É preciso combatê-los lá se não invadem a Califórnia

"If the U.S. does not act against Iran, "they'll take that as a sign of weakness on our part and we will pay for it in Iraq and throughout the region and ultimately right here at home," Lieberman said.

E depois do Irão ... será preciso fazer alguma coisa quanto à Síria para não o perceberem como um sinal de fraqueza e... por aí adiante.

Entretanto sobre um Imperador popular entre as tropas (via LRCBlog):

"Today Wikipedia marks the anniversary of the assassination of the Roman emperor Caracalla (...):

* the Constitutio Antoniniana, granting Roman citizenship to freemen throughout the Roman Empire in order to increase taxation;

* debasing the silver content in Roman coinage by 25% in order to pay the legions; (...)"