You’re correct about the current world we live in. I went to war to help our economic trading partners whose economies affected our own. Kuwait’s occupation did not directly affect us and despite the peaceful embargo threats, Saddam continued to assert his claim of rightful conquest. It was also our military stance after the ceasefire that prevented Saddam’s expansion and the embargoes embittered the Iraqis against us when we finally decided to dethrone him. History does not only consist of WW2 as an example. the same thing has been happening for millenia. Tibet and Kosovo are polar opposites of bellicose decisions. Rome fell from internal dissension and civil war when those energies could have been better spent keeping the borders secure in offensive actions. The problems we face now have always plagued empires. We just happen to be lucky enough to be somewhat isolated an our economic empire is falling apart due to our society’s inability to adapt to the fact that the world is changing.
We have to protect that empire and a soft and weak military will cause that economic empire to be taken advantage of. You can use post war Germany and Japan as examples of weak military and economic growth but remember that their economies were heavily subsidized by our military might protecting their trade from others who would take it from them. I’ll just mention the Ukraine for a contemporary example and you can research the history, both economically and politically and come to your own conclusion.
History's Best Elite Fighting Force
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@ABWorsham:
I’ve always thought the Janissaries of the Ottoman Empire were awesome fighters. Who is your favorite Elite fightin force?
It’s the eternal question, yo.
NINJAS or PIRATES?
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NINJA!!!
Well besides them um…… SEALS or SAS or SS
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We got some good responses.
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One word that makes an enemies blood run cold; Gurkha :-)
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- Gideon
- Spartans
- Praetorian Guard
- 5. SS-Panzer-Division „Wiking“
- Division Brandenburg
- GSG9
- Russian Spetsnaz GRU
- Mossad
- Légion étrangère French Foreign Legion
- U.S. Navy Seals
- U.S. Rangers
…there would be a few more
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I always admired the British paratroopers under (Col.?) Frost covering the last bridge in Operation Market Garden. I think it was the 6th Airborne, maybe at Neijmegen (sp, for sure)?
The book A Bridge Too Far recounts very well what they went through.
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Actually I think that was Arnhem. It’s been a while since I thought of that stuff.
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Arnhem! My favorite battle of World War II.
GG
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Mongolian Horse-Archers
They were trained to shoot while raiding a horse, they were very precise (They were shooting only in that half a second when the horse’s legs are not touching the ground), and they had a very hard and strong bow that pierced through heavy plates like a gun through butter.In Richard Armour’s satirical history of warfare, he states (as I recall) that Atilla the Hun’s cavalrymen used formidable double-handed battle axes which could split in two an enemy rider and his horse, but that sometimes the Huns would get lazy and use their axes one-handed, with the result that the enemy rider would be split in two while his horse would escape with only a slight nick on its back.
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@CWO:
Mongolian Horse-Archers
They were trained to shoot while raiding a horse, they were very precise (They were shooting only in that half a second when the horse’s legs are not touching the ground), and they had a very hard and strong bow that pierced through heavy plates like a gun through butter.In Richard Armour’s satirical history of warfare, he states (as I recall) that Atilla the Hun’s cavalrymen used formidable double-handed battle axes which could split in two an enemy rider and his horse, but that sometimes the Huns would get lazy and use their axes one-handed, with the result that the enemy rider would be split in two while his horse would escape with only a slight nick on its back.
ouch
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Task Force 141!!!
from call of duty -
GO TASK FORCE 141!
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