Something similar could be said about hamas' flood operation. That it achieved nothing (much), other than zionists fury.
Hopefully his sacrifice, from his own in-empire position, could get some political traction? Unlikely, but not impossible, I think.
Edit: in parenthesis
"i don't think whoever gets to win, or to lose, nor whoever wins or loses, will win. Or lose. Everybody's going to lose." - Rousseff, Dilma. When getting couped out of Brazilian presidency.
It's out of context, but one of my favourite quotes ever. I've never seen it translated.