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To: Wisconsinlady

300 was all Sparta needed to stop the Persians.


33 posted on 02/17/2015 4:51:13 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

True. But the Spartans were not shackled by their own leaders. They were born and raised to fight. Sort of like our Marines used to be. They weren’t forced to stop fighting to teach inferior tribes or nation build or plant crops like our armies are doing these days.


34 posted on 02/18/2015 12:56:33 AM PST by Wisconsinlady (GOP ticks me off worse than the dems)
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