"It is an assessment that I do not share Minister Hunt. Kai Fa's decision to send ground troops has unfortunately opened pandora's box within our own government and emboldening our more irrational counterparts. You see Minister, it is not the fear of the WPR or Kai Fa that spurs the opposition into action, but their wounded pride. The Empire would have been able to continue to plausibly deny that we have allowed you to help the WPR scrape by against the RIM. However, much like the RDC and their more foreign backers before them, accepting ground forces of a foreign state is something that the Empire cannot permit. Our Offensive would have deliberately allowed the WPR breathing space and time to consider rejoining the ceasefire without conditions, had they not moved so unexpectedly and invited in foreign ground troops. However, because of the WPR's and Kai Fa's irrational actions, I'm afraid we will be forced to move to expel the Kai Fans and take the WPR stronghold before they unintentionally 'invite' more dangerous nations like Ryccia. That being said, Minister if you believe you can salvage this mess, I'm all ears."
"There are hardliners in the WPR too. Without Kai Fa intervention, as you pointed out, they might have reached out of fear toward more dangerous parties, which would have had serious geopolitical consequences for our comrades in Tom Yam, as you can imagine. As it was with us in Sereva, the enemy is not you but other foreign enemies, and your clash with Kai Fa a collateral consequence of this. But we remain realist, our goal is for the WPR to be able to play a political role post-conflict.
I suggest the following plan to at least try to defuse the situation: we convince both Sedunn and Kai Fa to pull out their troops. We, as Bruuma, will take over the role of the guarantor of the WPR safety - politically, without deploying any troop. Strong of this results, we persuade the hardliners to go back to the ceasefire. This, I must stress out, will work only if the Empire renounce to extend the offensive against the WPR. If we manage to get to this point, you will probably be able pressure the RDC to do the same and the you can lead a joint effort against RIM.
I am aware this is not a magic formula, that there are a certain number of odds against a positive outcome. But given our commitment to reason and stability, I beilieve we can have at least a chance of success".
(This post was last modified: 11-20-2019, 10:18 AM by VPRB.)
