Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Renfield
It is interesting when Rome finally fell. They still had great cities and large population centers with industries. Yet their legions (men) would no longer fight. They had the resources but not the will. It was almost a cake walk for the barbarians to waltz in take what they wanted (including sacking Rome).

No Roman was willing to die for Rome anymore. It wan't worth it to them.

America is still strong and has a strong (and volunteer) army. But for how long? People do not join (and maybe die) in an army to protect Hillary Care, or abortion for any reason at any time or for confiscatory taxes or to turn in their private guns or for the rest of liberal socialism...

4 posted on 01/03/2007 6:51:33 AM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


To: 2banana
Yet their legions (men) would no longer fight. They had the resources but not the will. It was almost a cake walk for the barbarians to waltz in take what they wanted (including sacking Rome).

The same thing happened against the Muslims in the middle east in the 7th and 8th centuries.

The Romans had become very much like the modern Europeans.

8 posted on 01/03/2007 8:30:37 AM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies ]

To: 2banana
America is still strong and has a strong (and volunteer) army. But for how long? People do not join (and maybe die) in an army to protect Hillary Care, or abortion for any reason at any time or for confiscatory taxes or to turn in their private guns or for the rest of liberal socialism...



Thats a little to anti-american for my tastes.

We are much more than your petty criticisms.
10 posted on 01/03/2007 2:26:56 PM PST by Blackirish (Happy New Year !)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson