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TIL: Coup d'œil

It is mostly used (in English) in the military, where the coup d'œil refers to the ability to discern at one glance the tactical advantages and disadvantages of the terrain.

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The phrase popularly[clarification needed] comes from Clausewitz in his tome On War:

When all is said and done, it really is the commander's coup d'œil, his ability to see things simply, to identify the whole business of war completely with himself, that is the essence of good generalship. Only if the mind works in this comprehensive fashion can it achieve the freedom it needs to dominate events and not be dominated by them.

Napoleon remarked upon it:

There is a gift of being able to see at a glance the possibilities offered by the terrain...One can call it the coup d'œil militaire and it is inborn in great generals.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_d%27%C5%93il

Putin delenda est

The US Treasury said it would no longer permit dollar payments to be made from Russian government accounts at US financial institutions. “Russia must choose between draining remaining valuable dollar reserves or new revenue coming in, or default,” a US Treasury spokesperson said.

ft.com (April 5, 2022)

also
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraines-president-vows-to-hold-russian-forces-to-account-after-war-crime-reports-11649068251

"President Biden called for a war crimes trial over the accounts of rape and killings of hundreds of civilians in Bucha and other formerly Russian-occupied towns around the Ukrainian capital and said Russian President Vladimir Putin must be held accountable."