I don't think it makes sense to call winners and losers before the battle is anywhere close to being over.

> I don't think it makes sense to call winners and losers before the battle is anywhere close to being over.

I don't think it makes sense to reject an explanation of current events grounded in a battle that is clearly over having been won and the victor using the ground they’ve gained to produce the events being discussed merelt because the broader war isn’t over and that victor may potentially lose some subsequent battle.