Originally Posted by
Aquamonkey
Plenty of time to educate the Orcs about the Legion during the 1000 years they peacefully coexisted. IDk when Velen had his vision, but he should have been actively recruiting races to fight the Legion.
They were tricked into attacking the Draenei. This, they are responsible for. "Just following orders" is not an excuse.
However, Orcs are not responsible for the things they did under the effects of the Blood Curse. Yes, they willingly drank the Blood, but they didn't know it had mental effects. Their steroids were spiked with a psychoactive drug without their knowledge. IRL, you cannot give consent when you are drugged in this way. That's why date rape is a type of statutory rape.
I mentioned Doomhammer because he started the 2nd War despite being Blood-free. It's inconsistent with his motivation. He disagreed with the war on the Draenei because he didn't think it was a just war. He believed Gul'dan and the warlocks were taking the Orcs down the wrong path. But when he deposed them, he continued their war.
If the Orcs were so blood thirsty and hellbent on conquest, why didn't they attack the Draenei sooner? They had 1000 years to start a war with the Draenei on their own.
Back to the original topic: I noticed this part of the epilogue for Rise of the Horde. After Thrall finishes recounting the events of the book:
Even Thrall, knowing the full story between the Orcs, Legion, and Draenei, still considers them the worst enemy the Orcs had ever known. The Draenei are worse than the Legion or Gul'dan in Thrall's mind.