I somewhat agree with iamthey. Every leader does what he thinks is best for his alliance. This is called acting logically. If he doesn't, then he shouldn't be the leader for his alliance. Everything the NPO did that it is hated for, was justified by this unquestionable logic. However, what is questionable is whether or not these actions and policies are actually in their best interest. You could use anything they have done for example, they did it for their best interest, but I would argue that some of the things they did actually ended up hurting them. Alliances that are following NPO in what started out as a dim chance are doing so because they feel it is in their alliance's best interest. Alliances on the Karma side are doing it for the same reason, it is what they feel is the alliance's best interest.