Yeah, that's the ticket.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhic_victory
A Pyrrhic victory is a victory with devastating cost to the victor.
The phrase is an allusion to King Pyrrhus of Epirus (ancient Greece),
whose army suffered irreplaceable casualties when he defeated the
Romans during the Pyrrhic War at Heraclea in 280 BC and Asculum in 279
BC. After the latter battle, Plutarch relates in a report by
Dionysius:
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Yang
a.a. #28
AthD (h.c.) conferred by the regents of the LCL
a.a. pastor #-273.15, the most frigid church of Celcius nee Kelvin
EAC Econometric Forecast and Sorcery Division
The Bush 'balanced' budget: -3 trillion and worsening
The Bush 'economic' policy: 12.5 million FEWER jobs than Clinton and counting
The Bush Iraq lie: -3255 GIs, one friend's co-worker's son and mounting
Having Bush ***** up my country: Worthless
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in response to Sound-of-Trumpet's *****:
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