Why the Lunars hang onto Prax

From: Martin Crim <mcrim_at_erols.com>
Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 20:03:42 -0400 (EDT)


Several people have proposed reasons why the Lunars want to continue to hold Prax after grabbing a better warm-water port in Heortland. Though there may be rationalizations offered, the actual reason (i.e., the proximate cause) is Imperial Inertia. Why'd the French hang onto Indochina? Why is the Trust Territory of the Northern Mariana Islands a U.S. protectorate today? Why does the U.K. hang onto the island of South Georgia? 'Cause it'd take energy to get rid of it, and nobody has the political will to say "let's get rid of this white elephant."

Two bolgs, of course.
- --Martin Crim


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