(UPDATED) Gen. John Allen speaks at DNC; shades of Berlin 80 years ago

Pride/Hubris before the fall:  USA! USA! “Indispensable, Transformational Power;” The Bad Guys “will fear us!” – and not only they.

Parental guidance advised

http://reason.com/blog/2016/07/31/readwatch-the-scariest-speech-from-both

(8 minutes)

 

UPDATE:  In addition, all are invited to watch the scary introductory 3-minutes not included in the above link.  Don’t miss the “spit-and-polish” cadenced march-in by military retirees endorsing Clinton, and Congressman Ted Lieu’s introduction.  (Part of the introduction struck me at first as super-weird.  Lieu: “When you ignore the facts people will die.”  For a moment I thought, Wow, he’s alluding to how Gen. Allen and his fellow “four-stars” have been ignoring the facts and getting thousands killed.  But, alas.)

Again, parental guidance advised.  But adults should go to the link below to watch Gen. Allen impersonate another “Marine”—“You-can’t-handle-the-truth” Jack Nicholson.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYuH5fKUn_0

(11 minutes)