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Originally Posted by Destined_Fate

You know what I mean, they had a WMD hidden in ORB and used it after they had got themselves pushed into a corner because of their arrogance and refusal to accept outside help.

Yes they were wrong. It's just like the USA was wrong when we let the Libyans suffer when we could have easily changed things. ORB should have done more, instead they closed themselves off from both sides and were content letting them kill each other while they watch from the sidelines despite all the power they had to make a difference. Where was ORB after the Feds nuked PLANTS before SEED? Last time I checked ORB had Naturals and Coordinators why didn't they ally with ZAFT after they were attacked in such a heinous way to show that not all Naturals supported their complete destruction and a unified front?

No, ORB was arrogant and assumed that ZAFT was just as dirty when they got nuked, Bloody Valentine, and refused to have anything to do with them or to support the Peacekeeping majority leaders in ZAFT that tried constantly to end the war on equal terms with the Feds. If ORB had swallowed their pride for one second and used their heads than the war wouldn't have gotten anywhere near as bad and it wouldn't have turned into a race war.

Since ORB had the largest concentration of Natural and Coordinators living in harmony they had a duty to show the world this instead of keeping to themselves and hopeing both sides will figure out that everyone is still human. Instead ORB did nothing and their leaders hated the war because it turned into a Race War which they allowed.

Well gee, maybe they should have actually said something and showed that it isn't Natural vs Coordinator and both can exist together? No, that would require using their brains and not blindly following their pride and isolation strategy. Thus they did nothing and didn't bother begging the Feds to leave them alone until they were already at their doorstep and very angry.

When did it become Orb's business to pick a side of two other independent nations? Why is it their business to mettle between two countries disputes? Coordinators and Naturals went to Orb for the sole reason to escape the war( aka Kira's parents).

As for accepting help from ZAFT, how would that look to the Earth Forces? It would completely validate why they went to war with them. When they gave their ultimatum to Orb, it was stated that refusing to join the Earth Forces, they would perceive them as supporters of ZAFT when they were not.

When did it become acceptable for a country to bully and attack another nation because they refuse to enter a war they want nothing to be a part of? Just because Orb refused to join the Earth Forces( along with refusing to join ZAFT), doesn't give the Earth Forces the right to go and attack them over it. That line of thinking is down right disturbing to think that you find it wrong that an independent country wants nothing to do with two other independent countries dispute.....