History Quotes / AmericaSavesTheDay

-->--'''General Shepherd''', ''ModernWarfare 2'', [[spoiler: before he's revealed as a GeneralRipper directly invoking this trope]]

->''"We cut 'em in half with a machine gun [[PhotoOpWithTheDog and give 'em a Band-Aid.]] It was a lie. And the more I saw them, the more I hated lies."''

->As long as the villains could [[PuttingOnTheReich easily be equated to Nazis]] and said things like '''[[{{Qurac}} I vill have zis Yanqui pikdok's skin nailed to ze vall!]]''" it didn't really matter that they're [[{{Ruritania}} Russians]] or [[{{Qurac}} Libyans]]; we were just rocking out and enjoying the firebombing, secure in the knowledge that whoever was getting blown up, they were [[BlackAndWhiteMorality Bad Guys]] and had it coming.

->As long as the villains could [[PuttingOnTheReich easily be equated to Nazis]] and said things like '''[[{{Quarac}} I vill have zis Yanqui pikdok's skin nailed to ze vall!]]''" it didn't really matter that they're [[{{Ruritania}} Russians]] or [[{{Qurac}} Libyans]]; we were just rocking out and enjoying the firebombing, secure in the knowledge that whoever was getting blown up, they were [[BlackAndWhiteMorality Bad Guys]] and had it coming.

->You might label this as typical American jingoism mixed with our own absurd sense of global entitlement to our opinion and stereotypical view of all things non-Anglo and--well you'd probably be right... We just want to see movies about dudes dropping absurdly large bombs on buildings to the stirring strains of '[[Film/TopGun Highway to the Danger Zone]]' and pulverizing the fuck out of some hapless bastards who had no idea who they were messing with when they dared to piss off the U.S. of A. As long as the villains could [[PuttingOnTheReich easily be equated to Nazis]] and said things like 'I vill have zis Yanqui pikdok's skin nailed to ze vall!' it didn't really matter that they're [[{{Ruritania}} Russians]] or [[{{Qurac}} Libyans]]; we were just rocking out and enjoying the firebombing, secure in the knowledge that whoever was getting blown up, they were [[BlackAndWhiteMorality Bad Guys]] and had it coming.

->...the good guys don’t always come from the land you’re born in, and the geopolitical reality of countries is never quite as simple as the black and white portrayal the media instills in you. But that must be pretty difficult to understand while inside the belly of the beast, where most [=TVs=] in bars and restaurants are tuned to [[Creator/FoxNewsChannel Fox News]], and where [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama the Nobel Peace Prize winning president]] allows for Middle Eastern children to be killed regularly by mistake with drone strikes.
-->--'''[[http://metagearsolid.org/2015/01/big-boss-as-che-guevara/ Alexander Sylazhov]]''',

->Krauthammer is an unapologetic -- strident -- hawk. He chides [[NoTrueScotsman Jeane Kirkpatrick, no less]], for suggesting that after the breakup of the Soviet Union, the United States might become 'a normal country in a normal world.' On the contrary, he admonishes, we live in a permanently abnormal world. 'There is no alternative to confronting, deterring and, if necessary, disarming states that brandish and use weapons of mass destruction. And there is no one to do that but the United States, with or without allies.' Of course there is no question of deterring or disarming the United States. The very idea is outlandish -- America is uniquely benign, history's first '[[ReluctantRuler reluctant hegemon]],' almost quixotic in its '[[ThePollyanna hopeless idealism]].'
-->--'''[[http://www.georgescialabba.net/mtgs/2014/05/floats-like-a-vulture.html Scott McLemee]]''' on Charles Krauthammer

->Well, we like war! We´re a warlike people! We like war because we´re good at it! You know why we´re good at it? Because we get a lot of practice. This country´s only 200 years old and already we´ve had ten major wars. We average a major war every twenty years in this country, so we´re good at it! And it´s a good thing we are, uh, we´re not very good at anything else anymore! Hah? Can´t make a decent car, can´t make a TV set or a VCR worth a fuck...got no steel industry left, can´t educate our young people ... can´t get health care to our old people ... but we can [[BadNewsIrrelevantNews bomb the shit out of your country alright!]]
-->--'''Creator/GeorgeCarlin'''

->War is mankind's most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men. Though you follow the trade of the warrior, you do so in the spirit of [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington Washington]] — not of Genghis Khan. For Americans, only threat to our way of life justifies resort to conflict.

