I have no puppets, nor have I forced anyone into anything. Obviously both sides are being strategic, the difference between us being that the side my allies on seems to be winning and doing so quite handily. I wouldn't expect this to change. Just like you state with Aftermath, none of our allies have asked us to join in - the difference is my allies (and their allies) are winning, so why would I ask?
I'm not asking you to act predictably or anything like that, and I don't believe they are winging it any more than any side ever does. I'm more than willing to engage if Polaris would like to escalate - but we both know you attacked DT Probes to get DT to attack Polaris and pull certain people in through this policy.
This is a long term policy as much as the whole war is, and not a sustainable one at that. It is a great PR move towards those who have been impacted by DBDC. In terms of your diplomacy, I'm excited to see it!