You Have Got Over the Top, You've Goed Over the Top

There was considerable resistance to this plot. The top brass were genuinely fearful of the consequences if it went wrong. A number of the top brass pointed out that this wasn't just a tactical deception. This was a strategic deception. And so the stakes involved were that much higher. I mean, they had become so caught up in their story onl f. If you hear the love letter that they planted, it does, to an english ear, to a british ear, i would say, it does sound like it's made up. It sounds like the kind of thing you might put in a romantic novel. But no, it came very close to being, to being scuppered