Ansehelm:
I suggest Jan does not make too much enemies, afterall, soon he will be the same rank as Herr von Dassel, no county, no command, nothing.

I have fought all my life for the Reich, I defended it, partly due to me the Russians and Poles, with their vast armies never managed to broke through. I know what is best for the Reich. I have seen men die for the Reich, charging the Polish and Russian hordes, not because it was for their own good, but for the Reich. Jan your own brother, and don't give me some lecture, he never liked you, I knew him better than you did, died for the Reich, he did not die for some foolish unification, I died to save the Reich. I did not march all the way to Moscow to see this at my return.


And I totally agree Herr Zirn, if I would have the choice of keeping or laeving Outremer I would leave it.
However, I would not give it to people who never did anything to deserve it. These men are the worst soldiers in the world, they have been pushed back all their time, they never won a proper battle. And we want to give them something that is German, why do they deserve it? We gave them Sofia, and they managed to lose it in 2 to 4 years. What will happen to the Outremer? Will these Greeks lose that as well. Then what's the use?
We'll have two armies, in Jeruzalem and they'll be unsupported, brave men, I'd call the foolish, especially if you have to rely on the Byzantines to protect you. I marched to Moscow without support, but atleast I didn't have the Byzantines to defend me.