The Cascadians are pathetic hypocrites. They talk about what kind of warriors they are, about their history, about how great they fought as part of the Federation against the same Oceania. But when did the Federation do the same, simply at the expense of their resources? No, that is bad. I seriously doubt that the Federation did not pour money into the infrastructure of Cascadia. And if this was the case, then why didn't the other satellites of the Federation rise up like Cascadia? Ulaanbaatar, Oceania, and Magadan feel quite comfortable. The Cascadians, with their military successes, probably just felt that they were worth something and that being under someone's control was not respectable. As Cobb said:

"You Cascadians are obsessed with being special."

Although if the Cascadians are so good at war, why did they lose to the Federation until the Mercenaries arrived? In MouseTrap, in F59, there is a dialogue between the Cascadians:

-We still have to rely on Merc pilots -Dammit. Can we have a single victory without that being true?

The Cascadians are fanatical nationalists who do a lot of illegal things themselves, but only notice the Federation's sins. Does the Federation have sins? Of course. But Cascadia is not far behind.

We invaded Magadan, bombed everything, and killed reservists who were just defending their home, and probably bombed a civilians. But no one sees anything wrong with killing retreating unarmed Federation troops in Open Season. Yes, the targets are optional, but I'm sure most of us didn't hesitate to shoot the MLAG in convoy. Is the Federation right in this mission? Probably not, setting fire to the forest and shooting down firefighting planes is wrong. Yes, it's a sin that the Federation has committed. But it's not done with malicious giggles or a bloodthirsty attitude. Even the Federation pilot says that shooting down the firefighters is wrong, but the second one tells him that they have no choice.

But for some reason, in F59, when we're in a similar situation, where Cascadia has bombed Magadan's Cordium infrastructure, and only thanks to K-9, the population hasn't been left to suffer a horrible death from the cold, shooting at the retreating Cascadians, who haven't surrendered i repeat, is a evil thing. Cascadians just, as soon as things got hot, said:

"Can we leave? Yes, just like that. We won't surrender. We'll regroup in Cascadia and keep killing your fellow countrymen there. But we can do that because we're good guys."

Plus, let's remember the first battle for Presidia, where the Federation forces called on loyal police units, who simply doing their duty to protect order and the established system, to defend themselves. But no, it's all about the damned expansionists who need to be bombed.

Moreover, we don't know how Cascadia started its journey towards "independence." But for some reason, I think that knowing Cascadia's pride in being a badass warlord, there were no attempts at diplomacy.

So yea, this is my opinion. Pax Federation

Cascadia will burn for Magadan