LOL! Understood. Your strategy was clearly better than mine so I can't really question your intelligence:) I guess I always just assume someone is almost dead or about to win if they are trying anything in Russia. It's too big to defend. Good luck to you and again, I hope no hard feelings. I don't have any against you, I just like to be dispatched quickly, you're right, no way for you to know given fog.
I didn't mean to offend you. You'll find I'm not a jerk, you play this enough you have to play the same people over and over so it doesn't work to collect enemies. I just hate it when someone rather than finish you off, sits there and just takes one nibble on your border. Two reasons. 1. Strategically it's bad, it just makes the other person want to hurt you back and because you're not finishing them off, it gives them time to do so. If I attack someone where they're obviously trying to build units, I go for the throat so they can't recover. 2. It's boring to keep someone hanging around in the game, put them out of their misery quick.
If you're offended, sorry. If you won't take my apology, feel free to play me in any game you want and stick it to me, that's how it works:)