Greetings peoples of the DDS and UNP. I am very honoured to be given this opportunity to write on the Dino military and the politics of the Dinos especially now as i believe we are just entering a most exciting period. The war against the Bolitic Confederacy has been won though at a huge cost and the setting up of the Dino Trade Association promises a new era of prosperity and co-operation. The latter will be new to us Dinos as we have always prided ourselves on our self-reliance and relied on isolationism to keep us out of trouble.
The galaxy is changing though with great powers now teaming up to share ideas, technology and sometimes resources as was the case with the Bolitic who greatly strengthened their military with Utrek know-how and also employed a number of allies to help them in their fight.
That is a major reason for the DTA in my view. The Dinos struggled to defeat the Bolitic because our enemy had taken advantage of international co-operation to become much stronger. We need to do the same if we are to defend against future threats. The problem for us Dinos is that we have an ingrained culture of self-reliance and a mistrust of outsiders so do not be surprised if the DTA struggles early on once the euphoria of forming has faded and the bunting and confetti has been cleared away.
We Dinos will need to learn how to trust outsiders otherwise our new allies will not trust us. The DTA cannot become a Dinos plus everyone else organisation it has to be a true alliance. Of course we Dinos will remain the core but we have to let the Sirikwanese, Aritans and so on do what they are best at to grow the DTA as a truly powerful organisation. It can be done though it will be a difficult path as we will no doubt see over the coming years.
