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  1. Rush Sykes

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    Mmm, yes it is true that I can't understand just how deluded you really are even though the evidence has been right in front of me over the years. Let me know when you have something interesting to say because nobody ever cared for your rambling nonsense much in the same manner only morons thought Brehon's "rants" had any substance or actual meaning besides foaming-of-the-mouth idiocy.

    IRON isn't responsible because IRON is incompetent? Well if you say so. Surely their political and military backing of that coalition had nothing to do with people believing that they could actually push those kinds of terms in the first place. No sir.

    I could of sworn I said something about IRON and terms...

  3. Rush Sykes

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    The NPO doesn't always have to be the enemy but I will never trust them since they have given me no reason to over the last 8 years. I have no qualms with pointing out when they are blatantly lying or overplaying their position. Like last war when they were complaining that the watered down terms they received were harsher and just as undeserved as Karma's when they attempted to levy harsher terms on Umbrella along with IRON and AI (now Valhalla) in EQ.

    As for your weak part about how you won't trust us ever again; Do whatever you think would satisfy your friends in the NPO if it makes you feel good. You knew where we stood and that we would act in accordance with our non-chaining MDoAP. That you and C&G chose to go from partners with DH and co. to lackeys of a mediocre personality cult is something we haven't lost any sleep over, I assure you.

    I know it's over now, but just making sure you know. IRON has had a standing policy of not levying terms for a while(after Bipolar I think). We never did try to get them from Umbrella.

  4. Rush Sykes

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    It wasn't so much a set up as it was IRON preferring one set of its allies over the other and making a conscious choice. Valhalla and VE were both invested in the coalition, and IRON had just burned its bridge with NPO. NG was probably then seen as the unfortunate alliance who just didn't quite fit into a largely workable group. IRON was well received and I don't think the negative !@#$ really began until the war itself started and bickering over distribution of forces and coverage began.

    I don't think IRON really anticipated planb making the choice they did, and I don't think they expected NG to react as vehemently as they proved to. I imagine IRON thought they would slide through the war quietly without an incident as historically they haven't been a great nexus of public attention. That IRON came out of that war in such poor shape is more attributable to key resignations in their government (prior to the war), and just plain mishandling of certain key moments. In short a very bad accident. By the end of the war I think IRON basically felt they had nothing to lose and this fueled a cycle of bad decision making that culminated in the almost side change.

    That being said, I think the error you make in your assessment of them is to attribute their success to diplomatic handiwork on their part when in fact it has more to do with the strategic thinking of those who ultimately chose to keep their ties to IRON. Non-Grata and GloF both deserve credit for their thoughtful decision to maintain a treaty, and for their foresight in betting long on IRON rather than short. Where IRON is really due credit is in the strength of their macro. IRON's internals are and have always been extremely impressive, this year it was their stats that saved them, and for that they owe most of their current fortune to people like samus.

    I love Samus, but he wasn't the IA guy post war(though his work on Carnivore remains awesome.)

    We do owe our allies a lot for giving us the chance to prove that we had worked things out. That being said, I think it has less to do with our stats or even our foreign prowess(though TW is an excellent FA guy). It really has more to do with how easy it was to outmatch our rivals in terms of FA.

    One last point. You have been claiming for months that you wanted to "easy tensions" with us. As a member of TOP gov, going around posting these comments isn't really helping(whether you believe them to be true or not). You can claim all you want that we're paranoid or "our to get you", but your continued aggressiveness towards us really doesn't help.

    But hey, it's the OWF. !@#$ flinging is expected.

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