@VoxOfGod I mean, I'll settle for the trade-off of them severely degrading the Empire's military capabilities. I don't think you're wrong about them profiting & consolidating ownership, but the unique position of power Trump has means that he was always going to have a great number of options to exploit any situation in that way. This is still a quagmire that is going to have a whole host of unintended & unanticipated effects.