We cannot walk out on peace when your attempts to force us into submission will lead only to more conflict. The unrecognized states are unbelievably violent and terrifyingly unstable. They do not hesitate to massacre entire towns only to beg for peace. They are a threat to themselves and others.

Even with the "reductions" to their nuclear arsenal they are still capable of destroying half of the South Pacific. And what if one of the countless rebel factions capture a silo? Are we one desperate man away from annihilation? Former President Larue almost scrapped our nuclear program, only to continue it out of fear of these rogue states. They will not win a war against the South Pacific, but they would kill us all trying.

We have nothing to back down on. We are not the agressors. We are not the threats to safety and stability. These unrecognized states will never back down, and by saction or by blood we will see their surrender before we all pay the price.