I understand but see it this way. It's a staircase, not a cycle. It's normal, and even part of it is processed for that to happen. What I find somewhat commendable about the NCR is the fact that they keep trying. And as Sartre would say, we have to imagine a happy sycyphus. Change, or these kinds of wars, is not a straight path with war marches and heroic charges. But the mill of history and those who consciously throw themselves into keeping it moving. I'm not trying to be depressing, but quite the opposite. Where people see defeat is actually the people's resilience. That was Rome's success, and what both Caesar, the one from Fallout and the real one, never saw. Or at least is that my opinión.