On the contrary considering the number of members within the coalition a week's time wasn't as bad as it could have been.
I'm not saying I know much but from my humble perspective TPF was attacked by some heavy alliances. Taking a Starcraft reference TPF was a lone zergling. Those closest to TPF saw said zergling being destroyed, the typical AI response would be to attack the hostile on sight. This, as we should know would lead to the zerglings being massacred one by one. I am sure each of TPF's allies was fully aware what would happen if they had gone in immediately, and if they had I am sure this war would have escalated further as the allies of Athens and Rok would have entered the war immediately to crush the lone zerglings.
Instead the zerglings spent their time, (ooc: waiting to talk to as many involved members on irc) amassed, and (as also I'm sure) helped in some way secure white peace before the war escalated or TPF got crushed further.
The outcome of this conflict exposed the weakness of relying on lots of small alliances to come to your aid in a crisis. I do believe however this skirmish has laid groundworks for creating a much faster functioning zergling horde in the future.
For this the members of the CC were not losers but benefactors of this conflict.