Originally Posted by
rda
First, this is silly. The Alliance stayed and were "wiped out" to use your words. Is the Alliance no longer relevant as a military power, are there no more Alliance defenders? No, not at all, this all just started, all battles are yet to happen. This was a blow, but far from a crushing one.
What you are saying above is just insane fearmongering. "Oh, we are all going to die and lose if we stay and there will be noone left bla bla bla", yeah, that's not at all true, the only reason this gets said at all is to justify the Horde being cowards and fleeing the battle.
Second, what do you do is simple. You either fight together or you retreat together. If the odds are so stacked in favor of the Legion and the Horde sees that but the Alliance don't, great, tell the Alliance that the odds are so stacked against you both, show them what they don't see, then retreat together. Did the Horde do that? Nah, they just turned their backs and fled. Nobody is interested in the silly rationalizations, every idiot who runs with their pants full has the same story about how it was hopeless and how he'd just have died for nothing if he didn't flee and betray his brothers in arms. The end.
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If in the process of "choosing to live to fight" you betray your brothers in arms, then yes, that's cowardice.
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That's just your invention, it is completely and utterly unsubstantiated and is untrue (it'd be stupid if that was true, how would that even work???? that's just a huge exaggeration which only exists because someone wants to say that the Horde had no choice - they did have a choice, and they chose to be cowards despite their endless boasts of honor and dying in the name of a worthy cause).