SheepNES: Modern Battlefields: MAIN THREAD

To: The United States of America
From: Denmark

The news about the shooting on Georg Bush has shocked the danish people. USA have been our ally in over 50 years, and our freindship has been a great one.
This is just another example of how important the war against terror is. We must continue to make democracy in Iraq, and try to stop the corrupted terrorists.
From your ally
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
 
OOC: hehe loving all these pre-emptive condolences... Germany will save its for now.
 
From the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair
To the United States of America, White house

We have herd about the attack on the President of U.S.A. and we would like to send our deepest hopes that he is alright. Our two countries have had there differences and even fought it out in war. However we have been good allies as well in giving peace to the world. Our soldiers have fought in many of wars in trying to stop oppression and despair as well as fear and terrorism. We can only hope for the best for the President and for America.

Your ally and friend,
Tony Blair
OOC: This is just me nitpicking, but Tony Blair said he would step down in September 2007. The story is in October 2007. So it really should be from Gordon Brown, not Tony Blair. :p
 
sorry it is hard to tell what mouth we are in. OK the message is from the former Prime Minister Tony Blair. Who is deciding the the date and were is it posted? Is sheep deciding it is October because I am really still in January.
 
sorry it is hard to tell what mouth we are in. OK the message is from the former Prime Minister Tony Blair. Who is deciding the the date and were is it posted? Is sheep deciding it is October because I am really still in January.
It's at the top of Symph's post.

PUBLIC ADDRESS, THE MALL, WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
09:30 AM EST, OCTOBER 31, 2007
 
To USA
From Mexico

We pray and hope that President Bush is still in good health and that the perpetrators of this hideous crime are caught and punished most severely.

We also hope that if something has happened to him that Dick Chaney will honor our deal signed by President Bush.
 
To USA
From Republic of Croatia

We support your war of terror and hope that your warchief will recover.
 
To: United States
From: People's Republic of China

China would like to extend our best wishes to President George W. Bush and we hope that he was unharmed in the attack. THe PRC would like to reaffrim our friendship with the United States, and if the United States needs any help in bring to justice the people or group behind this plot the PRC is more then willing to help our friend the United States.
 
From the Republic of India
To The USA

India hopes that your President is well and that your country will remain a strong and stable nation as it has always. We hope, however, that this tragedy will not be used to bring more.
 
"And may George W. Bush drink the blood of every man, woman and child in Iraq to regain his strength!!!"

Good to see your alive Dis. Are you in the NES?
 
OOC: Actually Sheep was going to try and have someone off GWB either way, so I figured I'd incorporate it into a story.

Considering how easy it was for someone to try and off JFK, RFK, Ford, and Reagan (whether they succeeded or not) I do not think it would be difficult at all for someone to try had they a little bit of common sense.

As for what I intend to do, and what happens to Bush, that's entirely my concern. The rest of you can just wait and find out. :p
 
OOC: Bush's assassination attempt goes perfectly with the 20 year theory. Every single president elected in 1900, 1920, etc. from 1840 to the present, has either died in office, been assassinated, or had an attempt on their life.
 
10 May 2007

The Grand National Assembly elects Abdullatif Sener as the 11th president of Turkey. Although he is a parliamentarian from the governing Justice and Development Party, he gathered enough support from the opposing Republican People's Party and the election session had the minimum two-thirds attendance. He will assume his post on 17 May.

Biography:
Spoiler :
Born in 1954 Yildizeli. Completed primary and secondary education in Sivas. GraduatedAnkara University Faculty of political sciences in 1977. Following various positions in the public sector as a functionary and auditor started academic studies in Bolu University faculty of economics and administrative sciences. Earned his PhD in finance and served as vice-Dean in the same faculty. Earned his associate professor title following a move to Hacettepe University, faculty of economics and administrative sciences. Became Sivas MP as a result ofthe elections in 1991. Served as the ministry of finance in the 54thcabinet between the years1996 and 1997. Has been Sivas Mp for the 19th, 20th, and the 21stparliamentary terms. Has abook and numerous articles and essays published under his name. Married, with 4 children.