->We are also the victims of an unfortunate caricature of our profession. That is, a lot of people think we are pinstriped cookie pushers. I know that because I am a regular guest, [[FoxNewsLiberal for better or worse]], on the ''Ollie North Show''. His listeners often tell me that I'm a pinstriped cookie pusher.
-->--Former U.S. Ambassador '''R. Nicholas Burns'''

->While [[VideoGame/SmashTV shirtless men are shooting their way through deadly game shows]], a war is on the horizon. The evil General Akhboob, despot ruler of Kookistan, is using his resources to create an army of mutants. He is also, despite his constant protests otherwise, [[ImplausibleDeniability not making baby milk of any sort]]. Meanwhile, at the United Nations, the decision is made to send in the Doomsday Squad, two shirtless guys who specialize in running around and blowing stuff up. As Captain Carnage and Major Mayhem, it's up to you to shoot your way through Akhboob's forces, rescue as many captured civilians as you can, and generally [[FunnyAneurysmMoment feel very awkward]], given how [[SaddamHussein the whole conflict the game is based on]] turned out.

->'''Leon:''' What's so funny?\\
'''Saddler''': Oh, I think you know. The American prevailing is a {{cliche}} that only happens in your Hollywood movies. Oh Mr. Kennedy, you entertain me! To show my appreciation, I will help you [[ThisIsReality awaken from your world of clichés]].

-->--'''''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''''' on ''Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception''

->We cut 'em in half with a machine gun [[PhotoOpWithTheDog and give 'em a Band-Aid.]] It was a lie. And the more I saw them, the more I hated lies.
-->--'''Willard''', ''Film/ApocalypseNow''

-->--''IndependenceDay''

->Witness a film whose message of global unity means [[BrokenAesop only America can save the world.]]
-->--'''WebVideo/HonestTrailers''', ''Film/IndependenceDay''

-->--Former U.S. Ambassador '''Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns'''

->'''Tuvok:''' Captain, any action we take to protect the Ocampa would affect the balance of power in this system. The [[AlienNonInterferenceClause Prime Directive]] would seem to apply.\\
'''Janeway''': Would it? We never asked to be involved, Tuvok, but we are. We are.
-->--''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "Caretaker"
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[[folder:fiction]]
->''We'll send them all we've got!\\
[[ButIPlayOneOnTV John Wayne and Randolph Scott!]]\\
Remember those exciting fighting scenes?\\
To the shores of Tripoli!\\
[-(But [[CivilRightsMovement not to Mississippoli]])-]\\
What do we do? Send the marines!''
-->--'''Music/TomLehrer''', "Send The Marines"

->We cut 'em in half with a machine gun [[SlaveToPR and give 'em a Band-Aid.]] It was a lie. And the more I saw them, the more I hated lies.

->I'll be {{the hero}}, of course!
-->-- '''America''', ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia''

->...just as [Tiki god Graal-Grosh] was about to slay the queen and send the kingdom into eternal misery forever, Americans arrived!
-->-- "Take Your Webcomic/{{Keiki}} To Work Day"

->U.S.A. is dominate!
-->--'''Leader Enemy Boss''', ''DutyCalls''

->'''Leon:''' What's so funny?\\
'''Saddler''': Oh, I think you know. The American prevailing is a {{cliche}} that only happens in your Hollywood movies. Oh Mr. Kennedy, you entertain me! To show my appreciation, I will help you [[ThisIsReality awaken from your world of clichés]].
-->-- ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', [[DoubleSubvertedTrope right before Leon whups Saddler's arse anyway]].

