Yeah. Look, no offense, but the first time I encountered Sir William on the battlefield was when I was part of the coalition that pounded GOONS in DH-NPO. He didn't run from that battle, which in many ways was a lot worse for his alliance than the Oculus-Kashmir war. The short version of this is: going into peace mode in one war doesn't make you a coward, especially when you're talking about a ruler who's fought as much as someone like me or SW.
(I reference myself because, years ago, I went into peace mode right at the start of the second half of BiPolar for reasons that don't matter much now, and was criticized for doing so by the same kind of idiot as you. Of course once I'd gotten the things I needed done out of the way I came out of peace mode, and scored some pretty good damage numbers as I recall before running into the chainsaw that was called Nueva Vida. Well, got some good damage numbers later on too against the remarkably less-talented opposition at iFOK.)