Honestly, they probably do this so they can then be inactive and use inactivity to argue for consolidation. It's a shame.
Probably implies lack of certainty, this is the essence of their whole strategy in the Pacific. That is a fact, not an opinion. NM-AM is more or less a frustrated group of extremists on the left trying to mimic what the Republicans do when they play starve the beast. The irony is that regional consolidation would not do anything to increase activity if implemented. The reason I support it is that, if implemented fairly and in a non-partisan manner, it could dramatically increase competitiveness and force "power-players" to compete against each other directly rather than by proxy as they currently do. The former simply seems like it'd be more fun, imo, the Cold War we've had between about six or seven players is getting old and a change would be nice.
