I think people totally misconstrue the meaning of control.

To me the meaning of control is controlling the shape of the battlefield. Patriots dont control every action or reaction, this is war. I have often likened it to the War in Europe after the breakout from hedgerow country. Or the Battle in the Pacific after Midway. The ultimate outcome of the war is no longer in doubt. The Patriots force the action, choose the ground and our enemy can only react and fight a defensive battle. If they do counterattack, as the Germans did at the Battle of the Bulge, their efforts come to naught.

That is what Q meant by Patriots in control.

Of course millennia old evil is difficult to eradicate.