Not necessarily true. S.S took out ~100 people when we only had 20 members. Currently we're less than 50 members strong taking on the whole world and doing exceptionally well.
I wouldn't call this a war, this was 2 newer players figuring out the game against you 3. Then you 3 nobled a few of our inactive players so i mass faked and catted your villages for 5 or 6 days until you all quit.