Subotai45 wrote:While we always stand in solidarity with the Space Comrades, the VSFSR is not imposing such drastic commercial isolation, being quite attached to our traditional dominance in the arms trade and the prosperity it brings us. However, while we have come to expect this lack of integrity from the Terrans, we continue to be disappointed. Rather than raise a large conventional army with the claim it will combat terrorism (which, as our African socialist brethren have rightly pointed out, is generally ineffective - not sure how your tankers would shoot down an asteroid, or how a large conventional force will hunt them down in their hidey-holes) just admit you're setting up the processes to fight the Universal People's Federation, which as the newest embodiment of the Venusian civilization-state, is the sole extrasolar threat that Mobius and their lackeys have given a rip about for untold centuries.
We do not think you are so foolish as to think that this is a viable plan to combat terrorism - don't insult us by thinking we won't see through your transparent attempt to hide your intent. We have yet no evidence that the attack was not, in fact, committed by a Terran terrorist organization, such as Liberation, the largest, deadliest, and most long-lasting terrorist organization the world has ever known.
Mobius applauds the wisdom of the VSFRS in not abandoning some of the worlds' largest markets.
We assure the VSRS that such activities are not meant as a slight against them. After all, your allies and comrades the Mattopians are on our council. We simply believe that 1. if this threat is something we can stop through regular policing action, we need to be ready. And 2. if it isn't, then shifting around these troops and further committing to joint-Cairo action will prepare our organisation to fight in whatever way we have to.
While we do not recognize Liberation as a terran-based organisation, they are certainly on our suspect list. However, this attack does not seem to fall under their Modus operandi. They tend to be a bit more, errr, flamboyant. They also tend to have some clear political motivation, a motivation which is advertised through a rather substantial propaganda arm. They then use this propaganda to establish more cells. This attack was done silently and deliberately with no fanfare.
By the way, would the Venusians mind helping the Mobians in our investigation of this terrible crime? It's a bit surprising that the ever paranoid Venus doesn't seem to care about investigating the folks who just dropped a moon on someone.