Illarionov

Играть в 4 руки = Борьба нанайских мальчиков;
From Churchill by Himself, page 257, Gilbert page 1155:
"We seem to be very near the bleak choice between War and Shame. My feeling is that we shall choose Shame, and then have War thrown in a little later on even more adverse terms than at present."
Ans a correction - new Congress/Senate/Administration are being sworn in January, not November and the loosers, "sitting duck" usually screw things up between November and January as much as they can Example - Obama expelling more then 300 Russian diplomats after Trump elections. Unprecedented step and for no meaningful reason. Then they entrapped Michael Flynn