That might be a valid position to claim if your original post had actually talked about that, instead of about changing the international status quo.
No, Arrach Sarum was not doing what you seem to think he was doing. Arrach Sarum was saving face. Arrach Sarum had the planet-wide Reclaiming of Floseswin IV declared on these boards, after it was pointed out that AmarrMil capsuleers in his military circuit were making deals with Minmatar Militia capsuleers to not challenge control of certain system. He was pointedly embarassed here, in public.
No, Arrach Sarum was not engaging in any 12-dimensional Chutes & Ladders. He got goaded into a reaction. And even if that weren’t true, House Sarum has been the singular driving ‘We need to resume Reclaiming by the Sword’ force in the Empire for decades.
So he wasn’t trying to gain something he already had.