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 They can fork off at any time. 

Why haven't they done so already? 
Why are they bragging about the ability to do so ? 

Mainly because they know they can't, it would be disastrous for them to be excluded. 

All they are trying to do is to incite some sort of compromise by showing their strength even if their strenght is insufficient to hold them on their own.