Does Garlemald have enough for full out war?

[Riardon]

I always wondered this ever since the Baelsar's Wall instance and onward. Most of Stormblood I thought to myself "We're poking the hive, we're gonna get it now."

Last time they tried, a huge Papa Dragon came out of nowhere and obliterated their flagship and they tasted a very sour defeat.
Primals were also unleashed and Garlemald ran away and hide behind their walls. They paused the efforts of conquerring Eorzea for the time being.
Also call me crazy but feels like they either deliberately let us taken over 2 of their territories or they are just too busy fighting each other back in their capital.
They just didn't respond almost at all on Ala Mhigo and Doma liberation which is very suspecious.
There is something really wrong going over in Garlemald or everything goes according to a dark plan.
That being said we indeed poked the hive really hard and I guess the next expansion will be about the hive coming at us.