->We are the most powerful military force in the history of man. Every fight is our fight.
-->--'''General Shepherd''', ''ModernWarfare 2'', [[spoiler: before he's revealed as a GeneralRipper directly invoking this trope]]

[[folder:real life]]
->Ask the average American what is the salient passion in his emotional armamentarium—what is the idea that lies at the bottom of all his other ideas—and it is very probable that, nine times out of ten, he will nominate his hot and unquenchable rage for liberty. He regards himself, indeed, as the chief exponent of liberty in the whole world, and all its other advocates as no more than his followers, half timorous and half envious. To question his ardour is to insult him as grievously as if one questioned the honour of the republic or the chastity of his wife.
-->--'''Creator/HLMencken''', ''The American Credo: A Contribution Toward the Interpretation of the National Mind''

->Even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would [[TakeUpMySword carry on the struggle]], until, in God's good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the Old.
-->--'''UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill''', speech in the House of Commons, 1940

->I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.
-->-- Atributed to Admiral Yamamoto

->War is mankind's most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men. Though you follow the trade of the warrior, you do so in the spirit of [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington Washington]] — not of Genghis Khan. For Americans, only threat to our way of life justifies resort to conflict.
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/DwightDEisenhower''', Graduation Exercises at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, June 3, 1947

->Witness a film whose message of global unity means [[BrokenAesop only America can save the world.]]
-->--'''WebVideo/HonestTrailers''', ''Film/IndependenceDay''

->[[Creator/GeneRoddenberry Roddenberry]] had his own utopian vision about he perfectibility of man, and I never really believed that. And I don’t think the show demonstrates that. I think it is about {{gunboat diplomacy}}. In the final analysis, the ''Enterprise'' fires. They’re always shooting and bringing civilization, and coming to worlds where they don’t approve of tyrannical enterprises – no pun intended – and they substitute their own quote-unquote enlightened version of how society is supposed to work, [[WeAllLiveInAmerica which is essentially American.]]
-->--'''Nicholas Meyer''', ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' commentary track

->In short it is the naive belief that if we all let the market run things, ate [=McDonald's=] every day, spoke American English and traded with each other that [[MissingStepsPlan we would all get along and never go to war.]]
-->--''RationalWiki''

->While [[VideoGame/SmashTV shirtless men are shooting their way through deadly game shows]], a war is on the horizon. The evil General Akhboob, despot ruler of Kookistan, is using his resources to create an army of mutants. He is also, despite his constant protests otherwise, [[ImplausibleDeniability not making baby milk of any sort]]. Meanwhile, at the United Nations, the decision is made to send in the Doomsday Squad, two shirtless guys who specialize in running around and blowing stuff up. As Captain Carnage and Major Mayhem, it's up to you to shoot your way through Akhboob's forces, rescue as many captured civilians as you can, and generally [[FunnyAneurysmMoment feel very awkward]], given how [[SaddamHussein the whole conflict the game is based on]] turned out.
-->--'''''Hardcore Gaming 101''''' [[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/smashtv/totalcarnage.htm on]] ''VideoGame/TotalCarnage''

->I've said some mean things about the ''{{VideoGame/Uncharted}}'' series: like how it's about a smug American cunt so massive that it could use Cleopatra's Needle as a sex aid... But as much as I've joked that Nathan Drake is a one man declaration of war by the United States upon the entire rest of humanity, I'd like to finally move past that.\\\
I'd '''''like''''' to, but I fucking '''''can't''''', because now he's after '''[[EvilBrit ME]]'''!
-->--'''''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''''' on ''Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception''

->You might label this as typical American jingoism mixed with our own absurd sense of global entitlement to our opinion and stereotypical view of all things non-Anglo and--well you'd probably be right... We just want to see movies about dudes dropping absurdly large bombs on buildings to the stirring strains of '[[Film/TopGun Highway to the Danger Zone]]' and pulverizing the fuck out of some hapless bastards who had no idea who they were messing with when they dared to piss off the U.S. of A. As long as the villains could [[PuttingOnTheReich easily be equated to Nazis]] and said things like 'I vill have zis Yanqui pikdok's skin nailed to ze vall!' it didn't really matter that they're [[{{Ruritania}} Russians]] or [[{{Qurac}} Libyans]]; we were just rocking out and enjoying the firebombing, secure in the knowledge that whoever was getting blown up, they were [[BlackAndWhiteMorality Bad Guys]] and had it coming.
-->--'''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment''' [[http://spoonyexperiment.com/iron-eagle/ on]] ''IronEagle''

->...the good guys don’t always come from the land you’re born in, and the geopolitical reality of countries is never quite as simple as the black and white portrayal the media instills in you. But that must be pretty difficult to understand while inside the belly of the beast, where most [=TVs=] in bars and restaurants are tuned to [[Creator/FoxNewsChannel Fox News]], and where [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama the Nobel Peace Prize winning president]] allows for Middle Eastern children to be killed regularly by mistake with drone strikes.
-->--'''[[http://metagearsolid.org/2015/01/big-boss-as-che-guevara/ Alexander Sylazhov]]''',

