nit it beats the hell out of American statements. Trump comes into office to break things and he can’t even break bureaucratese. One of the few things his destructive instinct can indulge in (and I delight in) and the DOD is “lethalitymaxxing.”

The Arabs have a poetic tradition that they draw from in hifalutin (fun fact: this is the correct spelling) speech in political speeches or religious sermons sound completely bonkers in English: “Woe unto the infidels! for under the banner of the Prophet (pbuh) the audacious lions of Islam shall slaughter like dogs this day all of the infidels, feasting upon their entrails as blood mixes with the mighty Euphrates.” I imagine if Greek ultraconservatives ever get into power official pronouncements might be pretty epic – and Epic?