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Post by TheRomanSlayer on Apr 19, 2021 20:47:09 GMT
Yeah, and their fates of TTL might be worse than their OTL counterpart, who was mysteriously killed on Boxing Day. The fact that these are foreigners who would essentially become Tadiar’s Janissaries is a hell lot worse. Speaking of Janissaries, I bet Tadiar would hire any American, Australian, Rhodesian, and South African mercenaries to do his bidding against the NPAs. South Africans, most of them would have gone to Russia, America, and Australia. We will have another South Africa-centric update soon, but we could also expect a lot of Westerners offering their service to Tadiar. Well, the extremely corrupt ones, anyways. |
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Post by TheRomanSlayer on Apr 21, 2021 4:47:02 GMT
Chapter Fifty-Five: Collateral Damage in a Nutshell
OAXACA WRACKED BY TERRORIST ATTACK! PRESIDENT DE CEVALLOS KILLED IN OAXACA WHILE TOURING THE COUNTRY BY PEOPLE'S REVOLUTIONARY ARMY PERSONNEL, GENERAL CHAPARRO TO DECLARE NATIONWIDE STATE OF EMERGENCY
Dallas Morning Tribune
April 30, 1997
 Members of the notorious Popular Revolutionary Army attend a training session before they were sent to fight the incoming offensive by Mexican government forces.(Mazunte, OAXACA PROVINCE) - Mexican officials have confirmed the reports that President Diego Fernandez de Cevallos was among the 13 victims who were killed in the Mazunte car bombing incident. De Cevallos, who has acquired a reputation for brutality and ruthlessness during the years that he was in office, had presided over the increasing amount of human rights violations committed by the Mexican military. The leadership of the Popular Revolutionary Army have claimed responsibility for the attack, while their allies in the Zapatista movement have also praised their attack on the President. In addition, the growing strength of the Popular Revolutionary Army has also caused a panic within the Mexican drug cartels, whose reliance on paramilitary forces hired by the cartels, have been questionable as of late, with defections to the EPR a constant reminder of their inability to rein in the chaos."The death of the reactionary fascist Diego Fernandez de Cevallos is just the beginning. Soon, we will liberate all of Mexico from the fascists and the American running dogs who have oppressed the people for far too long," EPR leader Edmundo Reyes announced over a radio broadcast. "In addition, the time to carry out retaliatory attacks on the other fascists based in Santiago and Manila have come. We will give the Ruiz-Tagle and Tadiar dictatorships the taste of their own medicine!"As Defense Minister, General Mario Chaparro has declared martial law in response to the assassination on the president, and has also deployed much of Mexico's other paramilitary forces to help their military counterparts in keeping order to the country. In addition, he has also given orders for all non-essential travel to cancel their trips, including post-secondary students who are planning a spring break vacation in the country, while simultaneously ordering all tourism hotspots to shut down their business. Although not much of the Mexican public has complained about the increased amount of restrictions imposed on their lives just yet, there are fears that General Chaparro might seize power and cancel any future presidential elections that Mexico will have to hold, to elect a new President. Meanwhile, US President Jack Kemp has reached out to General Chaparro, offering military assistance to his caretaker government."The United States government is prepared to send military supplies, equipment, and if needed, active soldiers to help the Mexican government restore order and stability to the country," President Kemp announces in front of the media. "The stability of Mexico is in the best interest of the United States, and as we have seen so far in the world, there are places where instability reigns. We need to be more proactive, and assertive in our right to restore balance and stability in the world."--- UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL HOLDS MEETING OVER INSTABILITY IN IRAQ, RUSSIA AND US OFFERS TO DEPLOY TROOPS ON PEACEKEEPING MISSION
Washington Post
May 3, 1997
 US troops assemble from their base in Saudi Arabia, as they are being deployed on a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Iraq, the first time that US troops will intervene under a UN mandate, while working alongside Russian forces also sent to the region under the same UN mandate.(New York City) - An emergency session was held within the United Nations, as the situation in Iraq had descended into chaos, with the unexpected assassination of Saddam Hussein by one of his disgruntled bodyguards resulting in a power struggle that threatens to rip the country apart. In addition, the Kurdish uprising throughout the whole Middle East had the unintended result of forcing the Syrian dictatorship of Hafez al-Assad to approach the Russian government for help with the possible relocation of the Syrian Kurdish minority, which wanted to declare the independence of Rojava (a Syrian province held by the Syrian Kurdish minority) and to join Iraqi Kurdistan, only for President Burbulis to rebuke the Assad government on its plans to ethnically cleanse Rojava of the Kurdish minority there. As a result, President Burbulis suggested a summit in the Russian city of Astrakhan on the Kurdish crisis, inviting the Turkish, Iranian, and Syrian governments to meet with their Kurdish minority representatives on a plan, only for those governments to reject it outright. The Security Council authorized a peacekeeping mission to take place in Iraq, which will consist of Russian, American, Ethiopian, Indian, Dominican, Australian, and Canadian troops, under the leadership of Canadian general Romeo Dallaire.