Controversies
Spoiler :
Turkish Daily News

7 January 2007

GATHERING STORM

ANKARA – Nobody likes the almost anarchic lack of proper administration of the country around the election times. This year, being a double-election year, is not at all promising. Watching the increasingly hostile statements between the powers at play is not dissimilar to watching a gathering of storm clouds.

First, the presidential elections will be held in May. It is still not clear who will the candidates be, but the widespread assumption is that governing Justice & Development Party will try to consolidate power by nominating, and eventually electing a senior figure among its ranks.

This idea is scorned upon not only by the opposing Republican People’s Party, but also more than half of the citizens, as well as the Army. In 2002, by what political analysts consider an arithmethic accident, JDP gained more than two-thirds of the parliamentary seats with only 34% of the electoral votes. The institution of Presidency in Turkey is viewed as the legal protector of the deep tradition of secularism. The president is elected by the parliament, not popular vote, so JDP’s majority in the parliament means they might determine who will it be. Of course, RPP parliamentarians can postpone the election multiple times by repeatedly not attending it, which will in turn cause early election for the parliament.

If the next president comes from a party with religious roots, such as JDP, things may easily spiral down to a crisis. In that case, some people predict not much will happen, as JDP is not so naïve to take any drastic action that would anger the citizens. Another prediction is that the Constitutional Court will nullify the presidential election, therefore forcing a parliamentary election. In the worst case scenario, some people expect a response from the unofficial-but-actual protectors of secularism: the Army. A coup in Turkey, possibly with popular support, is not out of the ordinary, as there has been one every decade since 1960’s.

To complicate matters further, the parliamentary elections will be in November, with a new election system that removes some of the disadvantage of the smaller parties. A lot of things (several party leaders, EU approval, people’s opinions about JDP, election system) have changed since 2002. And in Turkey no election was predictable in the past couple of decades. This election will be even less so.

As November approaches, public polls will start to give some inkling of the results of November elections. But for now, all eyes are focused on what JDP will do about Presidency.


The first law Sener will review is the "change in election procedures". The widely detested election laws will be modified by this law by converting 100 of the 550 parliamentary seats into national type. These 100 seats will each be decided by 1% of popular vote. This will allow representation of many smaller parties that were not able to get into the parliament under the existing system of 10% limit. The remaining 450 seats will still be available only to parties with more than 10% popular vote.
 
2 November 2007

to USA

The Grand National Assembly of Turkey condemnes the recent assassination attempt on the life of President George W. Bush, and sincerely wishes a quick recovery of his health. This unfortunate incident was yet another evidence that international cooperation against terrorism is a moral obligation for all countries of the world.


to Iraq

We have been watching the conflict in your country with concern, and hope it ends soon.

We would like to bring to your government's attention that PKK, which is recognized as a terrorist organization by UN, EU and Interpol, is still not labeled as such by your govrnment. It is in the interest of our countries' neighborly relations that you take some necessary steps (such as recognizing PKK as terrorists) to prevent the northern part of your country from being a base of operations for regional terrorism that targets Turkey and Iran.
 
4 November 2007

Election Results from Turkey

Justice and Development Party (religious, previous government): 17% - 112 seats (lost votes due to lacking a hardline stance about EU, about Cyprus and also due to the presidential election controversy)

Republican People’s Party (liberal): 19% - 125 seats

Nationalist Movement Party (nationalist): 18% - 118 seats (gained votes due to EU and Cyprus)

Motherland Party (center right): 15% - 99 seats

True Path Party (center right): 12% - 77 seats

Democratic People’s Party (Kurdish): 7% - 7 seats

Others (all kinds): 12% - 12 seats


15 December 2007

After much inter-party deliberations RPP, MP, and TPP reached an agreement on terms for a coalition government. The total number of seats they hold in the parliament is 301, which is 25 more than the 50.2% requirement. Deniz Baykal became the Prime Minister of the 55th government of Turkey.
 
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