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)
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.
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
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