Elara Pallas,
Political Correspondent for the Aetira City Times
Standing in Oskioripoli had been a thought she had over a month ago when the violence was reaching its apex. The Union had launched a full scale military invasion of the Fornirian side of the city, ending the peace that had been established many years prior. Elara had been called into her editor's office within an hour of the news breaking on the international stage. The discussion had been about what she thought the end game was. The violence seemed to be relatively contained to the city but there were skirmishes along the border. It seemed the Union had caught the Fornirians off guard but had also not been totally prepared for any kind of substantial counterattack.
Some time had passed and the public in Parthenopias was clear in their desire to remain out of the conflict in all capacities. The Parthenopian government had held many conversations within itself and some with the other members of the AU. Within Parthenopias the consensus was clear, nothing was to be done unless the conflict widened or threatened to spread beyond the pair of nations. Many in the ruling coalition had wanted sanctions to be placed on the Union for their aggression but others noted that it would have led to an unfair and potentially damaging situation between the two. In the end the government simply protested the violence but nothing more.
The reporter from Nostrasia was wearing rather ridiculous clothing, then again they were a rather backwards people. The question had been posed to the Fornirians and the response by their PM was passionate but certainly inappropriate. An outburst like that in front of the international press, not to mention their enemies, was certainly something that begged the question of how stable his temper was. According to the layout of this press conference the next question was to be asked to the Union. Elara thought of one and immediately raised her hand winning the shouting contest that always accompanied press conferences back in Parthenopias. "Executive Administrator Petrov, I'm Elara Pallas from the Aetira City Times. Following many years of relative peace between your two nations, why was it decided to send an armed force into the city to seize it? Was it considered that this could lead to a large scale conflict that would topple the newly established Union government?" Elara said waiting to take down his response.