The international community cannot afford to allow this cynical tactic to succeed.
Supporters of abortion rights called the statements "cynical political tactics."
Perhaps politicians count on the public's essential good manners not to challenge their baldly cynical tactics.
They say they suspect that charges of fraud are a cynical tactic by insurers to limit the reimbursements they pay out.
There is no suggestion, of course, that Britain has adopted this cynical tactic in real life.
And it works so often that one has to wonder what's wrong with voters who say they hate politics, then buy the most cynical tactics.
A Colin W team beaten by such cynical tactics?
Also, there is less likely to be the sort of cynical, injury-faking, stalling tactics that have plagued soccer at its highest levels.
From an institutional perspective, such cynical tactics are deeply disturbing.
When one of his young officers is killed by drug dealers, he resorts to the same cynical and deadly tactics established early in the series.