Firstly I asked Alpha if you had any influence upon his decsion to give us Jelbegi Castle in exchange for a NAP, he said NO he was just desperate for a NAP with Nords, due too his roster been weak and was hoping to cement this deal with a mutal roster support deal later on. This NAP also would of prevented us signing against the Templars. If we were mislead by the Templars regarding your role in that fief swap that is not our fault, take issue with Alpha regarding that.
Secondly if Dave is your Diplomat then may the lord have mercy on you. The man is a liability of the highest level, he came on TS and made an ass out of himself by repeatedly talking over others and claiming to know all the facts when all the previous dealings Nords had had were with Tyr or Muffin. That was the reason why he was kicked. He then spent over an hour in our IRC channel asking questions which we answered reasonably and honestly (due to the fact he cant talk over others in IRC so we could actually communicate with him successfully).
Edit: The SoA actually begged us not to attack them and let them pass peacefully through or lands, in exchange for the fiefs, they never mentioned once that you told them to give up the fiefs without a fight.
It must be hard having been such great diplomats and having no-one give you the credit you deserve, but I would take issue with the parties involved not making your contribution clear at the time.