Backstab whichever of them you can make the most gains from, the quickest. Do not wait, especially now you've posted on the forum. What if one of your GOOD allies sees this thread and even if it's an anon game so they can't be sure it's you, gets worried?

Go for the stab, right now.

First: don't talk about ongoing games but my advice is just keep one boder

You can talk to your allies about plans for the future, and inevitably one of them will suggest you attack the other. Boom, now you are just a good ally to the person who suggested the attack.

So I'm not discussing this ongoing game, but more the general principle of what happens when you're surrounded by allies and want to expand.

What does it mean that everybody is your friend? Apparently, the price of being your friend is still too low given the high demand; they are all still able to pay it. Now, you increase the price of doing business and the penalty for not paying it is that you invade them.

For example: spring 1901, I play France and I have a comfortable alliance with England or Germany and all other players on the board want to be my friend, but I haven't talked to Italy yet.

Now, I set an incredibly high price on partnership with Italy. I usually claim Tunis and tell him to leave me alone. This will have one of two effects: Italy realizes that he has to go for Greece as everybody else is with me and I get Tunis: expansion creating animosity, but not an enemy. Another option is that Italy will find that price ridiculously high to pay and shouts at you and invades you. Obviously, you gave Austria a tip that Italy moves south west and Austria will take Venice, while you focus on E/G, whichever one you weren't allied with.

"So I'm playing this game (one of my current 9), where I am completely surrounded by GOOD allies"

No your not lol

Very eloquently put by redhouse, +1!

That is very good advice redhouse! most helpful! Also, you're right SYnapse. I'm in 10 games, not 9.

I mean you're never surrounded by good allies.

Ah, I see. :) Well comfortable for the time being.

How nice! We are still not talking about an ongoing game.
Is it faire to the other players?

As long as it's not a gunboat/limited press game talking about it on the forum isn't breaking any rules.

Isn't the rule: "don't discuss ongoing games on the forum"?

No

"3. Don't work around game messaging/press rules.
If you enter a game with limited press/messaging (such as global-only) then you can't use other methods such as email or PM to bypass this.

If you are playing in a gunboat (no press/anon game) do not post anything about your game in the forum and refrain from posting in any threads you feel might be referencing your game.

Using the Pause or Cancel buttons as signals to other players is violating the press rules. For example, voting pause to signal the desire for a smaller draw is not allowed. If you need a pause in a gunboat game contact the moderators (see below for the contact details) and explain why.

Posting in the forum about an ongoing gunboat (no press) game is not allowed for anyone. This includes offering advice to game participants or predicting the outcome of a game. All questions about a gunboat game must wait until the game is completed."

So: public press ok,full press ok.
Only gunboat?

public press is iffy, if anyone else in the game complained the team would have to make a ruling. full press is ok.