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Danger of Coalition warfare


Omniscient1

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Recently I've seen a lot of people not actually following treaties, but instead following sides. CSN had a declaration where they hit LoSS in the name of coalition warfare, Legacy followed CSN, Sparta recently DoWed NV for pretty much the same thing. I honestly think this is a dangerous way of declaring war.

If we continued to follow this style what is to stop....say...NPO from simply saying "Coalition warfare, we're hitting NpO". Now obviously, NPO isn't on that side, but anyone could now use this stunt to get to the winning side of the war if they wished. I hate to once again pick on CSN, but I think you should at least have declared one war by using a treaty (therefore actually becoming a real member of the coalition) before using the "coalition warfare" DoW.

Show of hands, how many agree?

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It's true that people can get on it to jump onto a winning side, but there is no winning side right now. If someone was obviously bandwagoning onto a war, they'd get minimum prestige from it. On the other hand, someone who attacks when there's a lot to lose would be the one gaining something from it.

My thoughts have always been that treaties are military thingies - a form of formal brotherhood bondage. True friends need not be tied to treaties, one would fight for the other if they wanted. I'm a fan of NSO's Moldavi Doctrine, and I think it reflects today's modern views.

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Wars built by ad hoc coalition are just as (if not more) common than war involvement built through formal treaty. From the First through the Seventh "War of the Coalition" in the Napoleonic wars up to the buzz phrase "Coalition of The Willing" called for by Bush Sr. on '02.

Or to put it another way "the enemy of my enemy is my friend"....at least insofar as war goes. Afterward the nations can go back to bickering over politico-philosophical differences and have their cold wars. Example: Uncle Joe.; a strange bedfellow if ever there was one.

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