It's not that those of us who mock and ridicule the NPO and Hegemony forces for going into peace mode think it an invalid tactic. It's that the NPO and Hegemony themselves were exceptionally brutal to those who used it as a tactic, called them out for it, and now use it themselves. It's a great degree of hypocrisy. Now, it may be childish and downright unprofessional to lower ourselves to the level of Pacificans in berating them for their Pacifism, but if there's anybody here that deserves it, it's them.
I think given the circumstances their decision to send out more forces into the meat grinder, to break like water against VE (and some RoK), is absolute stupidity. It's a waste of troops for extremely limited gains. They'd be better off sucking the blows of Karma's words than its missiles.