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their leader met with our leader the other day to negotiate a comprehensive pan-Mediterranean alliance with a united stance on crises requiring the intervention of the military. There is an argument that having the other nation voluntarily bound to us in an alliance might give more legitimacy to our regional objectives, even if it does mean we have to shun the support of larger powers. We should also consider that, unlike us, the other nation actually has quite a positive reputation among the nations of the Balkans and the Mediterranean. They might be able to leverage that favorable reputation into diplomatically winning the support of nations that might otherwise want nothing to do with us. We lie at a crossroads: do we use the olive branch stretched out to us by the other nation and use their pen to sharpen our sword against other great powers, or shall we reach out to the contemptible Teutons and cut down all these smaller powers reaching out to us like trimming weeds in a garden? We alone have the power to decide the fates of the nations of the Balkans - we can save them from German and Russian hegemony, or we can assist these powers and hasten the demise of our neighbors. The choice is ours.