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Military History's Best Loser
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This “My country is better than your country” smacks of playground antics.
USA was always more dominant than Canada. Simple fact. Always was, always will be. It’s just too cold for people.
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LOL
for 15 trillion more dollars of debt. I’m sure we could do better.
Lets see here… in a fact regarding which power is the most dominant…of which Canada is not even in the top 10 since 1900…
Somebody decides they can’t refute that claim [edited by GG], and come up with debt comparisons?
Major LOL…
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If you really want to start your losing battle, maybe you should make a new thread?
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LOL…If you can’t refute, i guess that is what you might post.
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We were having a nice little chat until somebody decided to start slagging one country in order to make their country look better. IL, you want to argue that the US is more dominant well nobody is arguing against that, in fact, that is not part of the thread. But BULLY for the US of A, #1 soon to be #2 GDP, #1 military soon to be bankrupt. Bully for good ole uncle sam!
Now can ya quite hijacking this thread with your anti-Canadian sentiment?
Garg, IL is arguing that the US is more dominant than Canada, he might as well argue that hot is warmer than cold. I think we can both agree they have a larger military and GDP, one would hope with 10 times the population. I like the US of A just where it is, below us……on the map of course.
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Thank you Malachi.
Can Worsham have his good thread back now?
I was enjoying people’s thoughts on the world’s best commanders who lost. -
I picked Hannibal Barca but seeing what others are saying is forcing me to learn more about the rest of them, I still naturally know I am right but it’s nice to know this via a crucible of fire that this place is!
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Garg, IL is arguing that the US is more dominant than Canada, he might as well argue that hot is warmer than cold.
It’s no argument, just a fact. And it’s not anti-Canadian either. There is a reason why we got more population, more wealth, more everything.
Just learn to accept it.
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:roll: Who is not accepting it? IL, you are just hijacking a thread and I wish you would stop. Do you really need to state the obvious that your country has 10 times the people so therefore it is larger and more powerful? [edited by GG]
This thread is not about US position in the world, that thread had been resurrected from the dead where you also hijacked it insisting I am anti-american. If you insist on thumping your chest and proclaiming your country is better than mine at least do it in the correct thread.
Topic: US versus China for world position
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=25558.0Please stop hijacking threads MR. Liaison.
Ugh, maybe I should just abandon this thread……
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The point was that Cornwallis got stuck with the wrong half, the larger half but nonetheless the half that is far less valuable.
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The point was Cornwallis didn’t lose an entire continent.
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The point was Cornwallis didn’t lose an entire continent.
That actually was the point. Cornwallis didn’t lose an entire continent so ought not to be in the same league as Hannibal Barca who naturally is the correct choice and not just because it was my choice……but because it is correct.
Just learn to accept it.
neat, wonder why I see a scroll bar…neat!
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Not sure Hannibal was more accomplished than Napoleon. Napoleon subdued all of Europe. Hannibal could not even subdue the Italian peninsula.
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@Last:
Not sure Hannibal was more accomplished than Napoleon. Napoleon subdued all of Europe. Hannibal could not even subdue the Italian peninsula.
Considering the vast manpower that Rome enjoyed over Carthage and the quality of the Roman Army, Hannibal may have had a more difficult road to total victory than Napoleon.
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Considering the vast manpower that Rome enjoyed over Carthage and the quality of the Roman Army, Hannibal may have had a more difficult road to total victory than Napoleon.
Precisely! If the question was about accomplishment only then George S. Patton would be in the running. My metrics are feats versus odds. Hannibal was fighting an enemy in a different continent and separated by an ocean!
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@ABWorsham:
@Last:
Not sure Hannibal was more accomplished than Napoleon. Napoleon subdued all of Europe. Hannibal could not even subdue the Italian peninsula.
Considering the vast manpower that Rome enjoyed over Carthage and the quality of the Roman Army, Hannibal may have had a more difficult road to total victory than Napoleon.
When facing the rest of Europe I think France was at a manpower disadvantage (perhaps even a greater deficit than what Hannibal faced)
If Hannibal did not have ample time to train and equip his army I could readily agree with you about quality. However, if Hannibal’s army was indeed inferior in quality then it is a direct reflection on his deficiencies as a commander.
Precisely! If the question was about accomplishment only then George S. Patton would be in the running. My metrics are feats versus odds. Hannibal was fighting an enemy in a different continent and separated by an ocean!
I believe Hannibal spent 10 years in Italy with no “ocean” between his army and that of Rome.
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I believe Hannibal spent 10 years in Italy with no “ocean” between his army and that of Rome.
Carthage was indeed across the ocean and that is from where the attack originated from sans his European allies. Most of Frances big battles were not far from its borders excluding of course the Africa campaign and the Moscow defeat.
Quite the feat shipping Elephants to Europe. Quite the feat surviving 10 years an ocean away from home in hostile territory. Transportation was a bit more challenging in Hannibal’s time compared to Napoleon
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I got to side with Hannibal. Napoleon was fighting with the support of his country and fought against a loosely unified Europe. Hannibal fought against the might of the Roman Republic.
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I believe Hannibal spent 10 years in Italy with no “ocean” between his army and that of Rome.
Carthage was indeed across the ocean and that is from where the attack originated from sans his European allies. Most of Frances big battles were not far from its borders excluding of course the Africa campaign and the Moscow defeat.
Quite the feat shipping Elephants to Europe. Quite the feat surviving 10 years an ocean away from home in hostile territory. Transportation was a bit more challenging in Hannibal’s time compared to Napoleon
I believe Hannibal’s attack on Rome initiated from his base in Spain. There was no “ocean” between his army and Rome. Granted he crossed the alps but paid a heavy price in doing so.
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I got to side with Hannibal. Napoleon was fighting with the support of his country and fought against a loosely unified Europe. Hannibal fought against the might of the Roman Republic.
Initially Hannibal had the support of Carthage and more importantly its Spanish colony. He only lost support when he proved he could not bring the war to a favorable conclusion.
Perhaps, the support given to Hannibal by a number of Italian cities during his 10 year stay shows the Roman Republic was also loosely unified.
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