MEGALOPOLIS, MARCUSBURG - The international community continues to debate over Miketonian and Pauldelphian aggression into Shannli.

Although the world was slow to react to the invasion, the Gorditan ambassador to Congressional Parliament (CP) set the framework for Congressional intervention in the developing Shannli fiasco on February 25 in Forum Resolution 10. Fearing the annexation of Shannli by Miketon and Pauldelphia, he called on the Parliament to authorize the Great Powers to send in troops in the area.

The resolution gained quick support in Rattanjeetland and Siggary. Although the Prime Minister of Gorditas stated he was going to issue a press release concerning his stance in the Shannli fiasco, he relented after the resolution passed with unexpected ease on Feburary 27.

In the meanwhile, the Prime Chancellor of Marcusburg had ordered his representative in CP to abstain from voting as a sign of reluctance to interfere in the crisis. The Marcurean ambassador explained that neither aggression nor foreign intervention was consistent with the foreign policy of Marcusburg - self-determination. Marcurean officials wanted to wait for a Shannlinese response before taking action.

However, with the passage of Resolution 10, the Marcurean ambassador put forth Resolution 11, which called on the Parliament to use the Defensecorps as the instrument of intervention. Even though hesistant, Marcusburg believed that if foreign intervention was inevitable (due to Resolution 10), it might as multilateral.

The Shannlinese cabinet in exile has yet to formally respond to the crisis, and many observers are noting the increased importance of the Great Powers Forum in recent days as a result of the situation. This has led to accusations of the Parliament being unfairly biased towards the Great Powers, and to the regrowth of proditism (the ideology that the small and middle powers should unite to challenge the dominance of the Great Powers).