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Region: The Alliance of Dictators
Cutting One's Losses
The general consensus amongst EPF HICOM is that Eden is wasting resources attempting a full scale stabilization of the nation. Despite their comparative primitiveness, the ISKA is simply too well prepared for drawn-out war; and;after the false flag attack was voted down, they have outlived their usefulness. The objective has shifted to the securing of strategic sites- and obliteration of the rest.
The Edenite Army has deployed a full garrison of 7,500 Light Infantry and 400 armored vehicles (plus a redacted number kept in reserve) to defend the valuable oil fields in the Karacki desert. The military camps are expanded into full fledged towns for refugees; with nutrient paste synthesizers and fusion generators moved in to fuel everything. Basic food, shelter and medication is provided for free but relocated persons are recommended to resume normal economic activities ASAP. To ensure security, all entrants are DNA scanned and ident-chipped- and drone sentries are always in the lookout to deter infiltration.
Once these fortified refugee areas are complete, civilians in the contested areas of Karackistan (Khost, for instance) are given coordinates and warned to evacuate. After 24 hours, suborbital carpet-bombers and LEO kinetic bombardment satelites will rain fire on their former positions and obliterate the ISKA advance. ISTAR drones and satelites begin scanning the nation meter by meter and nanomachine tracker agents spike the public water supply.All non CRBN weapons are on the table- thermobarics, napalm, cluster bombs and even kiloton yield kinetic strikes. The message is clear: Eden will smoke out the terrorists and vaporize them all- no matter the cost.
tl;dr: Eden has enough, tells everyone in contested zones to evac to refugee camps and then just bombs anything that moves.