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In English, there's an expression called a "Pyrrhic victory"βit refers to a victory so costly that it essentially feels like a defeat.
The term comes from King Pyrrhus of Epirus in Greece. In the 3rd century BCE, he won a battle against the Romans but suffered massive losses. After the battle, he said: βIf we are victorious in one more battle like this, we shall be utterly ruined.β
Itβs about time we added a new term to English: the "Khamenei victory"βa victory in which, right at the start of the war, all military commanders are killed, the commander-in-chief goes underground and never comes back out even after the ceasefire, the countryβs airspace falls entirely under enemy control, key military and nuclear facilities are destroyed, and the leader congratulates the nation on their βvictoryβ from his hidden bunker!