Thats a nice civilised way of putting forced out, but yes.  Like someone you love, no matter how much, if they piss you off enough for so long, you`ll leave.  My own personal assumption is axl had an idea, and no one was getting in the way, so out with the old, in with the new, regardless who is the old.  Axl made his mind up about them all long before they were gone.  Duff for some reason still "loves" axl, regardless, so I`m thinking he`s more of an olive branch or conduit than Izzy might be. Or them both together might do wonders.. Still, Slash is a cancer and there is no going back from that.

I cant prove it, but I think Duff "might" still talk to axl.  dont ask me how I got this conclusion.