The room has a tense atmosphere, as both Paternian, Awwami, and Arabian civilian and military leaders talk compromise that will affect billions.
Once the meetings has concluded for the day, the generals, ambassadors, and politicians have left the table, leaving behind a line drawn across the Prime Meridian, delineating spheres of influence.
A proud General Sadat walks calmly outside. His armies have conquered China, and India. They have crushed the irreverent and sinful armies of the Paternian Republic and North Federation of Korea in almost every battle.
However, as he passed through the doors of the White House, he noticed a Paternian general, resting on an iron railing. He could see that she was just as satisfied, amid the battle scars that remain on her face.
Her right earlobe was clipped, and a shallow incision cut across her bridge, perhaps the result of a knife fight. Paternian generals are not afraid to lead up front, he mused.
"Hello, General Parker," he said, extending his hand.
"Hello, General Sadat," she said, shaking the Arabian's hand with an uncharacteristically strong grip.
Looking out to Pennsylvania Avenue, she said "What a war it was. I'm glad it's over."
Leaning on the railing and gazing out to the street, he said "Me too." Looking to her, he asked "What's your plans, General?"
"Return home to my wife and son, and live a quiet life on a farm, far away from the city."
She nodded "A quiet life is something we all seek after the chaos."
"Agreed." Turning to her, he asked "What's your plans?"
Looking back, she said "My plans? Well, I've got a friend's wedding to attend. She said that she'd invite me over if I won this war."
He was now quite confused. "Win? How did you win this war? In every battle, our armies have either driven your forces back or crushed their lines. You have never held any land which we attacked."
She asked him "At what cost, General? I commanded the Hainan Island garrison when you retook the island. We had two divisions on the island."
Surprised, he said "Two? Just two? We thought there was five!"
She nodded.
"You're telling me that it took seven divisions of our best soldiers to crush two?"
"That is what I am saying. And if I remember correctly, by the end of combat, the divisions sent were so badly damaged that they were reorganized into one?"
He sighed "That is correct. But we still took the island. You lost Hainan Island."
She said "We lost Hainan Island, alright. But we made you pay the price of eleven of your best divisions. And our two divisions took hardly a scratch, and were fighting strong a week later in Canada."
He was still puzzled. "You lost India and Antarctica. Your Korean allies have lost all. How can you proclaim victory?"
She said "We got the entire Western Hemisphere from this deal, and you got the entire Eastern Hemisphere, which you already had." Looking out to the street, she said "Do you think victory was worth the price you paid?"
"Certainly. You have opposed the hand of Allah, and it is by his grace that you are not completely annihilated."
"Bullsh*t." Looking towards him, she said "We know that your country has been damaged badly. The whole of the Awwami merchant fleet lines the bottom of the sea. Your ability to transport even the most essential of goods across your empire has been all but eliminated. The people are doubting the king--"
"Caliph" he corrected.
"The Caliph, whether his armies are indeed as formidable as it seems. And given what I've been told by your news networks, it seems they don't think your army is as tough as it looks. You may have won every battle, but you did so at the expense of your nation. I ask you again, General Sadat; was this war worth it?"
Just saying. @MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation
@Pilotmario idc
It would have absolved you of all responsibility and made it very clear that you did everything to clear up a misunderstanding. @MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation
@Pilotmario I just didn't. I don't have to.
Why didn't you tell him? @MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation
@Pilotmario Ummm. I saw that Mongolia wasn't there's.... And neither was it ours. And we meant Kazakhstan when we claimed Mongolia was ours. Simply enough PINK Could've just looked at the map and seen that Mongolia wasn't Awwam's. But nooooo PINK Had to fight
Then why didn't you give Mongolia to him? @MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation
I was referring to the breakdown of morale after extended fighting against Paternian forces. @MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation
@Pilotmario I did actually. During the war. I told NFK that we dont need Mongolia. Regardless our soldiers did get some action and the morale was at a all time high! The war was an exercise for more wars that were due.
But did you make it clear that you had no business in Mongolia? Because I can see how someone would think this was an excuse to invade the NFK.
This probably led to the breakdown of morale as this story got out among your forces. @MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation
Yeah. @MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation
@Pilotmario nope. Neither was it NFK's and I didn't know that I wasn't talking about Mongolia when in reality i meant Kazakhstan/Uzbekistan
@Pilotmario as is with a Majority of real world problems (hint hint US) well sucks for NFK
Was Mongolia yours? @MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation
Oh. In that case, as he stated an invasion was imminent, then I think that the best course of action was to let him shoot first. Then you have a clear reason to do so.
I only backed him up because we were allies. I now know that alliances can be a bit entangling and resulting in doing stupid things.
But if you did not attempt to take land, then it would be far more justifiable in anyone's eyes. Many captured and defecting Awwami soldiers (not all) have expressed that they believe that the NFK threats were either not serious due to said misunderstanding or that your government made them up as an excuse for attacking. @MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation
so in this case PINK wasn't supposed to get their Units ready. It wasnt a Misunderstanding because either way Mongolia wasn't NFK Territory and PINK Had Nothing to worry about.
@Pilotmario But I'm also Sure I meant Mongolia. Because Mongolia is outside of China. So it wasn't a misunderstanding if I meant Kazakhstan. Because Mongolia wasn't NFK Territory at the time.
@Pilotmario Actually they did. As I said NFK was readying up forces for the invasion of Awwam. Which is what PINK planned to actually do. I can try to backtrack the comment. Then again we were going to be attacked and eventually we got ready after NFK did.
A provocation of war is when you shoot at them. The shooter is the one who provoked the war, for his army did not cross the Chinese border. If he sent units across the Chinese border to attack, then I would say he was the provocateur.
You had the chance to de-escalate the situation, and instead, you chose to escalate it into the war where 1.7 million Awwami die, and 550,000 Paternians die.
I hope your caliph doesn't blow his head out with the gold-plated M1 we gave him, realizing that millions died because of a misunderstanding he decided to not clear up. @MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation
I hope no one feels betrayed. Because I didn't betray anyone.
@Pilotmario Besides you just escalated things and you played along perfectly. Everyone was a Piece of Chess Except GAE and GoldenEagle. I had no clue though that you were gonna move to North america
@MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation nothing...
@GoldenEagle what?
@Pilotmario Exactly. And PINK PROVOKED me. I honestly don't care now cuz it's all over. You're a fool for tryna avenge PINK
oh and Mongolia came into the story because we were talking about origins and stuff
@Pilotmario EAC Is what Tanklovers gave me as a division of Land. Awwam's part of Africa was also Djbanana's actually.