Lafayette Escadrille as a matter of constitution has no treaties of any sort. Many friends, all of which we like to battle against as well as with. Personally, given my druthers, we would have been left alone to battle OP and it would have been a long war, but not one which we would have retired from.
We have beaten alliances 2 or 3 times our size before, even when blitzed, so it is not without precedence. Regardless, all of my OP foes have fought well, and it has been a good war! Let the Games continue!