"The honor and the integrity of the UN peacekeeper must be upheld, after the debacle in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region had resulted in other nations questioning the impartiality of the UN peacekeeping forces," said Dallaire, referencing the controversy that surrounded the UNAACP forces, and the scandals that erupted because of it, with AWOLGate being one of them. "As UN Commander of the newly established United Nations Security Forces in Iraq, I will impost strict standards to ensure that no scandal will break out."
In addition to Romeo Dallaire, notable US Marine Corps officer and former Vietnam and Nicaragua War veteran Paul Van Riper will also accompany General Dallaire to Iraq, but Russia will send former National Redemption Army veteran officer Gennady Yakovlev to assist his American and Canadian colleagues. Lt. General Yakovlev, one of the few officers who worked with both Alexander Lebed and Leonid Khabarov, has been instrumental during the rarely unheard of Moldovan theater of the Second Russian Civil War, when his army aided both anti-Soviet Moldovan rebels and Romanian volunteers in fighting against the mainly pro-Soviet loyalist forces entrenched in Transnistria. In addition, Australian General Peter Cosgrove will be placed in charge of upholding peace in the Iraqi Kurdistan region, while Lt. General Chandra Shekhar will work with General Dallaire in keeping the peace in the Iraqi areas west of the Tigris River (except for areas under the control of Iraqi Kurdistan), while Generals Van Riper and Yakovlev will keep the peace on the right bank of the Tigris.
--- ARMENIAN PRESIDENT MANUKYAN VISITS CHINA IN RARE CEREMONY DOMINATED BY AMBITIONS OF CLOSER SINO-ARMENIAN RELATIONS, PAN-TURKIST THREAT ONE OF THE MAIN DISCUSSIONS
North China Herald
October 1, 1997(Beijing) - Armenia's President Vazgen Manukyan had paid a visit to the Chinese capital, in time for the celebration of the foundation of the People's Republic of China. Although the invitation issued to the Armenian government was on short notice, Premier Jiang Zemin was insistent on President Manukyan's visit, since the issue of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang and the Azerbaijani presence in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region have merged into a single threat of Pan-Turkism, which endangers both nations. In addition, the Armenian government is poised to sign a 100 year lease on the former Soviet military base in Gyumri, which was vacated by the Soviet Red Army after the Second Russian Civil War was over, while simultaneously building a new military base that will be used by both Russian and Georgian forces in Kutaisi, close to the Georgian capital, as well as a military alliance and treaty that will allow the People's Liberation Army to train the Armenian Army in both Armenia and China. Top military officers of the Armenian military have accompanied President Manukyan to Beijing, to meet with their PLA counterparts, as well as to attend the military parade.
"When the world abandoned us in Nagorno-Karabakh, only China stood up for Armenian territorial ambitions. The Pan-Turkic menace that threatens both Xinjiang and the historic Armenian province of Artsakh is a security threat to us both," President Manukyan said during a historic address in the National People's Congress. "We appreciate China's assistance to Armenia, and in return, the Armenian state will become the guarantor of Chinese economic and strategic interest in the Caucasus."
The possible presence of the People's Liberation Army in the Caucasus is a major game changer, mainly because the region had historically been contested by three great powers: Russia, Turkey, and Iran. In addition, Western corporate interests have kept an eye on the Caucasus for its mineral resources needed to fuel their profit making machines, and because its close proximity to Russia would have allowed non-traditional powers to exercise their influence in there. However, the Turkish government has raised alarms at the potential conflict brewing in the Caucasus between their military and that of Armenia's, and even more so, the prospect of China getting involved in a war in a region far from home. Still, the fraternal Armenian people have requested the benevolent intervention of China for their problems, which we will gladly give.
