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Between Duty and Idealism
December 2, 1007
As a culmination of policies over the years, the time has come where the President-Marshal must choose the direction of the Republic. For thirty years, the President-Marshal has steered this great nation through storm and strife, but now where does the Republic go from here?
On one hand, he could give the power of Republic to the people, cede control over the country that he has ruled for the past thirty years, and allow them to form a civilian government. Some philosophers and other civilians might say that the republican ideals on which Kemerskai has devoted his life to uphold would support this option. But they are not military officers fighting an ideological war, which is the situation the Republic has been in since the Revolution of 978. The second option is to keep power for himself, at least for the time being. While the Republic is not engaged in any current fights, in essence it still is at war with the Empire, and the Republic's policies should recognize that fact.
Not to mention there are still obstacles that a civilian government might not be equipped to handle. The Republic needs martial law imposed to prevent the rise of warlordism that has been increasing in recent years, and to fight the banditry that cripples the Republic. In speaking with those who likely would lead the civilian government, such as Heinrich Kingfeather, it has become clear to the President-Marshal that they would not support martial law. If they would not support martial law, then why give power of the Republic to them? It would spell the end of the Republic itself and, essentially, be an act of betrayal to all republicangriffs everywhere.
No, President-Marshal Kemerskai must keep the Republic’s reins in his claws, for as long as the skies are not free of the Republic's enemies, as long as war and disorder threaten to ravage what the Republic has built, the leadership of the Griffon Republic must remain with the military.
December 2, 1007
As a culmination of policies over the years, the time has come where the President-Marshal must choose the direction of the Republic. For thirty years, the President-Marshal has steered this great nation through storm and strife, but now where does the Republic go from here?
On one hand, he could give the power of Republic to the people, cede control over the country that he has ruled for the past thirty years, and allow them to form a civilian government. Some philosophers and other civilians might say that the republican ideals on which Kemerskai has devoted his life to uphold would support this option. But they are not military officers fighting an ideological war, which is the situation the Republic has been in since the Revolution of 978. The second option is to keep power for himself, at least for the time being. While the Republic is not engaged in any current fights, in essence it still is at war with the Empire, and the Republic's policies should recognize that fact.
Not to mention there are still obstacles that a civilian government might not be equipped to handle. The Republic needs martial law imposed to prevent the rise of warlordism that has been increasing in recent years, and to fight the banditry that cripples the Republic. In speaking with those who likely would lead the civilian government, such as Heinrich Kingfeather, it has become clear to the President-Marshal that they would not support martial law. If they would not support martial law, then why give power of the Republic to them? It would spell the end of the Republic itself and, essentially, be an act of betrayal to all republicangriffs everywhere.
No, President-Marshal Kemerskai must keep the Republic’s reins in his claws, for as long as the skies are not free of the Republic's enemies, as long as war and disorder threaten to ravage what the Republic has built, the leadership of the Griffon Republic must remain with the military.
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