them I do not see these BH medals. As some Macedonians are against Poland, some of UK are also against Poland, most important is the total figure we do not have now.
So let's not jumping to conclusions.
All attention must be now on the battle in Corsica. http://www.erepublik.com/en/military/battlefield/31650
Agreed Niemand. In hindsight i did jump the gun a bit and overreact. But it was that concerning to me. After facing off french troll after french troll over the last month it's just annoying to see our ally now giving them aid (albeit far too late in the battle to make a dramatic difference).
I still fear that this could lead to a far bigger problem and situation for the eUK but we will have to hope it doesn't happen.
The danger of France occupying UK is always near. As the weaker one in this situation UK must balance between the powers that are near us. It is good we still have the friendship of Macedonia and Poland.
Poland and Spain leaving ONE is difficult for all in ONE. We have to hope (and try to improve things) the situation between Macedonia and Poland will improve and not worsen.
Macedonians attitude was one of the most important reasons for Poland to left ONE. It is a long term conflict started by few polish & macedonians trolls. Poland left ONE but will still have all MPPs ( except MKD's one).
you are talking about Macedonians fighting against Poland but at the same time neglact to point that those you example are actually UK citizens and members of UK political parties (as http://www.erepublik.com/en/citizen/profile/4312217 aka ivan.sk) and even UK military units (http://www.erepublik.com/en/citizen/profile/2012641 aka MakedonecMKD)
on the other hand there was NEVER an official order of any goverment or ministry to fight against Poland nor to fight for France.
if they fought against Poland it was on their own decision. i know that overwhelming majority of Mecedonians feel friend and allies for the British and that is what needs to matter. not the actions of individuals. as for relations with Poland, that is another story. let's say that Polish officials deliberately insulted and humiliated the Macedonian people and that is the roots of our disagreements. it was deliberately done to find a scapegoat and one more excuse for Poland leaving ONE.
Poland is a europen supper power and our closest ally which does beg the quest what are we going to do if Poland leaves the alliance. They could turn on us if they leave and the UK could be under permanent occupation.
Hopefully our two countries will stick together
While it may not have been an official order. It mattered enough to the French CP to thank the 'Macedonian Mercenaries'. As one of them on my friends list if head of MoFA it really does seem i have been proven right. That MKD doesn't care about us and allows their citizens to fight against their own alliance.
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/vingt-septi-egrave-me-jour-d-039-une-pr-eacute-sidence-normale-message-to-our-allies-2094636/1/20
so now you are falling under enemy propaganda? or maybe you're bias. i don't know. it seems like you want to slander Macedonia and create a negative opinion in the public. can you not see that in that same article it is clearly noted that those from Chile, Macedonia... were MERCENARIES. and don't tell me that UK has a some kind of mechanism to control the actions of every of it's soldiers? can you order your fighters what to do and they will implicitly listen to your orders?
c'mon and get real.Macedonian officials have NEVER given any order directly nor indirectly to go against PL. MU have done the same.further more steps have been taken to resolve the situation that the former CP of PL had created. the logs of those conversations have been released and it is known what stands behind the dispute between MKD and PL.mercs from whole eWorld are fighting in different battles. this happen to be one of them. when UK asks us to fight for it we shall without any hesitation
It is always a mistake to draw conclusions from the actions of a few individuals when it comes to international relations. I would be more interested if they were MKD government members.
Truth is people tank for their own reasons and there is a lot more variance on what individuals do. MKD has been a good ally for a long time and they are great people. It would be a pleasure to continue to have them on our MPP list.
Unity One, i know i didn't make it clear but there's a couple of major things that make this far more worrying.
1. The Mercenaries were hired for the Corsica Campaign, the Makedonians i saw were fighting in Paris!
2. I asked all of them why they did it, i got two answers a) I lost a bet, b) I love paris.
3. Governments might not control mercenary MU's but then again i'd imagine they'd have some control over their MOFA no?
Seeing as Princess Emily is MKD MOFA after all.
And Roz i don't mean to paint all of macedonia in a bad light. I did go a little overboard as i got flashbacks of french trolls over the last few weeks and the vision of them now having extra fodder was terrifying.
MKD has been a great ally, i am just terribly troubled by this latest action. I'm a lover who feels betrayed... i was bound to overreact a little.
No offense to our MKD allies but i think we should consider leaving ONE. Spain and Poland obvoiously respect us more then anyone else. I believe our future lies with them.
We should create a new alliance with Poland and others.