while there is a lot of crowing going on in fools, I have to say from observation, that Fools, while they are fighting Escape, did not exactly "defeat" escape. They merged Ducks into them as Ducks was starting to fall to Escape. Then they recruited the larger players from Escape as well. Anyone looking at their tribe history will see the recruiting that they did FROM escape.
Escape that exists now, is not the Escape of a month ago. All of the leaders that were there before the duck war are pretty much gone. Either joined Fools, bailed, or moved over to zanka. Escape was defeated by a failure of leaders. Started before the Duck war imho. Fools is good at sending a lot of fakes though.
That said, Fools also did what a good tribe should do: it made a geopolitical move to take the tribe to the rim. They could not stay landlocked the way they were because when bigger and real wars DO start on this world, they need to have an area w no one at their backs.
Why is everyone taking everything so seriously? This is a game of strategy is all. Use sports as an example: players change teams all the time. It's a game, the other people are not the "enemy".
and also, may I add, that reading that letter above, that's not exactly a surrender. It is negotiating, but surrender? Don't read that in it. So a tip: if you want to be a good winner, win with grace. Gloating like that is kinda unattractive.