Spartans were policing Pandas who DBed CR. BB DBed Spartans and waved them. Spartans sought a way out, and luckily Spartans were available to war.
With the precedent that got set by Pandas and Divinity, one side does not need to hit in order for a war to be a war. Now let's see if the Devs share this line of thought or whether they're gonna measure with 2 yard sticks.
1:19 v 2:2