--- Excerpts from the documentary "To Fight Your Way into Democracy: The Tragic Tale of Burma After Socialism"
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, released on May 25, 2016"By the time China's military began to intervene in the escalating crisis inside Burma, many factions who were fighting the Tatmadaw had turned against each other, once they saw the ineffectiveness of the Burmese military. The increasing instability on part of the anti-junta groups had forced the Chinese military to deploy its soldiers, as early sa 1995, on the side of the Northern Alliance and the Federal Union Army, which had been fighting alongside the Reformed Tatmadaw. At the same time, China hosted the Free Myanmar Summit, where representatives of the coalition groups fighting the Burmese loyalist government had met in the Chinese city of Chengdu, to hash out plans for a post-civil war Burmese government. When it became apparent that federalism was still on the agenda, the main proposal arising from the desire for federalism is the attempts to revive the Panglong Agreement. The Panglong Agreement was a proposed deal between Myanmar's Bamar ethnic majority and the various ethnic minorities, where each ethnic minority will have an option of declaring independence from Myanmar if they were unsatisfied with the central government. However, the premature death of the late Aung San Suu Kyi's father, Aung San, had resulted in said agreement not being honored. With talks of reviving and revising the long dead Panglong Agreement on the agenda, the negotiations would continue between December of 1995, until the beginning of January of 1996, when all representatives will agree on a new constitution for the newly proclaimed Federal Republic of Myanmar. The new Burmese constitution would be based on the Chinese constitution, minus the references to communism, and the new Burmese legislature would retain the bicameral structure, although in 2002, there were calls for the introduction of a tricameral structure to the Burmese legislature, and a kind of federalist system that was introduced by Artemio Tadiar's dictatorship in the Philippines.
The loyalist junta found itself losing more support from the people, as the decrease in food supplies, combined with the worsening Burmese Kyat, had resulted in more riots, forcing the loyalist Tatmadaw to deploy its soldiers to quell the uprising. The revolts were successfully quelled, only for a couple of months, until the Northern Alliance, the Federal Union Army, and the Reformed Tatmadaw, would unite and launch an invasion from their temporary base in the Chinese border town of Mangwa, backed by the People's Liberation Army Air Force, which provided the air power, allowing the three coalition forces to sweep the loyalist junta aside. Within two months, starting in January of 1996, until March of 1996, the loyalist junta fought a losing battle, where, against all odds, they still managed to keep the three coalition forces at bay, even defeating them in a single day battle outside Mandalay, until military hardware became an issue, as the loyalist junta faced numerous mutinies and defections from within their ranks. Unlike the Second Russian Civil War, the Burmese loyalist junta did not retreat to any part of the country where there was still loyalist sentiment, but five Burmese officers would flee from the country: Than Shwe, Khin Nyunt, Soe Win, Thein Sein, and Min Aung Hlaing. All of these officers would arrive, curiously enough, in the Philippines, where Artemio Tadiar welcomed them with open arms, despite their ideological differences. Although Tadiar's junta had already been bolstered in terms of officer and soldier training by the Chilean graduates of the notorious School of the Americas, the presence of the former Burmese loyalist junta officers in the Philippines would become one of the most controversial issues in the diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Myanmar. However, Tadiar was unable to send volunteers willing to fight the insurgent forces due to the Chinese bombing. Still, he did not establish official diplomatic relations with Myanmar until 2007, when the Tadiar regime would start sponsoring a Burmese government-in-exile, based in Cebu City, consisting of leftover loyalists from the old junta, as they saw the government of the Federal Republic of Myanmar as puppets of Beijing."--- Excerpts from "When Civilizations Collide: America in the Age of Rogue Generals"
By: Paul Manafort
Simon and Schuster, published 2019
Chapter Six: Is This Election Interference?I was relieved to see Jack Kemp take his Oath as the new President of the United States, and the inauguration went off smoothly. Well, there were some definitions of the term 'smoothly', but if you ask one of the Democrats who still loved Jesse Jackson, they watched with a certain amount of sadness, as they saw a Republican revival at their expense. Not only that, but I could thank Ross Perot for his courageous decision to step aside and support President Kemp, although he only did it so he could run for Governor of Texas next year. I forgot that Texas is holding a gubernatorial election next year, and from what I heard, it seems that Papa Bush's son is possibly going to lose the gubernatorial election, to whoever becomes the next governor. At the same time, Mr. Perot's founding of the Texas Conservative Party became popular with the more traditionalist-minded Texans who were bored with George W. Bush's rhetoric and policies, and his promise to restore Texan confidence was a huge hit with the Texan public that found itself facing a major challenge to their economy, as demand for Texan oil started to decline, and California's economy had started to overtake that of Texas's economy, mainly thanks to infrastructure upgrades, and other construction projects.
