I wonder how people would react if I launched a war HQ, lost it, and then tried to pass it off as being my intent all along? 
Didn’t-need-that-thing-anywayism is generally not expected from those at the top of the food chain.
Something can’t be “part of Eve’s rich tapestry of back stabbing” if it didn’t have any actual backstabbing.
I hope all of these consequences we’re being menaced with come soon, however. There are only so many MWD/cloak-tricked Occators I can rage-■■■■ to pass the time before the liquor runs out.