What hope? What vision? A stupid greeting-card illusion about some damn hill city? It sure as hell wasn't the Acropolis - more like Metropolis. He set the mold for all the chickenhawks to follow - of course he didn't actually fight in the Great War himself. No, that might mess up his hair.
What the hell have we actually accomplished since the Conmen came to town? This horrible man took the point in marching us all over the cliff.