The Card Room seems to speak of a thousand games of whist and bridge and the Gold Room, especially as the westering sun burnishes its teak ceiling, is the ideal place for a pre-dinner sherry.
This provides a convenient way to put Donner, Blitzen and the rest of the herd out to pasture, while burnishing our ESG credentials by dispelling complaints about animal cruelty.
The claim is that the mob was manipulated by ego-driven generals who wanted to burnish their reputations by opening a new invasion, and that they manipulated the mob into supporting them.