This kind of question tend to be answered on the battlefield.
Exactly. We wouldn’t say “May we leave?” We’d say “Fock you, we are out of here!!!!”
Yabbut, my fear is the outcome of the war of 1812: Status Quo Ante Bellum.
For those of you who didn’t pay attention in high school history, that means “status such as it was , before the war”. No change.
Exactly right. If you’re strong enough to succeed then it’s legal.