I was not appointed to any post within the Kemp administration, although the President wanted me to remain with the CIA, in case they needed anything from them. It was around this time that 'Mistress' and 'Racoon' had started to mention me to the other Corsairs, as a 'person of great interest', although to the Corsairs, 'person of great interest' would mean a future recruit into their faction. The Cowboys tried to recruit me as well, but I am a more adventurous kind of guy. I was not doing much anything, until one day in February, when President Kemp summoned me into his office. I was nervous at what will happen to me, since I did not have any administrative connections to the White House. When I entered the Oval Office, not only were the President and Vice President present inside the office, but I saw John McCain standing beside the desk where President Kemp say, and to my surprise, Oliver North himself was standing beside Vice President Lamar Alexander.
"Mr. Manafort, if you could please sit down on that chair in front of me," President Kemp told me as I sat down. To be honest, I did not feel comfortable with the Inquisition-like standoff, but the President merely sighed. "I have a lot of work to do, cleaning up the mess that President Jackson left for us. From deploying troops to Iraq under a UN mandate, to helping the Mexicans stabilize their country, and of course, what is happening in the Asia-Pacific region, I have a great need for your services."
"Mr. President, I have no posting here in Washington. As far as I am concerned, I am practically useless here," I told them.
Mr. McCain nodded in agreement. "We know too well, which is why we had to talk to your superiors within the CIA."
"What did Mr. Tenet told you?" I asked suspiciously. Even though I was an informal affiliate with the CIA, I did not like where this was going.
"He told us that you have the capability to advance far within the CIA. Your background as a lawyer will prove to be valuable to the CIA." President Kemp handed me a folder, containing my new assignment, or whatever it is. "You will become our eyes and ears in the Asia-Pacific region, but you will not be posted in the Philippines. Instead, you will work in Japan, where you will scout the Japanese political elite for any valuable allies who wished to oppose Chinese regional ambitions."
I smiled and looked at the folder. "I could get used to this kind of thing." I paused for a minute and looked at Mr. McCain. "Mr. McCain, if I may?"
"What is it, Paul?" Mr. McCain asked me.
"In addition to my assignment, there is one more request that I need to make to the President, and to yourself. Mr. McCain, can you please persuade Thomas J. Barrack Jr. to start investing in real estate in Texas, California, Oregon, Washington State, and possibly Alaska? We will need to build a lot of houses to shelter the workers, and the new immigrants who might be willing to live here. I hear that the Bay Area is getting a huge remodeling after the Loma Prieta Earthquake," I suggested, to which Mr. McCain laughed lightly.
"More houses? I can see that happening." Mr. McCain grinned. I turned to President Kemp and signed the paper inside the foldner, before giving it to him, but he held up his hand.
"That is yours to keep, but do not lose it," President Kemp told me. "Also, I will have Steve Bannon accompany you to Japan as well. Make sure that the right candidate is selected, but do not make it so that the chosen candidate is seen as a puppet. The last thing we need is for the Japanese public to shout to the world that we interfered in their elections."
"Will do. Excuse me, gentlemen." I got up from my chair and started to walk out.
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The flight to Tokyo was uneventful, although I am grateful that I did not end up like Larry MacDonald, who died on that tragic KAL Flight 007 that was destroyed over Soviet airspace. By the time I arrived in Tokyo, I was surprised to see a rather unfamiliar face who approached me from behind. We shook hands and went into the terminal, where a taxi was waiting for us. The fellow who greeted me was clean shaved, and he carried a large baggage, in addition to his small suitcase on his hand. We didn't talk at all, until we reached the Hotel Metropolitan in the center of Tokyo. We paid the taxi our fare, and only when we arrived inside the hotel, did the stranger who rode with me introduced himself.
