Founder: "Have I? I think you'll find neither the Jem'Hadar or the Breen will agree with that assessment. They will fight to the last man."
Kira: "And what will that accomplish?"
Founder: "Isn't it obvious? You may win this war Commander, but when it is over you will have lost so many ships and so many lives. Your victory will taste as bitter as defeat."
The deep state will not surrender. They would rather destroy the world and everything in it before stepping down.
I just passed up on a battle like that today, anon.
The battle was too close to the line, and while it could have been won, the cost, effort would have been too great to engage for what it was worth
We've lost enough as it is already... 80% of the world is going to die as it stands. Maybe they should hurry up before it's 99.9%
ST:DS9 S7E25 What you leave behind 1&2
Kira: "This war over, you lost."
Founder: "Have I? I think you'll find neither the Jem'Hadar or the Breen will agree with that assessment. They will fight to the last man."
Kira: "And what will that accomplish?"
Founder: "Isn't it obvious? You may win this war Commander, but when it is over you will have lost so many ships and so many lives. Your victory will taste as bitter as defeat."
The deep state will not surrender. They would rather destroy the world and everything in it before stepping down.