It does answer the issue, no cruise. Not for any reason. Not to catch up, not to gain ground, not for any reason. If you engage cruise you are fleeing, whatever your reasons for engaging cruise. The initial post was asking if it was okay to use cruise to catch an attacker fleeing on afterburners. It's not.
Whatever your personal feelings on the matter, this point has been clarified in another thread. You cannot do it.
Saint Del is considered a holy healer of diseases of children, but also as a protector of cattle.