Over the years since ISIS was formed, it has become a major threat to Atlasia and its people. The group even attacked several Atlasian cities before the new Constitution was passed. How would you address ISIS in your term as president?
I will start off by addressing the concept of military engagement: war is one of the worst things in humanity--a transaction of human lives and resources for destruction and instability. It is something we must avoid if possible, but unfortunately it is not always possible. The use of aggression is only justified if it is against a side which has committed aggression itself. And ISIL, as you said, has attacked Atlasia and I'm sad to say it will continue to do so--making self-defense not only just but needed.
We must support our allies in the region, and put as few Atlasians in harm's way as possible. We must have a clear strategy of defeating ISIL with minimal cost--both economic cost and, more importantly, human cost--both during and after the conflict.
I must say, I agree with Truman's assertion that we must ally with moderate Islam to defeat radical Islam. There are many peaceful Muslims -- we need to work with them to find and defeat the radical elements. We must attack terrorism at it's root instead of focusing on merely cutting the branches.
I believe in free trade and think that tariffs do little to improve anything. Instead, they restrict business at the cost of the consumer. These rates aren't magically absorbed by the business. Instead they're passed on to everyday Atlasians in the form of increased prices. The best way to keep jobs from leaving Atlasia and the best way to increase wages without increasing prices is to lower business taxes.
There are two keys to increasing activity as president:
For one thing, the president must be active personally. Both by providing updates in public, and by
annoyingly nagging friendly reminding various government officeholders to stay active as well. While you can't single-handedly increase activity, it's the President's responsibility to do their part to ensure government is running smoothly, specifically the executive branch.
Also, we must identify inactive officeholders and work with regions to encourage activity across all of Atlasia, not to mention encouraging recruitment of the many active forum users not in the game. What makes Atlasia great is when regional governments are strong and successful - they provide a wonderful outlet for new members to get involved, eventually moving on to higher offices.
I understand that activity feeds on itself--an inactive game will lead to apathy, and thus decrease activity. An active game will act as a magnet for more people to join, and more people already here to be more active themselves. And this is not only activity while in office, but competitive and publically active campaigns, which I think Truman and I have both been working hard to do in this election.
