((True))
((I'd offer to make my senator a McCarthyist voice for this AAR, but she is too competent, honest, and intelligent to make up fake numbers and spout gibberish. )
((True))
(( ...really? Please, try to take this a wee bit seriously. Who in the name of sweet Cthulhu - and in South Carolina, of all places - would ever vote in a Senator who proposes pro-Soviet relations and annexation of British Columbia? What, are you replacing Ellison D. "Cotton is King and White is Supreme" Smith, or James F. "I've brought the prosperity of the New Deal to all of South Carolina" Brynes?
We already have four other independents. This is the US Senate, people - If we are to do an Interactive game without any stated major PoD, can we please try to have something remotely approaching plausibility? There's no way one such Senator would be supported anywhere in the US, much less South Carolina. ))
((Is that strange to you?Those are my senator's beliefs and it CAN happen in real life.Some people want to be politicians to express their beliefs in national level and yes usually they don't get votes but they say what they believe and they TRY to convince others by doing it))
((Yeah, the US Senate is awfully red here. McCarthy must be rolling in his grave.))
Want to hear something REALLY ahistorical? When I thought about doing this AAR as a single player one, I wanted to annex the entire Western Hemisphere, just to see if it was possible
1. USA
2. Max Tech
3. Nukes
4. ???
5. Profit
((Very nice
We have nine hours until the deadline! Will Beckendorf's bill win, or will Rudolph-Danner make up the 2 vote gap? It's still
Beckendorf 7
Rudolph-Danner 5.))
(( The Senate doesn't have enough love for my ships. :'( ))
Although I give Moonstruck 500 points for invoking Cthulhu (Note: points cannot be used for any good or service and have no cash value), as far as the Redness of the US, I can actually live with that. There's still a lot of fear in the US about the Great Depression at this point, and the Soviet Union is kind of a shining beacon for how to avoid the Depression in the 30s. Granted, it's not because of anything the Soviets did, but Lenin's decision to rip up all of the Russian Empire's debts when he took over, but still, at that time, not many people knew that. Remember, too, Greek HOI3 doesn't say he's a Socialist, but a Left Wing Radical -- he could very easily be a Populist and in a heavily agricultural state like South Carolina, that's entirely plausible.
I don't see any reference to annexing British Columbia in his post; is that hyperbole on your part, Moonstruck, or did he edit something?
))However I want more aggresive policy to Canada.We want British Columbia from them
If I can join may I be:
Senator Cornelius Fredrickson of Virginia
Poltical Party: (Southern) Democrat.
Foreign Policy: Isolationism.
Millitary Policy: Thinks the millitary should be built up for defensive purposes and to deter aggression
Also thinks millitary should invest in armored/mechnized troops and secret weapons such as nukes and rockets.
As for your concerns about the purpose of updating our technology, the Rudolf-Danner bill is the only bill currently on the table that will enable us to modernize our infantry, cavalry, artillery, and armoured brigades simultaneously; under the Beckendorf bill, we will have to delay both our infantry and artillery modernization programs until the second half of 1936 at the earliest.
Lastly I would ask all Senators, but especially Senator Danner, to hold a more civil tone, and not personally attack their political enemies. This might turn out negatively for the Senators in the future.
Mr. MacArthur
I have gotten a comment from Senator Rudolph on my first draft of the bill, saying that we should first research the 1934 equipment before modernizing our army. This will be more efficient, as we would then not need to upgrade some troops to 1918 equipment first.
Senator Charles Beckendorf
There have been no personal attacks; merely conclusions based on Senator Kenzington's previous statements. I have already further clarified my exact meaning regarding those statements which might be construed as offensive, and, as Senator Beckendorf would note, had he not a political reason to engage in this political browbeating of anyone who dare call out companion on his misdeeds, Senator Kenzington has since neglected to comment on any of these clarifications, proving, to my eyes as well as those of any reasonable American citizen who might take interest in these debates, that he is, indeed, guilty, and thus incapable of defending himself.
Moreover, I am ashamed of any American Senator who has voted for the Beckendorf Bill. No reason what-so-ever has been found to vote for it over the Rudolph-Danner; and I personally challenge anyone who claims otherwise to prove this to me.
Senator Beckendorf,
I apologize for my unclear language, as it appears I have given you an inaccurate picture of my intentions. When I stated that we would have to delay our modernization programs for our infantry and artillery, I was referring to our research and development of updated weaponry, rather than our production and distribution of that weaponry to regular Army formations.
In order to prevent such miscommunications in the future, I will hereafter refer to the research process of creating new weapons, doctrines, and units as development, the process of producing these new discoveries and distributing them to actual field formations as upgrading, and the combination of both of these processes as modernization.
I share your views on the efficiency of delaying the upgrade process until we have developed more advanced weaponry; as the Army's production budget will demonstrate (as soon as the President authorizes its release), all of our assigned industrial capacity will be fully devoted to producing new units, rather than re-equipping old ones.
With apologies,
General Douglas MacArthur,
Chief of Staff of the United States Army