When are we going to infiltrate the Garlean Empire?!

[RomildaRayne]

It's so strange that homeless and desperate refugees whose members take extremist action somehow match up unfavorably to a massive expansionist army that has, in the past, completely razed a city-state to the ground. The worst Ala Mhigan extremists have done is riot in areas that have treated them like garbage and marginalized their rights for the past decade and a half. Garlean extremists (who happened to be people in positions of power, mind) planned the complete genocide of every single person on Eorzea by dropping a freaking moon on them. I'm not a moral absolutist, but the Garlean Empire needs to be stopped for the good of the people around them. I'm not saying that all Ala Mhigans deserve a free pass, but you cannot convince me that fricking Garlemald measures up favorably to Ala Mhigo on a moral level.

[myahele]

I'm not saying that all Ala Mhigans deserve a free pass, but you cannot convince me that fricking Garlemald measures up favorably to Ala Mhigo on a moral level.

Yeah, Garlemald, in their actions, have cause a Calamity (Nael), The Awakening of Ultima which weakened Hydaelyn further (Gaius) and now they're in Azys Lla and given their track record, are bound to mess up significantly. Then there's Midgardsomnr (who has a covenant with Hydaelyn herself) to fought against them in Silver Tear Lake.

I'm not a fan of Ala Mhigo either, but their mistakes are nowhere near as disastrous as the Garleans.

Even the Dragonsong war has been isolated within Ishgard.