Re: Manga No. 9 /season 1 and SPOILERS! (same ones already spoiled)
Michael Mikulis (mmikulis@hotmail.com)
Tue, 19 Oct 1999 10:13:31 PDT
Using the people to waste Alliance supplies was a good tactic. Note, this
is war, people tend to use any means neccesary to win and civilians took
increasingly higher casualties as technology increased (WWII is a perfect
example). This is actually nicer than what the russians traditionally do
since the Imperial peasants were paid back double afterwards and hoarded
food without telling the alliance. Note, the alliance didn't have to stay
in Imperial territory, they could have realized the supply problems and
withdrawn to a more defensibile, easier to supply area. Also, the Alliance
didn't have to loot Imperial peasants known as "procuring on the spot".
This is the clincher of reinhard's plan since by the end of season 1, the
Imperial peasants despise the Alliance.
Westerland:
Allowing Westerland to be nuked, saved lives since less people died in the
war. However, I would have stopped the attacking fleet and reported that
Braunschweig tried to nuke his own planet. It would have had less effect
than allowing it to happen, but if anyone ever found out that Reinhard had
allowed the Westerland massacre . . .
Reinhard replied that the rumors were true because Reinhard fealt
responsibile for it. You have to give him credit for that. Most people in
Reinhard's would have said it's all Oberstein's fault and completely forgot
that he hadn't decided yet. They also would think they would have chosen to
intercept and tried to have it both ways.
The real reason the massacre was allowed to happen is that Oberstein wanted
it to happen. Oberstein stated his goal quite succintly in episode 8, he
hated the nobles. Allowing the nobles to destroy Westerland did more than
merely defeat the nobles, it completely ruined them.
Note: Oberstein is from a noble family. Oberstein and Reuntal are the only
officers under Reinhard's command with a von in their family name.
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