We're here to have fun. If it wasn't for clans like ours there would never be anything going on in strat to enjoy. Whether you fought with or against us you can always acknowledge that if there was a party in strat hospitaller is where it's at (rhyme not intended). The reason why people continue to ally with us is simple, were fair and easy to work with despite the slander we get in the forums.
The bottom line is that this war could have and in fact still can be avoided yet the ball is in their court and they don't want to play. We've done everything we can to encourage peaceful transactions and they've dismissed every attempt. All the while playing the victim on the forums to gain support for a war they obviously want.
If it wasn't for this huge alliance of yours, hero_party, and likely many other factions, would have already started warring. But you don't really mean that anyway.
hero_party went to hospitaller to negotiate the exchange of samarra castle, to which you continuously acted like fools. The first night's discourse ended with peppo stating that he would get back with us that night, which he didn't. The next day, negotiations were only resumed thirty minutes prior to the start of the battle. Either you were trying to pressure us, or your diplomats are incompetent, choose one.
Furthermore, remember, you declared war, we told your diplomats we were still open to negotiations for the fief even after we took it. Yet it was only a short while afterwards, that you had chevaliers attack the fief.