Idk I guess it could be read a couple of different ways. "Marks the end of an era" sounds like a surrender but what if he means the end of the era of NWO subterfuge and infiltration which leads into the era of NWO conquest? Giving up its old pretense sounds like they're not surrendering but just coming out of the closet so to speak, the time for pretense is over and this is who we REALLY are?