Patronising tone
It was patronising in tone, almost triumphalist.
I am reminded of the late Richard Nixon’s famous comment concerning the Viet Cong during the Vietnam war. ‘If we have them by the balls, their brains and minds will follow’.
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LIMITED OFFERIt was patronising in tone, almost triumphalist.
I am reminded of the late Richard Nixon’s famous comment concerning the Viet Cong during the Vietnam war. ‘If we have them by the balls, their brains and minds will follow’.
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