MCCS1977

Our esteemed Mr. Perrin:

Here’s the bald face of imperialism. The video speaks for itself. I knew some prime assholes when I was in the Army, but this guy’s beyond belief. Remember, they hate us for our freedom.

As I explained in the daily Guys From Area 51 “waste time at work and erode the foundations of society” e-mail exchange:

I heard this same lecture if not everyday, at least 2 or 3 times a week when I was active duty Army. It’s common negative motivation technique…the fact that he’s using it reveals allot. When our intrepid leaders dragged this old standby out it you could be sure they’d just heard a similar speech from their superiors. The old shit rolls down hill thing. It also means that he’s reach the bottom of his bag of tricks, probably because he’s sick of being in that forsaken stretch of dirt risking his ass for them when they don’t even want him there.

It’s the natural way of things people. There’s an arc. This is not “the bald face of imperialism.” Luckily, via der Pime, the late, great Paul Harvey clears it all up for us:

We didn’t come this far because we’re made of sugar candy. Once upon a time, we elbowed our way onto and across this continent by giving smallpox-infected blankets to Native Americans. That was biological warfare. And we used every other weapon we could get our hands on to grab this land from whomever.

And we grew prosperous. And yes, we greased the skids with the sweat of slaves. So it goes with most great nation-states, which—feeling guilty about their savage pasts—eventually civilize themselves out of business and wind up invaded and ultimately dominated by the lean, hungry up-and-coming who are not made of sugar candy.

This is the bald face of a dying Imperial power. Reduced to begging and pleading and talking to hear ourselves speak. And so it goes.