Broken Crescent 3 Diplomacy: Progress

[phonicsmonkey]

Quttub rises in anger, sneezing ferociously as he begins to speak.

The King of Jerusalem is full of threats and accusations today! How dare he speak in such a way to a descendent of the Prophet!

He is quite the hypocrite to try to make the Golden Crescent seem like aggressors, when he himself rejected honest and generous terms of alliance and peace with Egypt, and has already once been caught massing armies on our borders.

Soon the world will see who the true aggressor is, as he strikes without just cause or warning against his neighbour!

King Baldwin, we are watching you from Egypt and we know your intention is to stir up war between the Confederation and your 'Western' alliance - be honest and manly about it and mask not your true intentions in weasel words!

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Abbasid emissary rises...

Ambassador of Jerusalem, no we don't have spies in Georgia. The Kypchak emissary himself mentioned that they already have two armies in Georgian lands. I doubt they were there because they wanted to protect the Georgians. Most likely they were heading south to attack the followers of True Faith! It's not possible that just after the start of the war between Seljuks and Georgia the Kypchak armies were supplied and ready to go 'defend' the Georgian lands!

[Askthepizzaguy]

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Quttub rises in anger, sneezing ferociously as he begins to speak.

The King of Jerusalem is full of threats and accusations today! How dare he speak in such a way to a descendent of the Prophet!

He is quite the hypocrite to try to make the Golden Crescent seem like aggressors, when he himself rejected honest and generous terms of alliance and peace with Egypt, and has already once been caught massing armies on our borders.

Soon the world will see who the true aggressor is, as he strikes without just cause or warning against his neighbour!

King Baldwin, we are watching you from Egypt and we know your intention is to stir up war between the Confederation and your 'Western' alliance - be honest and manly about it and mask not your true intentions in weasel words!

I would caution the Ayyubids that their sharp tongues are not welcome in these chambers. It is difficult to maintain an alliance with nations who posture so aggressively, for it might interfere with our alliance with the King of Jerusalem.

I warn both sides against starting any conflict, because Rome froms greatly upon aggressors.

[Thermal]

rome froms on aggressors? cool! do they frown on aggressors too?

i would like to make it clear that i am 100% behind the kingdom of jerusalem, i understand rome are keeping a balanced council, but i think they should be more clear about there wants themselves, we can mask it behind false words, but wars inevitable, why bother waiting another half-year or so, the only thing that is stopping a full scale war is pride and not being masked as the 'aggressor' well the way i see it and how were acting were all aggressors, and i think if the indians knew what fools attended this council, they'd be glad they never came, lucky them for not being plagued with this racket!

[phonicsmonkey]

Quttub turns to the Roman diplomat.

I apologise my friend if my words have made your position uncomfortable.

I sought only to expose what I see as the thinly veiled excuses for war which are being perpetrated in this Council by members of the Western Alliance, and to make it clear to all present who the true aggressors are.

Can you blame us for being frustrated when we hear such things as 'wars inevitable, why bother waiting another half-year or so, the only thing that is stopping a full scale war is pride'?

Let all here know that the Ayyubids have not, and will not raise a hand in aggression against another nation.

[Ultra_Magnus]

The Mankurian diplomat is listening to the heated arguments with intrest

All this talk of war and alliances is wearing me down unless we have action all this talk is futile

[Thermal]

The Mankurian diplomat is listening to the heated arguments with intrest

All this talk of war and alliances is wearing me down unless we have so action all this talk is futile

the kypchak looked at the makurian representative erratically

eh? what did you say, i think i caught some of it, if i understood correctly then i agree, actions speak louder than words, once more while the ayyubids want to make it clear who the true aggressors our, i realize he ignores that the 'great' seljuks have aggressively attacked georgia, so if they are still in your golden crescent pact, then it begs the question, if you defend an aggressor, you cant be peaceful yourself

[Askthepizzaguy]

Quttub turns to the Roman diplomat.

