[ it's strange, isn't it? finding comfort in knowing that misery finds a way to stay strong generation after generation. but, for all that he isn't particularly loyal to his homeland, he does have a strange affection for it that is almost inexplicable. ]

A pity you didn't have old General Winter on your side. He always managed to repel even the most dogged of would-be conquerors.

[ but "General Radiation" might serve just as well. ]