Just the facts Ma'am

I do believe we are getting slightly side-tracked..

To return to topic : Why must EE be punished so harshly? Just because the treaty has not been signed does not mean that the parties involved have to keep shooting at each other both verbally and militarily (to use another WWI example) like Truman [till the last minute].

Would it at all be possible to set up different negotiators? I am sure that there are some budding young H? diplomats that would love to give this a spin, much the same for EE. 

Last question [for the minute]  Has an armistice been signed yet?

Take a look at all the alliances we fought.    They fought hard, they fought well and they have earned our respect.    Someone once told me (won't quote her without permission) that the measure of a good leader is not how they get into war but how they act during and at the end of the war.   :D

 

EE are not negotiating from a position of strength. They are not in a position to bargain and haggle over terms of the peace thread. In fact, they are no even negotiating peace. They are negotiating a surrender. And what that means is that they can choose to accept the terms as they are on the table, and try and haggle a little and get them changed slightly (and slightly means losing 30 cities instead of 40), or they can choose to fight on, lose a few more cities and then face exactly the same situation in a few months time- except to a greater degree. I'm fine with that.

 

What they should not expect is to go through these negotiations and come out untouched. Harmless can offer whatever they want, but in the end they don't need to be accepted. The Coalition could crush EE with relative ease. Hathaldir should not delude himself into thinking that he is going to come out of these peace terms with no reprisals.