From wiki:
"a metaphor for a seemingly intractable problem which is solved by exercising brute force."
Many words on ancient Greek history, here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordian_Knot
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We need not be gracious when our enemy dies. Civility is only afforded those who don't go to their grave trying to destroy us and ours. E. M. Burlingame
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