Where for "crony," read "person who was willing to surrender in the face of an obviously militarily superior foe."
As opposed to "nutcase who thinks that fighting TO THE DEATH!!!!!11!!! is more important than anything else."
Where "person who was willing to surrender in the face of an obviously militarily superior foe" means "individual who was employed by the Empire to undermine Cathay's participation in the war effort, thereby ceding military superiority to the foe." as opposed to "person who actually fought, lost and surrendered."
