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I took Latin for 5 years. Good rework of a quote from Cato "Carthago delenda est" < hard "th" like Car-TA-go. Carthage must be destroyed. One hell of a word before the Roman Senate (SPQR, Senatus Populus Que Romanus). Firebrand Cato makes our starched politicians look like fat- free soy twinkies.

Look at what happened to miserable Carthage, Rome finsished the Punic wars with vengeful finality. Salted the ground, sewed captives in hollowed out dead maggot-infested donkeys to bake in the hot sun, etcetera. Talk about revenge. Carthage got the works and then some.

http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/punicwars/a/thirdpunicwar.htm

http://history.boisestate.edu/westciv/punicwar/17.htm

http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=baldwin&book=thirty&story=carthago

"When the swords flash let no idea of love, piety, or even the face of your fathers move you." -Caesar