Man and I thought things were bad when people didn't know what the battle list was..... Now even people willing to fight are clueless. Kaw is truly in a decline.
In all honesty, this doesn't make sense to someone starting out. You can't attack someone because they don't have enough troops. You have to wait until they have more troops before you can attack them. Pretty illogical, but part of the game mechanics.
If you legally manipulate the games rules you'll win every war. It's unfair but true. You enter 3 players into a system war against 20 and they have more targets to hit and less to defend. Not saying its honorable, but it works.