(May 31st, 2019, 01:06)thestick Wrote: I guess OH decided to leave Cairo alive as a buffer state?
I don't understand your premises. OH wasn't at war with Cairo in the first place. I'm sure OH's reasoning is that he'll have to fight Gavagai sooner or later, and this way he at least gets an ally.
OH is leaving superdeath alive - I suspect personally that's a tactical choice rather than a strategic one. Doesn't want to give Gav a chance to finish Cairo on his own, willing to bet that superdeath can't/won't cause him too much trouble in the future. Or at least bet that future superdeath problems are smaller than current Gavagai problems. But then OH is in a spot right now where he doesn't need to win the wars, he just needs to draw them out and make the world chaotic enough that no one can notice or stop his march to culture in time.
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