To: Destro
It's one thing for a dictator with absolute political control to prepare a country for war. It's another to do it in a democracy. Themistocles was successful because he lied. Not that this would ever happen today.
To: ConsistentLibertarian
He did not lie. He was "optimistic". I mean if your a tiny little city-state up against the largest empire the world has ever seen and they full weight of that empire is comming to get you a leader would kind of distort things don't you think?
I humbly add the Athenian Miltiades in the honor role for his generalship at Marathon.
88 posted on
08/31/2002 5:46:50 PM PDT by
Destro
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