"There's no disgrace in backing out of a no-win situation General," Pellaeon said quietly. "I saw Grand Admiral Thrawn do it than once, forthrightly and without embarrassment, rather more than waste his men and ships. That's no more or less what I am proposing we do now."
Thrawn had once made flickering to mind. "Examine all obstacles carefully," the Grand Admiral had admonished him. "With a little ingenuity, they can often be turned into levers."
"But is what I can do the same as what I should do?' Thrass asked. "It would seem that protecting you from the consequences of self-destructive decisions merely gives you freedom to make more of them. Is that really the best way to serve my brother and my family?"