Alright, as I had said in the last post, I did get Astronomy with Liberalism.
Then I beelined Military Tradition, while I gained the circumnavigation bonus. My plan was to take advantage of Mehmed's lack of Iron and stomp him with Cuirassiers. I got the control of the AP so no stop the war vs. Mehmed resolutions would bother me.
I had three whipping rounds and moved my troops to the Ottoman border. I even incited a revolt in Ankara and sent my spies to Istanbul, hoping to quickly cut down Mehmed's production.
The problem is that the warning hadn't come up yet that Mehmed had just signed a defensive pact with Suryavarman. I can't take them both at once. Sury already has cannons and Mehmed is now beelining Rifles.
As you see, I have to do some expanding if I want to remain in business. What should I do now? Declare war anyway and hope Sury has already shipped his troops to Native America (SB was his worst enemy when he went WHEOOHRN)? Wait for the actual declaration? That could give Mehmed time to get Rifling... Declare war and try to pass a resolution to make peace with Sury?
Please, I don't really know what to do. If I had known I wouldn't declare war so soon, I wouldn't have stacked the whip unhapiness in my cities. My wise advisors, what should I do?
BTW, I failed the Taj Mahal and the Moai Statues and it helped me a lot. I also did some wonder failing in Fred's IU. Thanks LuCiver.