I'd care to disagree Hal. It's ultimately the protectorates's choice whether or not to war. I remember back when GOD was a mere tiny alliance two years ago, we had the option of staying out of GWIII but we still wanted to help out our protectors, the Viridian Entente, for all they had done for us. We honored our treaty and attacked LoSS, who had attacked VE. In this case, it's very similar, though it just so happens that the protectorate is a bit smaller than we were at the time. However, it's still not bandwagoning at all, it's merely another way to show the ties between protector and protectorate and to try and repay your protector for everything they have done. If they so choose to help RIA out in war as part of their gratitude for what RIA has done for them, who are you to demean them for their actions?