Yes, we do have allies that we work with. That is kinda the point of an alliance. No one criticized Britain for not being able to pull of D-day all on their lonesome. We have friends who go way back, to previous strats. My first real experience in crpg was standing in an HoC shield wall. I will always have a sense of respect and friendship towards the hounds.
I will admit the first few assaults we made on Curaw were chaotic and ill organized. We have sense changed that, each assault improving upon the last one. Yes, the hounds did take Curaw, but our assaults did much to weaken it. We also fought the HCE multiple times in the field in and around Curaw, further weakening their position. I advised Finnian to attack with 2k tickets, hoping that we could pull off a flag cap. It turned out to be a gamble that we lost. Still, the battles were fun, and we had a good time. You on the other hand seem overly bitter and defensive. Why would I think Rugin being in Slezkh would hide him from you? I'd hate to infringe on your snarky little ego-power trip, but all you are doing is pointing out that we have a functional alliance that is capable of coordinating for effective military operations.
We do what we can with our resources and the amount of time we can put in the game. Yesterday I looked at the pie-chart view of our war with HCE over the last 12 weeks. Basically we have each lost just over 7k troops fighting each other, with a very small advantage going to us. Considering that includes several assaults on Curaw, I am happy with that. Further more, good job to HCE for fighting the good fight. Unless i'm looking at the charts incorrectly, the majority of HCE tickets lost in the north over the last 12 weeks are a result of fighting with Mithrim. This in no way diminishes the deeds of our allies,(HoC, LL, and lets not forget Taser!) who have done much collectively to make the war in the north for the most part successful.
So in short, while post was meant to be derogatory and insulting, it really only highlights the accomplishes of your enemies.