Hi Bruno Behrends,
"Always with the negative waves, Moriarty!"
"How about some positive thinking for a change, huh?"
So after a shattering impossible attack, facing an invisible enemy that has successfully hidden itself, you want to mess up the Manticoran domestic political scene?
Right!
Humanity being so human, such political diversity is certainly to be expected, however irrational, but I doubt such politicians will get much traction with more than a tiny fringe.
First because the initial period of this war will be a series of GA [Manticore] victories; as in "we've captured Mesa?" then humbling the might of the SLN by obliterating BF and most of FF, including their shipyards etc; then there's the liberation of so many protectorates that have clearly been abused by OFS.
So there will be plenty of the government "taking the war to the Sollies' in a decisive way" for anyone to want.
Secondly, the "Honor Doctrine" is so sensible its the plan of the whole GA, with lots and lots of popular support.
Kibitzing it won't be easy or quick for any politician.
Who would dare attack the heroes of the day, year, and decade?
Except the incompetent Progressives may be just that stupid.
Which would be very fun to watch.
L
Bruno Behrends wrote:lyonheart wrote:Hi Hanuman,
There weren't that many progressives in the house of lords to start with let alone after the stupidities and criminal acts of High ridge were revealed.
From WroH, the fall of High ridge forced an election which happened before HH got back from Sidemore.
That election was crucial in breaking Kiev as the leader of the Liberals as well the progressives [who were far smaller to start with] NTM putting the San Martino's into Parliament; essentially clearing all the dead wood out of the then SKM, thanks in part to the Young files being destroyed.
The conservative Association will only begin to reassert itself when Oversteegen takes it over.
And that will be a whole different 'breed o' cat'.
L
I am wondering if and when some political faction on Manticore will try to exploit the war with the SL for its own ends.
Demand a harsher response to Solarian aggression than the current government is showing. Using the 'window of opportunity' while the League is weak, before it can build up a new navy etc.
Remembering the threads we had here on the forum about the wisdom of attacking the Sol system, about commiting Eridanic edict violations and all that I very much wonder if the very same discussions aren't going on in Manticore and some faction trying to ride and exploit the hardliner positions. Especially in the wake of the governments alleged 'sleepiness' during the Yawata strike and the governments perceived unwillingness to 'take the war to the Sollies' in a 'decisive way'.
That's not to mean I as a reader agree with any such positions.
But I wonder if in a naturally imperfect world such positions wouldn't be propagated and used by someone. Such things happen in the real world too after all. Revanchism, an urge for vengeance, for simple solutions very often sound attractive for vast parts of a population, especially after someone has been the victim of a sudden and unexpected attack, as the Manties have been.
I think the current Manty administrations policies are very intelligent. I also think that not everybody will realize - or want to realize - that.
And I think, some serious divisions at home on the political front might do the series good and that's why I brought the whole topic up in the first place
