1 check french military strenght

2 designate which city's produce what soldiers, what roads to build, will we need another costal city to carry soldiers to france.

3 envisage our supply lines.

4 find what other civ's could be persuaded to join us

At this stage a war to capture their citys would be too costly but if we could damage their infastructure significantly it could weaken them enough to eliminate any threat that they might pose.

Saying that, the war should be planed but not implemented yet. We arent ready but it could be usefull to have a plan of operations to refer to and review in the very likely senario of a war with france. Also if they attack we would also be prepared.

Yes abosultly. French aggression cannot be tolerated for much longer. Their very presence is an insult to us, but we must bide our time.

It would expand our borders but it would strech our millitary to what i fear could be breaking point, i am convinced that a war so early could be detremental to us. Our economy would suffer with the cities we capture. the maintanence would effect our income and thus effecting our research. Wait for courthouses.

we have no seige weapons. We will need those especially for the capture of paris.

Grand General i am 100% behind you with the french being a nessesary casulaty but we should only be in the planning stages. Now is not the time for action. Lets plan our attack and wait until the timing is right.

nice poll. it will be intersting to see how many are with us and how many are with the french.

I think we need to consolidate our continent somewhat and improve our naval and warfare techs before going to war with anyone.

This will all be addressed in the planning stages of war. Nobody in their right mind declares war with preparing for it. Now is the time to think about doing this. We dont need to build the city or the units yet, i am just suggesting that a comprehensive plan of action be drawn up against them.

I know, and i want this preperation or at least a preliminary plan of conflict to comence now, highlight weak spots and choose our ground. Maybe a public vote to declare a member of the senate as a war minister, who can make these plans and show them to the goverment. who then vote on implementing them

If you really want a war, the Egyptians are a bit closer to our capitol.

yes egypt is closer and weaker but they would be a effective ally againt the aztecs. Plus we are currently trading alot of important techs with them. They are our ***es now and you dont hit women.
but saying that we should probably develop a martial plan of action against every nation. to be on the safe side.

Best case scenario I see from such is,  we declare war and due to the minimal amount of troops we'd be able to pump into the French borders (in adequate time), the 'war' would simple come to French Galleys entering our borders and simply pillaging every fishing boat they manage to lay their vessels on.  Of course,  eventually,  peace would be delcared and we'd have our annoyed neighbor to the east and nothing gained.