Lion, Tiger, Bear | 33 Hear-hear, blurted Churchill. The president shook his head back and forth to accentuate his words. Proxy wars for the mul-tee-too-din-ous and multinational forces of light and darkness from everywhere and beyond the heavens have been our tearful legacy, our primary focus as a human race despite our myriad achievements in the arts and natural sciences. Allegiances shift with the sands of time, old foemen become new allies and vice versa; pyramids, temples, and civilizations grew tall before their collapse, but the darkness…yes, the darkness, oozes and slithers its way in between the cracks of history, meanders around the fallen pillars of the ancients, and rears its head from time to time in purified occult form to feast upon the raw energy of ritualistic mass death, our Earth an abattoir, a Chicago slaughterhouse. The Nazis, Black Venetian Nobility, and the Japanese Black Dragons are the purified essence of that darkness, the pinnacle, the current unmasked head of that fearsome snake-in-a-basket, hidden in the shadows no more. Their evil, corrupt secret society factions versus ours. This time though, today, with our horrifying new weapons of unimaginable power on the drawing boards and in the sky, I fear the entire universe is watching us very, very closely. It is my belief.. .we are all on trial. Winston stood and removed his cigar with vigor. He paced, then looked out the bay window. I cannot but agree wholeheartedly. As Ive always said, for better or worse, Stalin, you, and I must attain the ultimate in bully status over our global schoolyard. Otherwise, this joust may be the last for everyone. He then sat and massaged his belly, his headache worsening. At this, the three men meditated for a minute or so, their countenances grave. George? asked the president gently, his voice jovial in its roller-coaster cadence. Youre being aww-fully silent and sullen. Speak your mind. Or is it.. .that you require a martini? Marshall tightened his brown Army tie and squirmed uncomfortably; he usually kept an official distance from the president, but on this topic, the topic, he needed intimate proximity. Mr. President, Prime Minister, theres one more issue. Professor Bush has had several conversations with Dr. Oppenheimer regarding the Manhattan Project in development; both are very familiar with ancient history on our level and beyond. Since we know that atomic-type weapons were most likely used in ancient times in India thereabouts, the Vedic texts warn us of severe complications and possible repercussions. Im not sure I…