->A world in which heroism is a banal and rote opposition to [[AlwaysChaoticEvil a nebulously defined evil]], where the wheels turn and the bullets fly without any larger interest being served. Looking back, we can see that the greatest sin of [[WesternAnimation/GIJoe real American heroes]] is not blind patriotism, or any jingoistic brutality, but the far more banal evil of base nihilism. We do not fight because we must, nor because we can, nor even because we want to. Indeed, we do not fight because. [[BloodKnight We simply fight]], real heroes that we aren't.
-->--'''[[http://projectnes.blogspot.com/2011/04/imaginary-lithuanian-hero-gi-joe-gi-joe.html Phil Sandifer]]'''

->Krauthammer is an unapologetic -- strident -- hawk. He chides [[NoTrueScotsman Jeane Kirkpatrick, no less]], for suggesting that after the breakup of the Soviet Union, the United States might become 'a normal country in a normal world.' On the contrary, he admonishes, we live in a permanently abnormal world. 'There is no alternative to confronting, deterring and, if necessary, disarming states that brandish and use weapons of mass destruction. And there is no one to do that but the United States, with or without allies.' Of course there is no question of deterring or disarming the United States. The very idea is outlandish -- America is uniquely benign, history's first '[[ReluctantRuler reluctant hegemon]],' almost quixotic in its '[[ThePollyanna hopeless idealism]].'
-->--'''[[http://www.georgescialabba.net/mtgs/2014/05/floats-like-a-vulture.html Scott McLemee]]''' on Charles Krauthammer

!!!Fiction

!!!RealLife

-->--'''''Series/StarTrekVoyager''''', "Caretaker"

->''"We'll send them all we've got!\\

What do we do? Send the marines!"''

->''"I'll be {{the hero}}, of course!"''

'''RAF Pilot #2:''' Well, it's about bloody time.
-->--'''''IndependenceDay'''''

->''...just as [Tiki god Graal-Grosh] was about to slay the queen and send the kingdom into eternal misery forever, Americans arrived!''

-->-- '''''{{Film/Casablanca}}'''''

->''"U.S.A. is dominate!"''

'''[[BigBad Saddler]]''': [[GenreSavvy Oh, I think you know]]. The American prevailing is a {{cliche}} that only happens in your UsefulNotes/{{Hollywood}} movies. Oh Mr. Kennedy, you entertain me! To show my appreciation, [[OneWingedAngel I will help you]] [[ThisIsReality awaken from your world of clichés]].

->''"We are the most powerful military force in the history of man. Every fight is our fight."''

->''“Ask the average American what is the salient passion in his emotional armamentarium—what is the idea that lies at the bottom of all his other ideas—and it is very probable that, nine times out of ten, he will nominate his hot and unquenchable rage for liberty. He regards himself, indeed, as the chief exponent of liberty in the whole world, and all its other advocates as no more than his followers, half timorous and half envious. To question his ardour is to insult him as grievously as if one questioned the honour of the republic or the chastity of his wife."''

->''"Even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would [[TakeUpMySword carry on the struggle]], until, in God's good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the Old."''

->''"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."''

->''"Witness a film whose message of global unity means [[BrokenAesop only America can save the world.]]"''

->''"In short it is the naive belief that if we all let the market run things, ate [=McDonald's=] every day, spoke American English and traded with each other that [[MissingStepsPlan we would all get along and never go to war.]]"''

->''"While [[VideoGame/SmashTV shirtless men are shooting their way through deadly game shows]], a war is on the horizon. The evil General Akhboob, despot ruler of Kookistan, is using his resources to create an army of mutants. He is also, despite his constant protests otherwise, [[ImplausibleDeniability not making baby milk of any sort]]. Meanwhile, at the United Nations, the decision is made to send in the Doomsday Squad, two shirtless guys who specialize in running around and blowing stuff up. As Captain Carnage and Major Mayhem, it's up to you to shoot your way through Akhboob's forces, rescue as many captured civilians as you can, and generally [[FunnyAneurysmMoment feel very awkward]], given how [[SaddamHussein the whole conflict the game is based on]] turned out."''

