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Chancellor says "Kalistan is prepared for war"
Sets the record straight on Luthorian Claims
Kaliburg, Grand Duchy of Ananto
July 4, 5736
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Chancellor of the Empire, Lord Johnathan Mickelson, addresses National Assembly
"We stand on a knife's edge," said Chancellor of the Empire, Lord Johnathan Mickelson, who addressed the National Assembly this week regarding ongoing crises with the Empire of Luthori. "Kalistan is prepared for war, but we wonder, is Luthori? Are they really prepared to disrupt their beloved international trade? Are they willing to sacrifice any pretense at being a global leader or the defender of some nonsense liberal concept of International law in favor of their own parochial, expansionistic and extremely militaristic aims? We're not entirely sure they are ready to sacrifice in the manner necessary to defeat our nation on the battlefield. And for this reason, we hold out hope that Luthori will see some reason, before we get to the point where we find out."
The Chancellor added: "But we're not holding our breath. The Empire of Luthori has gone on an aggressively expansionistic tear in our part of the world recently, and it is incumbent upon Kalistan, of all nations, to push back." He detailed a small incident between a Kalistani sub who actually came within range of the Luthorian Carrier Regina on the Mad Dog Ocean. "We have confirmed reports, supported by satellite and navigational data that a single Kalistani submarine of the 2nd Sub Detachment approached the Luthorian Carrier at a range of 10,000 meters of the carrier and announced its presence with a single active sonar ping, announcing its presence in the region and informing the Carrier that it had proceeded far enough."
The Submarine, under the command of Captain Gerald Uvalle used the ping to verify a firing solution to the Carrier, according to the Chancellor, and could have fired upon the carrier, but opted instead to use the opportunity to warn the Carrier of its presence. The Carrier began counter offensive maneuver as sub hunters were dispatched from the main body. The Luthorian Naval units escorting the Carrier located the sub but Kalistani surface units were already enroute, and the Luthorians pulled back. "This could have been the spark to set a conflagration ablaze," said Mickelson, "but I will say, both sides wisely decided to telephone commanders and then disengage." The Chancellor noted that Luthorian naval forces had hit several Kalistani submarine screens in a similar fashion in the previous week and a half.
"All it takes is one jumpy seaman who is running 24 hour operations at a radar station," said the Chancellor. "All it takes is one mistake and this thing blows up and very rapidly gets out of control. But Kalistan will not surrender its legitimate security interests in the Anantonese Ocean. Its not bluster to say that while our diplomats scramble to find some solution, there is not a lot of patience left in either government for this increased tension. Something will give sooner, at this rate, and we could very quickly end up in a shooting war that becomes incredibly disruptive to the interests of many nations, not just Kalistan and Luthori. And to be honest, disrupting global trade through the Mad Dog and Anantonese is a price Kalistan is willing to pay, to ensure that our security remains in tact."
The Chancellor then addressed several falsehoods in recent Luthorian Statements: "We are not entirely sure what Luthori felt the need to defend Mordusia against: Kalistanis and Mordusians were beginning to cooperate and had been working for a decade to repair our long strained relations. We were having success at it as well, and were proud of the work we have done on that front. We were working to cooperate with Mordusia within the Schismatic sea, actually. But Luthori saw that as Kalistan being aggressive toward Mordusia? It sounds to us like Luthori brought a solution to a problem that didn't exist, and then created the problem to justify a need for their solution."
Claiming that a carrier group is in any way a defensive organization is itself laughable, said the Chancellor. "Sea based airplanes are brought to provide air cover for an advancing force. Land based aircraft can only provide aircover just so far out to sea. Luthorian and Mordusian air on station in Mordusia was never a threat to Bentasur, and therefore Kalistan could easily view them as defensive in nature. Even the Mordusian coastal forces, when staying toward Mordusia, were seen as defensive. We had strategic and tactical stability in the region. But the arrival of an aircraft carrier group destabilizes the region for Kalistan. It puts Luthorian air in easy range of not only Bentasur, but also Yoshimi and Sulari, our nation's largest population center and industrial heartland. They could theoretically arrive before we can bring enough ships to the area to effectively counter them. The arrival of that aircraft carrier in our region, especially when being operated by an aggressive, expansionistic power like Luthori, raises all of the red flags for Kalistan, and its continued operation in the Schismatic Sea is not something we can tollerate."
The Chancellor suggested people consider Luthori's response if Kalistan moved an aircraft carrier group into the Artanian Sea. "Can you imagine how many Luthorians would start their hair on fire over something like that? Why? Because they would know that we were only there to either extort or attack. There would be no other reason for us to be there. We would bring a floating airbase to Luthori to use it, on Luthori. They wouldn't tolerate it. Why then should we be expected to? That's utterly ridiculous and smacks of Great Power politics of the World Congress era. Which Kalistan has always categorically rejected on its face."
The Chancellor concluded with the comment, "Kalistan is prepared to go to war. Kalistan is prepared to start the entire Anantonese Ocean on fire, and burn Kalistan rather than permit that Aircraft carrier group to remain in range of Bentasur. We don't particularly care what reason Luthori gives for putting it there. That's their business, not ours. But if it is to be war, it will be fierce, and it will be bloody. And any gains Luthori makes from a war will be pyrrhic at best. We cannot promise that we will win, but we can promise that it will be far more costly for Luthori than if they had just left us alone."
