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Where we Are; the staging thread
Topic Started: Feb 4 2008, 07:27 AM (453 Views)
Manik
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I doubt we could arm ourselves through "several gun stores", We are going to need military grade equipment issued in hundreds, if not thousands.
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senstarfire
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Sorry for not posting for a bit; very busy. There are a few things I know that are true:
1) The local and international radar is very lax out here, even for white people. That may not be the same in more northern countries, where there are very few whites, and they are much more biased against them. Even locally, however, killings and coups and attacks barely cause a ripple, and internationally, you only hear of the massive genocides, which we are not going out to do, right? :D
2) Corruption is the rule of thumb. Instead of the minority in countries like the US, the corrupt are a majority out here (predominantly blacks, of course, but several whites as well). We could very easily buy our way into the country that we would aim for, and it would be quite cheap if we appear as investors or aid workers.
3) Small arms are not that hard to come by out here, and neither are certain armored transports (older, but thick steel is thick steel). I could buy an AK for less than a hundred dollars, easy. If we do not mind exactly where we get the weapons, a small ground crew can scrounge up arms for really cheap. It would also solve any problem of importing, as the weapons are already out here.
3) This thing needs to bloody well happen. I, as most of you, am sick of living the nightmare of the cesspool of humanity, and am more than willing to hose it down and squeegie it out.

As for anything else you need to know, ask, and I will do my best to find out and deliver.
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Gunnar
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corruption would probably be helpful to us in the early stages but might become a large problem if we manage to get in control. anyone know of good ways to fight corruption? making a anticorruption secret police or something?

also from what ive seen africa is pretty damn corrupt so we will need to do something about that
http://www.transparency.org/policy_researc...ndices/cpi/2007
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senstarfire
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South Africa actually has something like this in place, called the Scorpions. The only problem is, the government undermines them, because the government is above them in power and as corrupt as shit. We need to have a policing force that is equal in power, who's word is law; like the Imperial Inquisition, if anyone is from /tg/. They must also regularly check their own ranks, somehow. Oh yes, South Africa does suck. I know.
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Zebrafish
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A system of checks and balances along with law-enforced open government is important in the end.
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DemonicTruism
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I know this isn't exactly the best bunch of people to raise this with, but has anyone thought that it might already suit America's interests to have a corrupt government in power of EG?

I only ask because the CIA has a rich history of screwing with any ethical looking democracy in any oil rich country in order to produce a more managable authority there.

The possibility that our goals might run counter to a super-power's alarms me. I'm going to look into this further as part of my International Relations degree.


Also, if you haven't already, take up another language - I've taken up Spanish as part of my degree. It will help us assimilate once we arrive and will certainly allay some of the colonial fears once we're entrenched.
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Zebrafish
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The U.S. definitely has more interest in Africa now...

  • African Command (military)
  • the rise of Chinese influence
  • and the oil in West Africa

...and Eq. Guinea is quite friendly with the U.S. However, I think the U.S. would be hard pressed to find a good reason to prop up a corrupt government compared to one that intends to make a better one. I don't know...things change though very quickly.

Other government threats to our plans might be France or Spain (E.U. maybe?), or possibly some West African country like Nigeria or Cameroon. I doubt anyone is going to help them if we move fast enough and keep the situation stable and open.
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Zebrafish
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One more thing: now that we have a target, we need some sort of idea about how we're going to take over.

So far we've got:

1) Set up an aid organization of some type to gain a presence
2) Some kind of invasion
3) ??????
4) PROFIT!

I don't even know if #1 is feasible for us even if we know how to go about setting up an aid organization. But for sure we need to figure out #2... at least some sort of idea on how do go about with an invasion.

Recruiting people is much easier for the "man with a plan" imo.
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DemonicTruism
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I was going to wait until I had a full report for it, but the French Foreign Legion and the African Union are our biggest threats.

Did some talking to a Master of Strategic Studies the other day.
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Zebrafish
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Meh, when an African country falls to a coup, the AU refuses to recognize it's membership status until peace is restored or something as in the case of Mauritania.
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Zebrafish
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Apparently the African Union is more aggressive than I originally thought.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Union...ouan.2C_Comoros
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Montana
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Mar 15 2008, 07:53 AM
Apparently the African Union is more aggressive than I originally thought.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Union...ouan.2C_Comoros

Regarding the AU, they easily pose a larger threat against us when united. This leads to the obvious conclusion that finding ways to convince key players inside the organization to desist from supporting measures against us would be the best way to render it useless. Divide and conquer, no?
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Zebrafish
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Sounds reasonable enough to me. Just for note...Libya is one of their top players imo.
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Montana
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Maybe we should create a separate topic regarding the African Union where we can discuss this further?
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Zebrafish
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Maybe later, I think we're done talking about it at the moment.
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