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EmuGod
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And you installed your pupper Diem there, who the people have been trying to get rid of since! You are hypocrites!
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tanelorn
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of the deep blue sea
Jun 2001 time: 07:25
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Ok guys, my PM box is now empty
The Arab League states that it will support a UN resolution on the issue of Iran, whatever the outcome may be.
Then I'll do my turn, in compliance with it.
However we think that since both England and France are permanent security council members, NATO should get two votes.
I don't recall any SEATO country being a permanent member...
We could set a rotation system for non-permanent members of the council, as is the case with the UN.
IMPORTANT!
About SEATO's claim of having oilfields on islands, that's just not true. There are only 6 oilfield terrain tiles within city ranges in the map, of which I hold 2 (33%)- the same as the US-, one is held by the neutrals and one is Tehran, Iran. Letting anyone appropriate close to 17% of the worlds oil reserves without a referendum on the issue is naive, to say the least. Go check terrain values and you ll' see what I mean. Next to this, continental bonus is negligable.
And SEATO has no oilfield terrain tiles whatsoever on this map.
Besides, the Shah was a MOST critical US ally. So, if anyone has a claim on Tehran, that's USA, not the USSR. I think that the Soviets should really answer to the Americans on this.
Yes, 17% of the worlds oil justifies nuclear retaliation. A city with oilfields is an economic/industrial powerhouse.
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Iron Chancellor
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Oh, well, if you're going to judge the world's oil supplies by a few squares, go right ahead and do so. However, don't think that freights to Baghdad from Berlin, Paris and Moscow are more valuable than freights to Australia, the Philipines, Indonesia, or Singapore, then you are just plain wrong.
SEATO may not hold any permanent places on the council, however, to ignore it would be to disenfrachise an entire continent full of people. Therefore, we shall do as we said: listen, and uphold any resolution passed with the support of NATO and the USA and in the spirit of freedom and democracy.
Forget the Arabs. Israel will always be a thorn in their side, and they will not stop their pontificating and saber-rattling until they get what they want, which is the destruction of Israel and then the union of ALL Muslim peoples.
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Iron Chancellor
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Feel free, and no hard feelings on my part if none on yours.
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EmuGod
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If you want to play with nuclear weapons go ahead, the public in the US isn't supporting a war in Vietnam, so a I cannot imagine nuclear devastation as number one on their list. Consider the occupation of Teherana counter-balance to American expansion. You invaded Vietnam without consulting the UN, so we invaded Teheran, but at least we are helping the people there and not firebombing the city with napalms. You've repeated the junk about liberty that you dont even do so many times that you've actually started to believe it. We will not be pushed around by the west. You support democracy when it is convenient for you to. When it's not you abandon it like you did to the people of Iran, South Vietnam, and many other countries around the globe.
If you want the USSR to pull out of Iran and have Iran as a neutral area, remove yourselves from Vietnam and allow the Non-aligned to take over South Vietnam. But you wont do that, because you do not care for negotiation but only for getting your own way. If you want us to withdraw, make us a deal and we will negoitate but do not expect to get what you want without giving us a little bit back too.
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Iron Chancellor
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I meant hard feelings between countries. I'd hate for SEATO to alienate another regional alliance merely over a few remarks.
I would think that an Iran-Iraq war would only involve units produced in Iran and Iraq, and to draw units from elsewhere would open those places up to attack. However, the US should be allowed to ship in troops to Saigon if need be without resulting in a Chinese nuclear strike. A little self-control and common sense is basically the only restraint, although perhaps we should establish international monitoring (i.e. reviewing someone's turn after it's been posted).
RE: US public opinion
This is 1964, the US public is still pro-war (or at least not anti-war). The US has not yet experienced the 1965 escalation, which raised the number of US troops up to 500,000 (five hundred thousand). The North is not being bombed, and the war is still limited primarily to South Vietnam.
Diem seized power in his own, non-US sponsered coup. The US never invaded, indeed, the whole point of the war was to prevent Northern-equipped Viet Cong from toppling the government, which in 1964 was no longer Diem anyway.
Invading a neutral nation and defending what you started the game with are not the same things.
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Iron Chancellor
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Well, I guess you're right. It would work better in theory than in practice.
Chinese troops did fight in Korea, because they were supporting a Communist regime with which Mao sympathized. The reason the conflict stopped there and did not escalate was because it was no war, but a police action to enforce the independence of South Korea.
Russia never sent advisors to North Vietnam, weaponry yes, soldiers/advisors no.
Australia was a part of the British empire, and as the mother country was at war, so was the entire empire.
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EmuGod
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Remember that a security council resolution needs aunanimous vote by all members to pass and there's no way I'm voting for my troops to withdraw so you might as well give it up. That was Truman's gamble in the Korean War. Had the Soviets not boycotted the Security Council, their vote would have stopped the resolution to fight in South Korea. The Chinese weren't members yet so they couldn't veto Truman's successful resolution. So sorry, but the UN resolution thing just cannot work.
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Iron Chancellor
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Well, what I mean is that if the USA and NATO decide upon sanctions/military action vs. any nation, SEATO must aid and uphold there actions as a sister democracy.
FROM JANUARY 30-FEBRUARY 2 Prometheus WILL TAKE CONTROL OF SEATO
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EmuGod
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After talks with te Arab Legue, the USSR has agreed to allow the Arab League to try and capture Shiraz from the remaining forces of the Shah in exchange for the full recognition of Teheran as part of Iran and the removal of all embargoes against the USSR. The Arab League may not attempt to capture Shiraz but the USSR will capture it if it is not in Arab League hands by the end of the month. Soviet diplomats are preparing to draw up a new border plan to divide Iran into two new countries. This was a mutual agreement that both powers have come to.
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EmuGod
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The USSR will not mind if Chinese observers come to watch the border, but no one else.
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tanelorn
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of the deep blue sea
Jun 2001 time: 07:25
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The Arab league welcomes UN observers, irrespective of nationality. So, if the Chinese can find a way to get there in time, it is ok with me.
After a number of bombruns, the city of Shiraz was secured from rebel factions by an Elite Saudi paratrooper unit, that used Riyadh airfield to gain the 1 extra tile to paradrop next to Shiraz. Remember, airfields have the railroad move bonus in civ2, and paras can use airfields to paradrop. A tactical move Saudi generals feel exceptionaly proud for.
Iraqi mechanized divisions cleared the Zagros mountains of now hostile rebels, fleeing the Soviets.
Following the liberation of Shiraz, that was welcome by the majority of the population, the Rebel leader of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie threatened to invade Sudan (Rebel AI declared war on me). Sudanese and Yemenite forces swiftly encircled Addis Abeba. They will not enter the city however, unless they are fired uppon.
There they encountered a Somali detachment (AI Neutrals), already fighting against the Ethiopians (Damaged).
Attachment: arabs1964dec.zip
This has been downloaded 2 time(s).
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EmuGod
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I'll post it soon, and before I was waiting for the round of diplomacy to finish, that's all.
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