Just coming out of a massive hiatus to point out that "If someone like him becomes a general, I'll go home" is a translation error. It should read "If someone like him becomes the head general here, I'll go home." (And actually, they were written as shōgun, but Woolsey wisely realised that 99% of americans wouldn't have a clue what shōgun are in the first place )

and now I probably won't post again for another six months~