If they didn't strike first, what would happen when Jayzepan got its forces together and came after Gohaven instead?
Sure, Jayzepan was small in terms of land area. But with a population over a hundred million, that was nothing to dismiss.
More importantly, it was an island nation—completely surrounded by water. That meant a statistically higher chance of yielding golden snowflakes.
So if Gohaven didn't move fast to take it down, it was only a matter of time before Jayzepan became a major thr