[How this war could have been]

If it weren't for the wild attacks on Vanguard and UPN, they probably woulda kept themselves out of this war. 

 

Costly mistake. The leak also hurt them badly, but the wild strikes were as dumb as they were easily avoidable.

 

The wild strikes were due to bad Intel and paranoia. It didn't make a lick of sense to me either. We were told those alliances would have attacked us anyway, but they never did. It didn't make sense to open up more fronts in this war. It was unnecessary and stupid.

[War Talk]

The plan would have backfired whether or not the plans were leaked. If they went through with it the PR hit alone would have lead to the same result. It was a silly idea.