DeletedUser
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It's the way of playing a very smart war game in my books.
Your right it is smart, to plan against your future enemies while they still think you are friends. Then drop the pact while they are sleeping and send out a mass mail to hit your new enemies as hard as you can.
No really, surprise attacks are used all the time. Some are better at it then others. I'm not talking about LOP, Tribunal or the many others that simply just seemed to enjoy their Pacts so much they forget it a war game. Your friend can turn enemy or vice versa within minutes.
I agree with you about pacts, if a pact is no longer useful and there wasn't an agreed time to end it. It is subject to end at a moments notice.
What I do not agree on is the lack of respect you have towards those old pact members. In theory, you should end the pact before you make plans against them. You should send their leader a clear declaration of war. So the disrespect come from acting like your friends with them while planning their defeat.
oh-well, you wouldn't be the first alliance that uses a strategy I disagree with. Your alliance does it better then most you get your enemies not only to trust you but to count on your help before pulling the rug out from under them. You allow them to bit more then the can chew, dig their own grave, then you strike them when they need you the most. One can say you put them out of their misery.
“War is based on deception.”
Sun Tzu