This post on the forums certainly sounds like the end is near for the war with ASCN. It's not a huge shock that it's turned out this way, but this post is a nice change in style from the usual forum posts about the war.
ASCN, when you do finally fall you will be missed. I hope the alliance stays as an idea and can be rebuilt in the future taking into account the lessons learnt.
This does leave one question that I'm sure certain other alliances are asking. Who will be next for BoB?