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To: SeekAndFind

“Ceterum autem censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.”

“Furthermore, I consider that Carthage must be destroyed.”

Cato the Elder said this in the Roman Senate debates prior to the Third Punic War, which culminated in the levelling of Carthage to make it uninhabitable - I like to believe that the later legend that the Romans also salted the earth to make it non-arable is true.

Israel should learn from the Romans.


3 posted on 10/10/2023 7:06:51 AM PDT by paterfamilias
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To: paterfamilias
the Romans also salted the earth to make it non-arable

Today there's the option of applying high-level nuclear waste to make land completely uninhabitable. Of course, any Palestinians who choose to remain should be allowed to.

14 posted on 10/10/2023 7:12:59 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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Indeed, "Ceterum autem censeo Gazam esse delendam."
45 posted on 10/10/2023 7:45:34 AM PDT by budj (Combat vet, second of three generations.)
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To: paterfamilias
the later legend that the Romans also salted the earth to make it non-arable is true.

Yes it was. Nice touch, that.

59 posted on 10/10/2023 7:56:57 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (The Truth is like a lion. You don't need to defended it. Let it loose and it will defend itself.)
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To: paterfamilias

Cato after every speech about anything, “Carthage must be destroyed.”


71 posted on 10/10/2023 8:07:22 AM PDT by freedomjusticeruleoflaw (Strange that a man with his wealth would have to resort to prostitution.)
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Israel should learn from the Romans.>/i>

Judging from Bibi's statements Monday, I believe it has.

113 posted on 10/10/2023 12:02:35 PM PDT by Bernard Marx
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