2009-01-10 - GNN Fireside Chat on Terrorism

Submitted by Pesiro
The holocamera clicks over to a live feed from the home of the Sullust President. It is very cozy with a number of plush furnishings. Pesiro is sitting in a single-person chair as he looks at the camera. Off his right shoulder, there is a fire burning in a fireplace.
"While I had scheduled another topic for my fireside chat, I think it would do a great disservice to the galaxy to not address the issue of terrorism in the recent light of the henious bombing of the Republic Senate. I wish to offer my and Sullust's condolences to the recently deceased and their families. I also wish a quick and full recovery for those individuals injured in the attack."
"However, I believe all free worlds, their governments and militaries, have been breeding these terrorists by our own action. The members of the Republic and Black Imperium are partially to blame, and this does not exclude the actions taken by Sullust. We are equally at fault as those we have supported in their aggressive aims."
"Terrorists are created and not born. No individual is inherantly evil or good. We are a product of our cultures, our beliefs and our circumstances. This is no different than with terrorists. Often, these actions are taken in light of poverty, disenfranchisement, and hardship through little fault of their own. Thus, the recent hostile actions of the Republic, Corellia, the Black Imperium, Sullust, and others throughout the Rim and within the Republic having caused much of these conditions on worlds and peoples in relative peace with the galaxy." 
"Thus, I invite all free governments to join Sullust to work on stamping out poverty, suffering, and chaos on the galaxy through peaceful and noble ends. The Sullust Police Department will no longer take offensive action against any planet or sentient people, instead electing to work with the planetary government to try and alleviate the contentious issues at hand... whether it is harboring criminals, acting as agents of the slave or spice trade, or simply to bring new economic prosperity to a people isolated or disenfranchised in the galaxy and to give them a voice."
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