In school food services, a kind of circular firing squad exists where everybody blames everybody else for the horrible quality of the food kids eat, but nobody is really to blame because they're all «dedicated» and «working hard.» (theslowcook.com)
Rather than commit to the usual circular firing squad, the Democrats in the area have rallied around Bramson, a former state assemblyman. (nystateofpolitics.com)
We should be mercilessly exposing this farce instead of assembling the traditional circular firing squad.» (theguardian.com)