This is the best example of a political Pyrrhic victory I can remember in recent times.![]()

Your statement reminded me of the Hobbit when the Dwarf, Balin, was telling the story of how Thorin beat Azog and push the Orcs back into Moria, but that minor victory was at a HUGE cost of lives. And even with it being a victory, they still kind of lost because they had no where to go.