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2018-01-30 Terror Networks

Buchanan: Too Many Wars. Too Many Enemies.

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-01-30 02:23|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 As in all empires, power is passing to the generals.

Incorrect statement. The 'generals' only go where they are sent by the state.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-01-30 02:38|| 2018-01-30 02:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Wow, an entire article by Patrick that doesn't mention/censors Israel!

p.s. Patrick, generals came to rule Rome because they were the ones getting their troops land grants and thus gaining their loyalty at the expense of loyalty to the state. Absent such mechanisms of gaining troops loyalty, generals can;t take over empires - cf. British empire

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-01-30 02:58|| 2018-01-30 02:58|| Front Page Top

#3 Try this one Patty, Buchanan: Too Many Wars. Too Many ~~Enemies~~ terrorists.

Posted by Woodrow 2018-01-30 04:09|| 2018-01-30 04:09|| Front Page Top

#4 Grom__ Perhaps more of a factor was the fact that almost all (late) Roman generals were politicians first - putting in their Legion time to build their power base.

Posted by Snomose Grating7526 2018-01-30 05:15|| 2018-01-30 05:15|| Front Page Top

#5 Point g(r)om, but why didn't the legionaries have land back in Rome? Back in the republic the citizen soldiers farmers were deployed outside of Roman territory. No one to work the farm or pay the land tax. Those with money [1 percenters], bought them up and staffed them with slave/foreign labor leaving the soldiers destitute when they returned. They never worked it out. Something about money and politics.

The danger is not Rome, the danger is Spain and Franco. The only institution that retains the confidence of the the largest section of the people is the military. The other institutions are rife with the Leftest crap and heading ever downward. It appeals to the urbanists but not the anyone but. When you are stuck with the only institution that shows a modicum of integrity, competency, abhorrence to corruption, and loyal to the concept of the nation state (ie tribe) compared to all others, consent of the governed will gravitate to it.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-01-30 06:42|| 2018-01-30 06:42|| Front Page Top

The only institution that retains the confidence of the the largest section of the people is the military.

And sadly, the left is dedicated to the destruction of the institution that holds the confidence of the American people.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-01-30 06:49|| 2018-01-30 06:49|| Front Page Top

#7 How many enemies you have is not for you to decide. What you do about them is.

Posted by Grunter 2018-01-30 10:14|| 2018-01-30 10:14|| Front Page Top

#8 Snomose Grating7526 if you think anybody becomes a USA (or Israeli) general without being a politician...

P2K, point but Italian farmers weren't a single son families: eldest inherits, another joins the legions, etc... It's just that family farms can't compete with agribusinesses, whether the later use slaves or machinery - look at today's USA agriculture.

Spain & Franco in USA? Leaving all other considerations aside - what about service rivalry?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-01-30 13:38|| 2018-01-30 13:38|| Front Page Top

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