Endgame.

The war of good vs evil is as old as humanity.  For millenia good men have stood against evil in battles that didn't always end well for either side.

But if those battles had not been fought, you wouldn't be reading this thread.

Just as surely as these battles were necessary, history shows virtually all of them were badly lopsided. Evil, by its nature, does not fight fairly, and only takes the battlefield when it seems the odds are overwhelmingly in its favor.

But just as surely as evil will launch a sneak attack with overwhelming odds, good men have always put their lives on the line to defend those who could not defend themselves...

While evil has occasionally won a pitched battle due to either the sedentary nature of their prey, or by swarming the defenders... the defenders at least bought time to organize a defense and drive the evil back to the hell it came from.

Key to these victories is to know how to choose the place and time of battle to best benefit yourself and least benefit the enemy. Just as important for victory is to keep your battle plans from the enemy at all costs, to the extent of deceiving the enemy of your intentions.

In 480 BC a Persian army of over 2 million marched towards Greece, intending to snuff out seeds of democracy. 300 Spartan warriors met them at a mountain pass called Thermopolae (The Hot Gates). The Spartans chose this battlefield as it negated the Persian advantage of numbers.

For 3 days the Spartans stood toe to toe with the Persians, inflicting thousands of losses on an enemy orders of magnitude greater than they. On the 3rd day the Persiansrolled over the Spartan defenders thru weight of numbers.

While the massacre of the 300 Spartans seemed like a crushing defeat, the Battle of Thermopylae bought time for the Greeks to organize: the next meeting with the Persians in the Battle of Salamis would be different and decisive.

Although badly outnumbered, the Greek navy successfully destroyed the Persian fleet, threatening to trap the Persian army in hostile territory.  The Persians retreated, never to return to Greece. As a result, the concept of democracy survived.

A millenia later, a handful of desperate defenders held out hope of holding off overwhelming odds to defend their way of life from those seeking to invade and overtake.

In 1836, 185 Texicans dug in behind the walls of an old Spanish Mission called The Alamo in what would become San Antonio TX. For 13 days they held off a force of 1800 Mexican soldiers led by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, a dictator so new the game tin pot was still shiny.

After 13 days, the Alamo was swarmed by overwhelming numbers, resulting in the death of all defenders.

As bad as the massacre was, it wasn't the end of the story.

A month and a half later, 900 very pissed off Texicans led by a young General Sam Houston caught Santa Anna and 1400 troops on the banks of Buffalo Bayou. 18 minutes later, the Batlle of San Jacinto was over: the Mexican forces in Texas had been gutted.

One of the maxims of Sun Tzus Art of War is "All warfare is based on deception". This was displayed in no uncertain terms on Dec 7, 1941, when Japan launched a surprise raid on Pearl Harbor, intending to destroy the US Pacific fleet and drive the US out of the Pacific basin.

They failed and Admiral Yamamoto knew it.

6 months later, he would try again at Midway Island. Except that a crafty Admiral from Texas had a hunch...

Playing that hunch led the battered American fleet to ambush the best of the Japanese navy. Although savaged during the battle against superior forces, the US fleet successfully broke the back of the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet, dooming the Japanese navy.

The latest battle of good vs evil has been playing out for the last 4 years. It may well be the most important battle in history.  Some think that the battle was lost in the days after Nov 3rd. 

No.

The initial battle may have been rough, but just like battles throughout history, its simply setting the stage for the decisive battle. It has exposed the enemy, including many traitors and moles. It has exposed the enemies true plans and intentions.

While everyone sits on pins and needles, and worries that the battle has been lost, remember: the enemy has already played their hand.

Our hand hasn't been revealed yet. 

Keep the faith. The battle the enemy thinks they have won... hasn't even started yet,