Ok so I really dont know where you got your information from, but by leading a small Clan in the American Council I can honestly say, that we have always been heard and our vote counts as much as a TF/TDA vote.
And the Reinforcement thing has nothing to do with Stars. i would have voted against that regardless of what you guys were doing. Its just not fair to everyone who does not have the resources or time to handle an alt char in a different nation on the same server (which in itself feels wrong to me).
I for one never witnessed anyone from the AC ordering anyone around. Of course we werent happy with the Gulf affair, but as previously stated all the other nations knew it wasnt us so we were fine with that.
Also, most of the STARS people I had actually met in game i really liked. Just because TF/TDA had a bad experience with them didnt meant i would have to have the same thing right ? Or so I thought.
Anyway, we just had a very nice battle with SS, please come again .