Berz got countermanded by NEA.
I think he had his ass handed to him for even considering taking up Rack's offer. Then they concocted the 'moving statues' line of BS so Berz could gracefully exit while boss man did his Youtube bashing.
NEA is a legend in his own mind. I could tell that from his very first video anouncing the Capitol 2A Rallies when he called out Yeager and NutnFancy.
P.S. - I still think it was a set-up to show that there is no support for 2A nationally ... or at least NEA's version of 2A ... you know, the softer and gentler kind.
I think you are right on track except for the statues part. They did remove the base this morning. However, the speed in which the Captain gave up puts the French to shame.
In my initial conversation with the Captain I made no bones about the fact that the PP practiced Smash Mouth politics and they we don't "play nice" in the sandbox and if that was not acceptable then we were not the group to partner with. I was reassured that this would be no problem.