"I'm Steve Bannon, and I was assigned by the President to be your assistant in whatever it is you are told to do here in Japan," the stranger told me.
"Paul Manafort, at your service. Say, what will you be doing while you're with me in Japan?" I asked back.
Steve opened his own suitcase, and handed me a piece of paper with some information on it. I was surprised to see that in addition to his newly established political consultant firm, he was also tasked with negotiating with the Japanese government on establishing Bannon and Co.'s local branch. I am satisfied though, with the new political consultant firm that he created, which was aptly named Breitbart Consulting Ltd.
"By the way, Breitbart Consulting Ltd. is looking for new people to come and work for me. In addition, there was a racoon owned by a coffee plantation mistress that wanted to send a bird," Steve told me, but I did not understand it at first. Only after we finished with the check-in, did I turned to face him. "What is it?"
"Racoon and Mistress. You know them?" I asked suspiciously.
"A bit, but I know the name of the man who goes by the call sign 'Compass', and you already met him back in DC." My eyes widened as I did not realize that 'Compass' was probably the name that Oliver North used. "Yes, I am an affiliate with the Corsairs, but not a part of the CIA itself. You don't need to worry about that."
"I see. What are you really doing here then? I'm sure that President Kemp is not just giving us a task with finding a suitable man that could become a major ally of the United States, but someone who could act as a regional policeman in this region," I told him sternly.
Steve sighed in resignation. "Yes, that is what we are supposed to be doing. To be honest, President Kemp told us to keep an eye on certain.....unsavory....characters within the Japanese nationalist movement, and within the government itself."
"Who do you have in mind that we could promote as a viable candidate for the so-called 'regional policeman'?" I asked back. Steve looked at me in the eye and smirked.
"Toshio Tamogami."
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gillan1220
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Post by gillan1220 on Apr 21, 2021 7:16:18 GMT
Would the Balangiga Bells be returned here earlier in this timeline? I'm sure Tadiar would make some friendly requests to Kemp about that. If that were to occur, then we could see Tadiar becoming a bit more popular with the more mildly anti-American radicals who have a beef with the US, though most likely we would see it happen during Loren Legarda’s presidency, just so Tadiar wouldn’t be overly praised. Imagine the Balangiga bells being blessed by the Tadiar-controlled Philippine Independent Traditionalist Catholic Church, that would be a huge propaganda boost. I'm interested to see what happens to the bells here, so it could either arrive in 2017 (one year earlier than OTL) or 2019 (one year late than OTL). The next question is how would Tadiar deal with the 2006 Leyte Landslide, the 2008 Typhoon Frank (although judging by the butterflies, M/V Princess of the Stars may be at a different location so does Sulipicio Lines won't be infamous as they today), the Typhoon Ondoy in 2009, the 2013 Bohol Earthquake, and Typhoon Haiyan. Plus, I'm sure COVID-19 won't emerge in this timeline. |
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Post by simeon on Apr 21, 2021 23:36:56 GMT
Will there be a Jeepney ban? Not when you have your hands full with other things already; and besides, much of the people would still have lived in Yolanda-style housing for the better part of the decade after the bombing, since rebuilding, let alone reforming Namayan would not happen in a day, no matter how much experienced they are in being a bureaucrat in their warrior-bureaucrat role they styled themselves in. You can't even improve the resulting slums like how they did in OTL Capetown since 1) they don't have the funds to do so and 2) there's not much products being sold anyways. One scenario I could think of is that Sarao, along with other local manufacturers, will be retooled rather forcibly so that it can contribute for expansion and higher quotas. They are neither the most innovative nor dymamic of the bunch out there, but hey at least there's the Japanese to help, right? If (or once) its owners proved to be too pigheaded for Tadiar's liking though, then they can forcibly close the whole firm altogether and force its workers to work for the Japanese firms, which for me is likelier to happen. Either way, they could still find a niche in rural logistics in both passenger and light freight, as long as they could prove to be cheaper and more reliable than their competitors, especially from the Japanese who would eventually set up shop in the country. |
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