Having the pleasure of being friends and enemies with both Harb and -IMF-. I can say they both have very different play styles.
Harb is very aggressive, no problem with that in a war game. Aggression has its place in the game and using other people's fear against them has its advantages.
-IMF- is charming and would pleasantly be chatting in pm with you as he's running xtals on your account.
Every lb has hit over ally hires, even
-IMF-. I've known -IMF- to farm and strip players over an ally hire. Even put players into CA to be clan farms for buying allies.
In osw, Harb has always been very active and even vocal about having people try to strip him. He welcomed attempts, gave credit for worthy efforts, he never cowered behind huge towers and was always a fun opponent in EE.
You can call Harb any vile name in the book and at any given time it could be true. But to call him a coward is a lie.
The reference to the strip on Black Plague isnt even close to what happened to Harb, a main lb account.
BP was just an alt, a 43t strip and it still devastated -IMF-. He refused to play the account as a "weak" account, small research into where that account went can validate just how much it did bother him. A quick cf request ensured the safety of his main account.
Stripping a sleeping player outside of osw doesn't take a lot of talent. Anyone who drops money on the game knows it can all disappear within 30mins, it's the risk they take.
Can Harb be a jerk.. sure. But I've never once known him to betray a friend.
-IMF- has a list of discarded friends who are easily dumped when they no longer suit him or his purpose.
I've personally supported -IMF- through his own family tragedies and he isn't one to bring his RL into the game. He has however, on many occasions allowed players to take a "time out" while dealing with a family issue. Calling him a heartless monster is false. I know him to be generous and kind. He would have quickly allowed a relief with just a pm.
It's quite funny to see small nothing accounts make horrid remarks about Harb or even Bom. To be a lb in kaw takes nothing but a good credit limit or a Gold Card.
To play the game as its intended, war, win and make a name is different. Both Harb and Bom are legends in the game and can easily rise to top lb again within months if that's what they wish. A player who has lost the fear of losing is a far more a worthy opponent then one who lives in fear.
Will -IMF- be the next lb tyrant of kaw? Unlikely, it's not his nature. Will Apoc replace ZAFT as bullies? Probably, and another clan alliance will come along and unseat them as well.
It's quite easy to scroll through the lb list and see who is afraid of losing allies, who fears a secret strip while they sleep.
In the realm of KAW gods it's Redstar who sleeps peacefully through the night.
Don't be jealous lol
Maybe you should read Sun Tzu: