This is a new innovation, but not really fundamentally different from the U.S. imperial “optics” since 1945. “We’re here to liberate you! To save you from fascism—save you from your own fascism, if we have to!”
In the wild, most predators use stealth and speed to hunt prey. Some species will, not only use disguise, but present themselves as prey. The Angler fish lowers the weird growth from the top of its head as a seeming prey animal to unsuspecting fish—then devour him! 
A lot of people are reacting to the scene of the dancing U.S. military as a "legitimacy crisis." There's a big kernel of truth to this, as the U.S. has been suffering a legitimacy crisis for decades.
My point is that this really isn't anything new. The U.S. empire has *never* presented itself as a badass overlord of yesteryear. It's *always* promised to "liberate you," "spread democracy," etc. What we're seeing now is just the emperor's latest, most outlandish clothes.
These soldiers might do a "booty dance" before you're very eyes, but don't think for a moment that they won't kill you, bomb the hell out of your little country, or assassinate your legitimate leaders if given the orders. They will.
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(god, I make so many typos...)
(god, I make so many typos...)
