sometimes you have to go back really far to make sure your resentment is justified.
<< sometimes [A People has] to go back really far to make sure [Its] resentment is justified. >>
True.
And despite that the distorting lens of that resentment condemns it to forever both seing itself, acting as if it was and being perceived to be but a bunch of slippery, treacherous bastards.
[Thanks for the ping, GK -- keep me posted and I'll keep you informed! Blessings -- Brian]