->''"I've said some mean things about the ''{{VideoGame/Uncharted}}'' series: like how it's about a smug American cunt so massive that it could use Cleopatra's Needle as a sex aid... But as much as I've joked that Nathan Drake is a one man declaration of war by the United States upon the entire rest of humanity, I'd like to finally move past that.\\\
I'd '''''like''''' to, but I fucking '''''can't''''', because now he's after '''[[EvilBrit ME]]'''!"''

->''"You might label this as typical American jingoism mixed with our own absurd sense of global entitlement to our opinion and stereotypical view of all things non-Anglo and--well you'd probably be right... We just want to see movies about dudes dropping absurdly large bombs on buildings to the stirring strains of '[[Film/TopGun Highway to the Danger Zone]]' and pulverizing the fuck out of some hapless bastards who had no idea who they were messing with when they dared to piss off the U.S. of A. As long as the villains could [[PuttingOnTheReich easily be equated to Nazis]] and said things like 'I vill have zis Yanqui pikdok's skin nailed to ze vall!' it didn't really matter that they're [[{{Ruritania}} Russians]] or [[{{Qurac}} Libyans]]; we were just rocking out and enjoying the firebombing, secure in the knowledge that whoever was getting blown up, they were [[BlackAndWhiteMorality Bad Guys]] and had it coming."''

->''"A world in which heroism is a banal and rote opposition to [[AlwaysChaoticEvil a nebulously defined evil]], where the wheels turn and the bullets fly without any larger interest being served. Looking back, we can see that the greatest sin of [[WesternAnimation/GIJoe real American heroes]] is not blind patriotism, or any jingoistic brutality, but the far more banal evil of base nihilism. We do not fight because we must, nor because we can, nor even because we want to. Indeed, we do not fight because. [[BloodKnight We simply fight]], real heroes that we aren't."''

->''"Krauthammer is an unapologetic -- strident -- hawk. He chides [[NoTrueScotsman Jeane Kirkpatrick, no less]], for suggesting that after the breakup of the Soviet Union, the United States might become 'a normal country in a normal world.' On the contrary, he admonishes, we live in a permanently abnormal world. 'There is no alternative to confronting, deterring and, if necessary, disarming states that brandish and use weapons of mass destruction. And there is no one to do that but the United States, with or without allies.' Of course there is no question of deterring or disarming the United States. The very idea is outlandish -- America is uniquely benign, history's first '[[ReluctantRuler reluctant hegemon]],' almost quixotic in its '[[ThePollyanna hopeless idealism]].'"''

-->--'''HLMencken''', ''The American Credo: A Contribution Toward the Interpretation of the National Mind''

->''"Krauthammer is an unapologetic -- strident -- hawk. He chides [[NoTrueScotsman Jeane Kirkpatrick, no less]], for suggesting that after the breakup of the Soviet Union, the United States might become 'a normal country in a normal world.' On the contrary, he admonishes, we live in a permanently abnormal world. 'There is no alternative to confronting, deterring and, if necessary, disarming states that brandish and use weapons of mass destruction. And there is no one to do that but the United States, with or without allies.' Of course there is no question of deterring or disarming the United States. The very idea is outlandish -- America is uniquely benign, history's first 'reluctant hegemon,' almost quixotic in its '[[ThePollyanna hopeless idealism]].'"''

->''"Krauthammer is an unapologetic -- strident -- hawk. He chides [[NoTrueScotsman Jeane Kirkpatrick, no less]], for suggesting that after the breakup of the Soviet Union, the United States might become 'a normal country in a normal world.' On the contrary, he admonishes, we live in a permanently abnormal world. 'There is no alternative to confronting, deterring and, if necessary, disarming states that brandish and use weapons of mass destruction. And there is no one to do that but the United States, with or without allies. Of course there is no question of deterring or disarming the United States. The very idea is outlandish -- America is uniquely benign, history's first 'reluctant hegemon,' almost quixotic in its '[[ThePollyanna hopeless idealism]].' Only twisted leftists would deny that 'freedom ''[is]'' the centerpiece of ''[American]'' foreign policy.'\\\
America, it is true, has no concentration camps or overseas colonies, and our government regularly proclaims its devotion to freedom. For Krauthammer, those facts evidently outweigh our having subverted dozens of governments, many of them democratically elected, and supported dozens of others that were not democratically elected at all, with the only consistent motive being the promotion of [[{{Realpolitik}} a favorable investment climate for American business.]]"''

