Subj : unclear
To   : Alexander Koryagin
From : Paul Quinn
Date : Fri Oct 25 2019 16:55:26

Hi! Alexander,

On 25 Oct 19 09:28, you wrote to All:

 AK> The last two lines are unclear for me, especially "casting it a hasty
 AK> helicopters-on-the-roof moment for American power".

It's wonderful journalistic jingoism at play again.  It's a simile.  A 
reference to some televised scenes of American personnel & equipment making 
many hasty exits from built-up areas in Vietnam.  If the writer had worded the 
by-line "...it as a hasty..." you probably wouldn't be asking your question.

Cheers,
Paul.

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