I do hope that everyone understands that IRON needs(needed) NG in the future and likely had the intent of keeping that treaty for their gain post-war. One can easily imagine a scenario in which IRON handled this situation in a much better manner, resulting in the NG-IRON relationship not being seemingly ruined, which I'm sure was their intention. Had that manifested, IRON would likely find themselves in a very different situation than they're in now.