I apologise my friend if my words have made your position uncomfortable.

I sought only to expose what I see as the thinly veiled excuses for war which are being perpetrated in this Council by members of the Western Alliance, and to make it clear to all present who the true aggressors are.

Can you blame us for being frustrated when we hear such things as 'wars inevitable, why bother waiting another half-year or so, the only thing that is stopping a full scale war is pride'?

Let all here know that the Ayyubids have not, and will not raise a hand in aggression against another nation.

Your response pleases us, Quttub.

I see that some of my allies in the Western Coalition are indeed overstepping the boundaries of civility and into the realm of aggression. I would ask my Kypchak neighbors, in the name of Roman-Kypchak relations, to speak softly and carry a big stick.

Surely none threaten the mighty Kypchak confederacy, especially with Rome by your side. However you put Rome in a difficult position of having to apologize for and explain your actions.

I would warn my Western Coalition friends against such naked aggression, for it undermines our legitimacy as a moral, sovereign power. Should any begin a war without reason, they lose their rights in this league of nations.

[Merlox123]

The Omani's Diplomat would Reply by shaking his head to the whole thing.

[Thermal]

well i assure you im not beening aggressive, respectfully of course...

[Askthepizzaguy]

rome froms on aggressors? cool! do they frown on aggressors too?

i would like to make it clear that i am 100% behind the kingdom of jerusalem, i understand rome are keeping a balanced council, but i think they should be more clear about there wants themselves, we can mask it behind false words, but wars inevitable, why bother waiting another half-year or so, the only thing that is stopping a full scale war is pride and not being masked as the 'aggressor' well the way i see it and how were acting were all aggressors, and i think if the indians knew what fools attended this council, they'd be glad they never came, lucky them for not being plagued with this racket!

I was referring to this, when I was talking of my allies' aggressive stance.

I do NOT believe war is inevitable here. I have tried my best to form a peace with the Golden Crescent Alliance, and have mobilized my forces to defend the Western Coalition if necessary. I've formed an alliance (albeit a shaky one) with the Ayyubid leader in order to cool tensions.

Brothers of the West, my efforts will all be for naught should our alliance be the first to strike. We have every right to retaliate, however we should not be aggressors. I will respond to diplomatic aggression from either side with a statement of disapproval, followed by a warning, followed by the severing of diplomatic ties. I have made it very plain; those who do not follow the path of peaceful words will fall upon the blade of a Roman sword.

Were we attacked by anyone, Rome would immediately declare war against our enemies. If allies send aid to the enemies of our states, they also would be war combatants in the eyes of Rome. But actions are necessary to respond to; threats and poor diplomacy can be overlooked, excused, ignored, or warned against. Let us not start a war with words, my friends; let us only end a war started by our enemies, with swords.

I do not mean to single you out, my Kypchak friend. Surely, relations between Rome and Kypchak could not be better. However, Rome does prefer our allies not prompt wars with words. Careful diplomacy could allow us to keep our troops at home where they belong.

[Thermal]

at the time it was a valid thing to say, and i dont believe people can stay satified with what they own, they likely want more lands eventually, i dont yet, but would think others do

[Merlox123]

That makes the difference between Dogs and Men. Dogs simply believe that things are impossible, and will never learn.

Men though, Try the most un-certain. And if they achieve, They set a single star withen the Sea of stars of what men has done for accomplisments.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Yessss! Yesss!!!! OH YESSSS!!!

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

I knew the LUDICROUSLY INSANE people from Nebulon 4 would come! Yes, let them incinerate us all with the power of the Freem Cannon!

pkeww! pkewww!!!


The Roman Empire wins the game with a score of 8 berzillion points, and expands 3 cup sizes! You were all fools to trifle with me, because my imaginary powers are more disturbing than yours! I eat Kroff dinner and go sleepytime ni-night now!!! Remember to pardon your onions before engaging in lewd behavior, and don't let the snails eat chicken dinnertime.

-fin-