Its just plain ignorance to say OOC ties have nothing to do with this one.
I voted for Cora when I was in USN but was strongly against both the position that was taking with CSN during both rounds of talks about the MADP treaty and declaring neutrality in the Karma war. Voting for someone does not mean you agree with everything single position they take. There was a poll put up by destro shortly before the war which showed most USNers wanted to enter on the side of Karma and CSN. Go figure.