The KalSiE was sharply down on the Chancellor's words, losing 4.2% this week, and down 16.3% for the year. While the stock market is not the economy, and there are several guardrails in our economy to prevent livelihoods from depending on the performance of stock, Investors are screaming for a solution to this crisis. The one shining star in the KalSiE is Oil futures, which, while Kalistan doesn't sell oil itself, are sharply up, due to disruptions in supply out of Northern Keris and increased cost of shipping insurance in the region. The news about the stock market in Kalistan does not affect war preparations, however, which appear to be steaming forward at full tilt.
The Chancellor added: "But we're not holding our breath. The Empire of Luthori has gone on an aggressively expansionistic tear in our part of the world recently, and it is incumbent upon Kalistan, of all nations, to push back." He detailed a small incident between a Kalistani sub who actually came within range of the Luthorian Carrier Regina on the Mad Dog Ocean. "We have confirmed reports, supported by satellite and navigational data that a single Kalistani submarine of the 2nd Sub Detachment approached the Luthorian Carrier at a range of 10,000 meters of the carrier and announced its presence with a single active sonar ping, announcing its presence in the region and informing the Carrier that it had proceeded far enough."
The Submarine, under the command of Captain Gerald Uvalle used the ping to verify a firing solution to the Carrier, according to the Chancellor, and could have fired upon the carrier, but opted instead to use the opportunity to warn the Carrier of its presence. The Carrier began counter offensive maneuver as sub hunters were dispatched from the main body. The Luthorian Naval units escorting the Carrier located the sub but Kalistani surface units were already enroute, and the Luthorians pulled back. "This could have been the spark to set a conflagration ablaze," said Mickelson, "but I will say, both sides wisely decided to telephone commanders and then disengage." The Chancellor noted that Luthorian naval forces had hit several Kalistani submarine screens in a similar fashion in the previous week and a half.
"All it takes is one jumpy seaman who is running 24 hour operations at a radar station," said the Chancellor. "All it takes is one mistake and this thing blows up and very rapidly gets out of control. But Kalistan will not surrender its legitimate security interests in the Anantonese Ocean. Its not bluster to say that while our diplomats scramble to find some solution, there is not a lot of patience left in either government for this increased tension. Something will give sooner, at this rate, and we could very quickly end up in a shooting war that becomes incredibly disruptive to the interests of many nations, not just Kalistan and Luthori. And to be honest, disrupting global trade through the Mad Dog and Anantonese is a price Kalistan is willing to pay, to ensure that our security remains in tact."
The Chancellor then addressed several falsehoods in recent Luthorian Statements: "We are not entirely sure what Luthori felt the need to defend Mordusia against: Kalistanis and Mordusians were beginning to cooperate and had been working for a decade to repair our long strained relations. We were having success at it as well, and were proud of the work we have done on that front. We were working to cooperate with Mordusia within the Schismatic sea, actually. But Luthori saw that as Kalistan being aggressive toward Mordusia? It sounds to us like Luthori brought a solution to a problem that didn't exist, and then created the problem to justify a need for their solution."
Claiming that a carrier group is in any way a defensive organization is itself laughable, said the Chancellor. "Sea based airplanes are brought to provide air cover for an advancing force. Land based aircraft can only provide aircover just so far out to sea. Luthorian and Mordusian air on station in Mordusia was never a threat to Bentasur, and therefore Kalistan could easily view them as defensive in nature. Even the Mordusian coastal forces, when staying toward Mordusia, were seen as defensive. We had strategic and tactical stability in the region. But the arrival of an aircraft carrier group destabilizes the region for Kalistan. It puts Luthorian air in easy range of not only Bentasur, but also Yoshimi and Sulari, our nation's largest population center and industrial heartland. They could theoretically arrive before we can bring enough ships to the area to effectively counter them. The arrival of that aircraft carrier in our region, especially when being operated by an aggressive, expansionistic power like Luthori, raises all of the red flags for Kalistan, and its continued operation in the Schismatic Sea is not something we can tollerate."
The Chancellor suggested people consider Luthori's response if Kalistan moved an aircraft carrier group into the Artanian Sea. "Can you imagine how many Luthorians would start their hair on fire over something like that? Why? Because they would know that we were only there to either extort or attack. There would be no other reason for us to be there. We would bring a floating airbase to Luthori to use it, on Luthori. They wouldn't tolerate it. Why then should we be expected to? That's utterly ridiculous and smacks of Great Power politics of the World Congress era. Which Kalistan has always categorically rejected on its face."
The Chancellor concluded with the comment, "Kalistan is prepared to go to war. Kalistan is prepared to start the entire Anantonese Ocean on fire, and burn Kalistan rather than permit that Aircraft carrier group to remain in range of Bentasur. We don't particularly care what reason Luthori gives for putting it there. That's their business, not ours. But if it is to be war, it will be fierce, and it will be bloody. And any gains Luthori makes from a war will be pyrrhic at best. We cannot promise that we will win, but we can promise that it will be far more costly for Luthori than if they had just left us alone."
The KalSiE was sharply down on the Chancellor's words, losing 4.2% this week, and down 16.3% for the year. While the stock market is not the economy, and there are several guardrails in our economy to prevent livelihoods from depending on the performance of stock, Investors are screaming for a solution to this crisis. The one shining star in the KalSiE is Oil futures, which, while Kalistan doesn't sell oil itself, are sharply up, due to disruptions in supply out of Northern Keris and increased cost of shipping insurance in the region. The news about the stock market in Kalistan does not affect war preparations, however, which appear to be steaming forward at full tilt.
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