To: Fiddlstix
When the Romans were unable to reach an accomodation with an enemy, and had found the enemy so intractable as to be incapable of keeping a peace agreement, they would, after conquering, kill every living thing in the enemy's territory: men, women, children, dogs, horses - everything.
The Romans did not do this out of savagery, but because they had determined over the course of hundreds of years that such measures were the only effective means of causing barbarians to fear Rome enough that they would stop committing depradations on the fringes of the Empire.
15 posted on
09/05/2004 5:06:44 PM PDT by
fire_eye
(Socialism is the opiate of academia.)
To: fire_eye
Several times in human history, the civilized world has been threatened by barbarians.
Each time, severe and definite decisions had to be made. Appeasement and containment were not options. The only options were -- destruction of the civilization or destruction of the barbarian horde. Sometimes civilizations won; other times the barbarian horde did.
Civilization is at that point against the Islamofanatic terrorist murdering barbarian horde. Our leaders need to think hard and fast. The horde declared war on civilization. Only one will survive.
26 posted on
09/05/2004 5:50:28 PM PDT by
TomGuy
(His VN crumbling, he says 'move on'. So now, John Kerry is running on Bob KerrEy's Senate record.)
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