Eternity RPC Board
06-18-2017, 07:58 PM
Richard Wood Johnson - NL
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Assembly, I don't know what more can be said on this topic that hasn't already been said many times elsewhere, but for the record, we will make the case here.
Nyland's military hardware is decades past its prime, and long in need of modernization. Even since the days of President Karlsson, politicians of all stripes have been espousing the need for a stronger, modern, robust military to meet today's threats, and today those threats are more pronounced than when these arguments were first heard. Tambossa was a prime example of the limits of a small self-defense military force, where our nation's entire military force was mobilized to deal with rogues on our doorstep, and yet that was barely enough to get the job done.
What, then, can we do against a properly trained and equipped military led by any of the countless ideologies around the world that seek to see Nyland, and our democratic ideals, torn down and destroyed? How can we make lasting, binding, serious agreements with our partners and thwart untoward regimes from committing atrocious acts against others and ourselves, from acting against our interests, if we can barely manage a lesser group within our own neighborhood?
To defend our country and our democratic ideals, we must be able to back up our bark with our bite. Currently, we've been muzzled by an as-yet unwillingness to shoulder the costs such a sweeping transformation would take. We've already poured hundreds of billions of Dinar into the development of new training and new technology, and this bill takes us that one further step to building Nyland's military into a force which can truly compete and defend against the global threats that threaten us. It is not a fast process, but it is a necessary one, and where Nyland will see benefits for decades to come.
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Assembly, I don't know what more can be said on this topic that hasn't already been said many times elsewhere, but for the record, we will make the case here.
Nyland's military hardware is decades past its prime, and long in need of modernization. Even since the days of President Karlsson, politicians of all stripes have been espousing the need for a stronger, modern, robust military to meet today's threats, and today those threats are more pronounced than when these arguments were first heard. Tambossa was a prime example of the limits of a small self-defense military force, where our nation's entire military force was mobilized to deal with rogues on our doorstep, and yet that was barely enough to get the job done.
What, then, can we do against a properly trained and equipped military led by any of the countless ideologies around the world that seek to see Nyland, and our democratic ideals, torn down and destroyed? How can we make lasting, binding, serious agreements with our partners and thwart untoward regimes from committing atrocious acts against others and ourselves, from acting against our interests, if we can barely manage a lesser group within our own neighborhood?
To defend our country and our democratic ideals, we must be able to back up our bark with our bite. Currently, we've been muzzled by an as-yet unwillingness to shoulder the costs such a sweeping transformation would take. We've already poured hundreds of billions of Dinar into the development of new training and new technology, and this bill takes us that one further step to building Nyland's military into a force which can truly compete and defend against the global threats that threaten us. It is not a fast process, but it is a necessary one, and where Nyland will see benefits for decades to come.