Drake's defeat is temporary, it comes as a variant to Hawkins sabotage or King's secret, the pattern is the same since the
good (SWORD) needs to be put to the ropes by the
evil (CP0) before prevailing. Drake will ultimately win the fight after we get deeper in the SWORD - CP0 conflict.
Now, this is my opinion before full summary/panels are out, and may look to much optimistic, but looks to me like the most logical outcome too.
Let the downplayers do their thing and just have some patience. Some of them will swallow their own words at some point.