Khamenei appears bound to repeat mistakes of Saddam and Nasrallah: Bombastic speeches, unrealistic promises of crushing Israel, and a military machine decimated by the Jewish state
Your saying channels the concept of the Pyrrhic victory. According to Plutarch, after the battle of Asculum, Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, said to someone who was congratulating him: "If we are victorious in one more battle with the Romans, we shall be utterly ruined."
We have a saying in Hebrew:
״עוד ניצחון כזה ואבדנו״
Which translates to another win like this and we’re lost…
It's not a Hebrew saying, it's a Roman saying, after they narrowly won over Carthago: a pyrrhic victory
Who’s first. Not the Romans.
Your saying channels the concept of the Pyrrhic victory. According to Plutarch, after the battle of Asculum, Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, said to someone who was congratulating him: "If we are victorious in one more battle with the Romans, we shall be utterly ruined."
Unconditional surrender isn't the rule in wars.
https://open.substack.com/pub/lotusreborn/p/no-applause-yet-a-play-in-blood-and?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=5oi70l