What you NPOculus guys are trying to spin this into is cute but it's really transparent. The people laughing in your face aren't doing so because you didn't keep Minc at war. It's the fact that one man COMPELLED you to the negotiating table and managed to get Minc off scott free from a situation where normally Minc would be made into a parking lot.
Let there be no doubt, I don't particularity care for Minc, but I respect the testicular fortitude it took for them to declare an offensive war agianst the present hegemony of their own volition. They saw plainly how fucked up NPOculus is and decided to do something about it. That's a lot more that every other alliance in the game can say.
That they managed to get peace almost as soon as there was even a possibility of substantive back up in the form of upper tier juggernauts is beyond hilarious. Just goes to really highlight the cowardice of this bloc.
Congratz on peace :)