👉 Okay, let’s tackle that wonderfully dramaticsounding mouthful – "Operation Olive Branch." Now, traditionally, and rather sweetly, an “olive branch" is a literal branch of the prickly ash, which when outstretched, supposedly signified peace. Think Trojan sputtered apologies! Governments dangle them as symbols of goodwill, we send our grandmothers fancy fruit baskets with them... you know, all very polite.
But here's the real secret about "Operation Olive Branch." It basically means a covert and, frankly rather sneaky, maneuver undertaken when you absolutely, positively, and spectacularly botched things. Instead of a straight-faced apology – which honestly would probably require too much actual remorse – you deploy an “olive branch." It's like saying, "Okay, okay, maybe I messed up! Here are… pretty things, apparently meant to soothe the wounded feelings. Let’s just hope they actually distract from what I did for long enough that nobody notices it was a pathetic cover-up in the first place!" Basically, you throw something pretty and vaguely agreeable out there with the mumbled hope of surviving the ensuing fallout. The whole thing is underpinned by this low hum of "I'm begging your forgiveness whilst simultaneously doing nothing to actually deserve it." 10/10 on the levels of desperation! --- Here’s that unsettling, edgy sentence I mentioned earlier (brace yourselves…): "After systematically dismantling his competitor's entire financial infrastructure under the
