cry havoc and turn loose the dogs of war
More like "Cry havoc and turn loose the harshly worded statements."
Right now, Defense and State are ironing out the details on their plan to coordinate an opening salvo of diplomatic bluster and strongly critical memos, followed by a second wave of even more strongly worded communiques and threatened sanctions. Right now, our industrial base is tooling up with enough ink cartridges and printer paper for a sustained operation, but once adequate reserves have been built up, I would expect the onslaught of memorandums directed at the heart of Tehran to be nothing short of merciless.