08-13-2007, 08:45 PM
Well said, Geala ! a most incisive post, and a laudes for you ! 
And also Bardunias - Epaminondas' skills were most definitely more political than military, but to be fair he did acknowledge his debt to Pelopidas (IIRC). A laudes for you too !!
And also Bardunias - Epaminondas' skills were most definitely more political than military, but to be fair he did acknowledge his debt to Pelopidas (IIRC). A laudes for you too !!
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
