I think personally GOP is just defending nuetrals in gerneral if i remeber correctly the MQ DoW stated they were going to move on to the next nuetral alliance when they were done with TDO so why not try to head it off while you have others already at war. Im actually surprised more nuetrals did not do exactly what GOP did MQ explicitly stated they were going to target nuetrals so why not hit them before they move onto you. GOP are just defending their way of playing the game.