->''"A world in which heroism is a banal and rote opposition to [[CardCaryingVillain a nebulously defined evil]], where the wheels turn and the bullets fly without any larger interest being served. Looking back, we can see that the greatest sin of [[WesternAnimation/GIJoe real American heroes]] is not blind patriotism, or any jingoistic brutality, but the far more banal evil of base nihilism. We do not fight because we must, nor because we can, nor even because we want to. Indeed, we do not fight because. [[BloodKnight We simply fight]], real heroes that we aren't."''

->''"A world in which heroism is a banal and rote opposition to [[BlackAndWhiteMorality a nebulously defined evil]], where the wheels turn and the bullets fly without any larger interest being served. Looking back, we can see that the greatest sin of [[WesternAnimation/GIJoe real American heroes]] is not blind patriotism, or any jingoistic brutality, but the far more banal evil of base nihilism. We do not fight because we must, nor because we can, nor even because we want to. Indeed, we do not fight because. [[BloodKnight We simply fight]], real heroes that we aren't."''

->''"You might label this as typical American jingoism mixed with our own absurd sense of global entitlement to our opinion and stereotypical view of all things non-Anglo and--well you'd probably be right... We just want to see movies about dudes dropping absurdly large bombs on buildings to the stirring strains of "[[Film/TopGun Highway to the Danger Zone]]" and pulverizing the fuck out of some hapless bastards who had no idea who they were messing with when they dared to piss off the U.S. of A. As long as the villains could [[PuttingOnTheReich easily be equated to Nazis]] and said things like "I vill have zis Yanqui pikdok's skin nailed to ze vall!" it didn't really matter that they're Russians or Libyans; we were just rocking out and enjoying the firebombing, secure in the knowledge that whoever was getting blown up, they were [[BlackAndWhiteMorality Bad Guys]] and had it coming."''

->''"I've said some mean things about the ''{{VideoGame/Uncharted}}'' series: like how it's about a smug American cunt so massive that it could use Cleopatra's Needle as a sex aid... But as much as I've joked that Nathan Drake is a one man declaration of war by the United States upon the entire rest of humanity, I'd like to finally move past that. I'd ''like'' to, but I fucking ''can't'', because now he's after '''[[EvilBrit me]]'''!"''

->''"In short it is the naive belief that if we all let the market run things, ate McDonald's every day, spoke American English and traded with each other that [[MissingStepsPlan we would all get along and never go to war.]]"''

->''"While [[VideoGame/SmashTV shirtless men are shooting their way through deadly game shows]], a war is on the horizon. The evil General Akhboob, despot ruler of Kookistan, is using his resources to create an army of mutants. He is also, despite his constant protests otherwise, not making baby milk of any sort. Meanwhile, at the United Nations, the decision is made to send in the Doomsday Squad, two shirtless guys who specialize in running around and blowing stuff up. As Captain Carnage and Major Mayhem, it's up to you to shoot your way through Akhboob's forces, rescue as many captured civilians as you can, and generally [[FunnyAneurysmMoment feel very awkward]], given how [[SaddamHussein the whole conflict the game is based on]] turned out."''

->''Even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God's good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the Old.''
-->--'''UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill''', speech in the House of Commons, 1940

-> ''"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."''
-->-- Atributed to Admiral Yamamoto

->'''Tuvok:''' Captain, any action we take to protect the Ocampa would affect the balance of power in this system. The [[AlienNonInterferenceClause Prime Directive]] would seem to apply.\\
'''Janeway''': Would it? We never asked to be involved, Tuvok, but we are. We are.
-->--'''''Series/StarTrekVoyager''''', "Caretaker"

->''"Witness a film whose message of global unity means only America can save the world."''

->''"I've said some mean things about the ''{{VideoGame/Uncharted}}'' series: like how it's about a smug American cunt so massive that it could use Cleopatra's Needle as a sex aid, who remorselessly commits large-scale archeological destruction without even the level-headed justification of a serial arsonist... But as much as I've joked that Nathan Drake is a one man declaration of war by the United States upon the entire rest of humanity, I'd like to finally move past that. I'd ''like'' to, but I fucking ''can't'', because now he's after '''[[EvilBrit me]]'''!"''