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Undoubtedly Hannibal was a great military leader. And for sure he was a thorn in Rome's side for a very long time. But I was just focused on Bill Whittle's video commentary. If he hadn't named 'Hannibal', he could have been reciting from Sun Tzu's, 'The Art of War'.

And the one part he mentioned - about Hannibal funneling Rome's 'overwhelming' Legions into a small gap - reminded me of Thermopylae (480 BC) with King Leonidas and his 300 Spartans ₍₁₎, against Xerxes and his 'overwhelming' Persian forces.

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Looking at the ways Hannibal used his knowledge of the Romans and of his own forces at Cannae, you can see where Whittle is taking this.

This is not a polite drawing-room chitchat here — in the words of the Serpent, "This is WAAAH!!" At least, they think it is. Well, so be it.

Their strategy depends critically on total control of the debate. They must control the flow of information, the flow of the cultural conversation, and even the very terms we all must use. Just like Hannibal, who could hold his position in Italy, but could not build upon it before the Romans outflanked him and landed in Africa, the liberals can hold the institutions that they have swallowed up, but they can't stop the flankers now coming in from all sides.

At some point, Hannibal is gunna get recalled to defend Carthage. He can't stay away from Zama forever.