Jobie Thickburger
Gallente
Condottieri Industries
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Posted - 2007.07.23 22:42:00 -
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Boy, I'm a tad bit upset I missed the last first 6 months of this war due to work, Got deployed after the first month of the "Clash of the Titans".
James, A very well written post. Be it fact or Fiction, I'm not to make that call, though I do agree with a lot of what your saying too.
I think though that the overall question being addressed here, Is is this the beginning of the end of BoB war, or simply a Weakining in BoB's front. Granted, from the outside its hard to make accurate guesses at whats really happening. Heck, My BoB Intel gathering methods invovles using a really bit telescope anyway  .
BoB lost a key system, Due to an error of judgment. The person in charge of that may not have had enough funding to do the job to the extent that he wanted to, or RL could have gotten in the way. both are quite common.
Due to that defeat, They are being pushed back a little bit. But arn't these recent events as well, Who's to say that the fight will not double back on the Counter-offensive?. From now I'd say its to early to tell. The battle of 9-9 may be the RSF's Midway, but sometimes thats just a lucky shot.
Is BoB's taking a beating, thats what it looks like, But are they defeated? Not yet, In my opinion. Will they be, Its always possible, but Its to soon to tell. There's a lot of weight behind BoB, Even if you account for most of it being Propaganda.
All great empires do fall, as we've all said. And as you pointed out, A lot of the reason BoB is still here is due to the bickering between the other alliances, Such as RA/LV about 9 months ago. Had ASCN been able to rally the other superpowers, such as D2, LV, and RA at the time they were being attacked (ok, making a truce between RA/LV would be tricky, but irrelevent) Then BoB would have been hurting, and mabey even defeated.
You mentioned a Northern Front during the ASCN war. I seem to remember seeing signs of this at one point. Had it been D2 on that front, rather than an ASCN strike team...
Don't count BoB out yet. They lost some territory they claimed, Sure, But don't forget, It was a hit on their Winnings, Not their Core. To be pushed back is not to be defeated.
When the war moves to Delve, Then we can start disccusing defeat in more detail.
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