[Romulus]

As thanks for that generous compliment, here's some lagniappe from Gibbon's chapter of Rome's sack by the Goths. It seems as fresh and pertinent as ever:

"THE incapacity of a weak and distracted government may often assume the appearance and produce the effects of a treasonable correspondence with the public enemy."

[Cicero]

I reread Livy's histories last year, and I take comfort from the fact that Rome managed to fight successfully against her various enemies for hundreds of years while undergoing recurrent feuds, riots, and civil wars between the Optimates and the Populares. Rome emerged from a century of civil war stronger than ever. So it IS possible to beat our enemies even with the Democrats doing their best to undermine the war effort.