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[Tokoloshe]

As for what you said, Tokoloshe, There is no OOC motive or intention other than enjoying RP. As I've already said here in this thread, I welcome an inRP response from the LPI, addressed at Baker, regarding her comments.

But suggesting a Court Martial because a character basically said "Well Liberty isn't perfect, but it's still better than what your (the Hellfire Legion's) leaders have planned for Liberty, so you should give up your cause, and expect me and people like me to fight you if you don't"....?

And as I have already said here, the only logical response would be for various groups of liberty (LPI, the Press, parts of the liberty government, and political opposition parties) to push for Rachel to be removed from her post. What Admiral Baker has done is far beyond a "how dare you Mrs Baker we really try so hard" message from the LPI.

Admiral Baker has committed 6 major political blunders in just 2 messages, of which you don't seem to realize the scale. I'll try to explain them to you, going from serious to most serious:

Blunder Nr 1: You try to reason and negotiate with terrorists, talking to them as if you expect them to have a conscience, suggesting that some of their goals may be legitimate.

Blunder Nr 2: You do it PUBLICLY. Doing so, you give them a platform to spread their propaganda, and you elevate them to an eye to eye level with the lawful forces of Liberty, landing a huge propaganda coup for them. Negotiations between enemies who consider each other terrorists do sometimes take place (for example between Taliban, US, and Afghan government), but the more powerful parties go out of their way to keep them IN SECRET, in order to not show their weakness and willingness to compromise with people who they say are terrorists.

Blunder Nr 3: You do it "as a civilian", meaning that you are not acting on behalf of, or with the consent of, the Liberty Government. By doing that, you put into question your loyalty and your oaths, and you are acting pretty much as a rogue admiral. I'd say its perfectly normal for anyone in the liberty government to "go crazy" and freak out over this, as there is no telling what else you would do. This, together with some of the things you say, could even be interpreted as the beginning of a military coup.

Blunder Nr 4: You say that if they were a political party and not violent militants, you'd support them. I'm sure that the soldiers who die fighting the Legion under Rachel's command would be thrilled to hear this.

Blunder Nr 5: You say that if you had your way, you'd evict Junkers from Liberty territory. Depending on whether you consider junkers in liberty as libertonian citizens who collect junk, or something like a foreign non-liberty cultural/ethnic/national group, this is either taking away citizens rights and expelling citizens for their line of work, or ethnic cleansing. This is something that a rambling retired admiral could write in his memoires, or something you could say to your friends in private, but in the case of an active duty admiral saying this IN PUBLIC, it's unacceptable for a republic that says it believes in human rights.

Blunder Nr 6: You say that you'd disband the liberty police force, while you show sympathy towards the murders and terrorists of the Legion for hating the LPI. Again, you say this IN PUBLIC. In front of all libertonian citizens. In front of all LPI officers. In front of family and friends of dead LPI officers who got killed by the Hellfire Legion. Why did I really have to explain how this alone makes Rachel untenable as an active LN admiral?

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