"this equates, on Vir's part, s4 Sheridan with s2 Londo, which is... interesting."

May I just say that I am going to go off and hug this idea quietly for a while? Because I love it?
The idea that JMS floated of the Alliance being seen as a threatening hegemony and the Rangers as jack-booted thugs/enforcers is one I would have loved to have seen worked out.