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Peace reigns in Europe after six years of war. And it appears the only situation agreeable to everyone is.... THE RUSSIAN SOLO! Congrats to the Russian. I'd love to see end of game statments from everyone, especially since in my mind it was still possible to stop Russia, at least in theory. With Turkey helping Russia in the southeast combined with the unrest in the northwest, perhaps in practice it was impossible.
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Could AEGI acting together have stopped the Russian Solo? If they had acted when I first prroposed it in '03 or '04, certainly. If they had acted appropriately after Fall '05 when Austria proposed it, almost certainly. If we had gotten together this turn? Maybe. If we had processed this turn as ordered? Probably not.
Why didn't we get our act together? Austria was the driving force behind the attempt, but his plans were either faulty, or intentionally crafted to weaken EG, and I wasn't willing to sacrifice my position to stop Russia, just so Italy could eliminate me later.
Eric of England in DC424.
