Any time I read something like this, I think: is this truly a win? Wouldn't it be better for the forces of evil to push straight to the end? Now it's a landmark 100 km progress, for them to regress a bit, then moving on 100 km again, retreating a few kilometres, and so the cycle continues. It's smart PR though: the criticasters and truth spherers do view a message like this somewhat as a victory, and therefore get lulled back into complacency, hoping things ''will turn better now'', then being unprepared when the next 100 km move is started.