If you objective is to avoid a fight, go NOE. But don't sit here and pontificate about the failure of the defenders to up and fight when the first and only indication that their base is under attack is the stream of tracers passing the cockpit as they spool up their engine on the runway.
Or the air raid warning sirens that have been blaring since the attack hit the radar ring... The biggest problem with this entire discussion is that nobody (both sides included) seems capable of discussing it
honestly. On one side, it's "If only they would try and defend." When anyone with intellectual integrity knows that it is possible for an attack to be so large that it is impossible to defend against it. Then on the other side is stuff like this about no warning until bullets are whizzing past the cockpit on the runway. That isn't true either.
If anyone wanted to really advance the discussion, there would be more of an effort to honestly discuss it rather then simply throw around as many exagerations as possible to try and make a point.
PS - For the record, this isn't me taking a shot at you Saurdaukar. At least not entirely. More then anything, just pointing out that the discussion is idiotic and pointless because nothing will ever be solved as long as arguements packed full of hyperbole.