I suppose if you want to classify survival as winning, then yes, at the tactical level an individual or group or country might be considered a winner in a relative sense. I’m thinking more on a strategic level.
I suppose you may survive and “win”, but better your home is not bombed into oblivion so a war profiteer can get a new yacht.
The only “winner” in any war is the ones who instigated it for gain or pleasure. All the other participants are losers.
Unless you’re fighting for your own survival. Do or die.
I suppose if you want to classify survival as winning, then yes, at the tactical level an individual or group or country might be considered a winner in a relative sense. I’m thinking more on a strategic level.
I suppose you may survive and “win”, but better your home is not bombed into oblivion so a war profiteer can get a new yacht.