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Greetings, dear friends, foes and allies!
It’s been almost a month since I wrote anything in this newspaper, as well as I never wrote anything in English (besides my in-game nick), but it’s about time to give this a little change.
First of all, I would like to thank and congratulate all of those involved in the process of deleting Spain. When I was elected President of Portugal, it was unthinkable that a country like ours could defeat them. However, during the time I was ruling the country, a lot has changed, making it possible to simply walk through the Spanish territory with ease. Special thanks to ALPHA (especially
dr love and 
Speedy , it couldn’t have been possible without you 2) for the strategical moves involved in the Ibero-American War (yes, because this war included Brazil and Mexico too, the latter tried 1 RW).
On a special note to the Spanish people, instead of taking the blame on ALPHA or on Poland, blame yourselves.After conquering Galicia, Portugal was weak and you could have hit us hard. Instead, in mindless panic, you decided to attack Brazil, making the process of deleting you a whole lot easier. For the mindless move on Brazil; taking a trip on South America; creating RW’s just to slow down allies; sacrificing your Q1 Defense Systems; and taking Brazil as a bigger priority instead of Portugal, I have no choice but to say that Jesser is a terrible strategist, and he lead you to your doom. Well, by the way, were you surprised Portugal attacked you? I was planning this ever since I became a candidate for presidency! Mission is accomplished!
With this accomplishment though, I now have no motivation in politics anymore. I wanted to become the CP only to conquer Spain. It has been my main motivation for a few weeks now. My main drive started when I saw a youngster player suggesting we’d attack Spain on an article. That article would be harassed by spanish veterans, claiming Portugal wouldn’t stand a chance and openly mocking the newbie. When Poland left ALPHA and signed a NAP, it was the right time. The leader of SAS, kghan spoke to me about taking revenge on Spain, and my Government talked with ALPHA. Adding more, kghan was right. Poland was the main power of The Musketeers. This powerful country saved you during numerous battles. Since Poland started to suffer some pressure, they needed a break. Suddenly, you stopped treating them like a savior, and then you started treating them like a scapegoat to all your problems. That is why I cannot respect The Musketeers, and specially Spain. After Poland left, we could all see your great strategical skills, filled with mistakes I already pointed out above. There’s still something positive to take from all this. People learn with mistakes they make, and Spain will learn that too. If I was a congressman in Spain, I would have already impeach Jesser for his poor strategical skills and put someone else who can actually lead a country in a war.
Better organization comes after learning from mistakes, so perhaps you’ll get your territories back. Or even better, start to openly discuss bargains with enemy countries, you should learn that too.
By the way, we should all treat Tercio Viejo with respect! I love you guys, specially when you raise the wall to the sky in one round and then do absolutely nothing at the other ones! Love you, honestly!
So... this is all I have to say at the moment. I know some haters will throw in their BS about Lithuania in ALPHA, but they should look at Bulgaria, Turkey and Russia (yes, I know Bulgaria is about to lose them in Greece), as these don’t quite have the same firepower, yet they have bonuses. As I hinted above, an entire alliance shouldn’t be dependent on only 1 country, everyone has limits.
Everything I did was both for my country and ALPHA, but perhaps, it’s time to come to an end. The main objective was done, and I should entrust the task of leading the country to someone else, give a spot to someone new. This also applies to all 3 of you,
IRONWILL , 
emadureira and 
danielsampaio . Give a chance to others, no one’s truly prepared for President, but they’ll know at the spot if they’re good or not. Well, this is it. I wish there was something more to say, but I think I said pretty much everything. Well, Portugal, ALPHA and everyone else, see you around!! o7
CP of Portugal,
Mark Stray
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