PugJesus
Cripple. History Major. Irritable and in constant pain. Vaguely Left-Wing.
Always happy to share the tidbits I’ve picked up over the years! Funny enough, according to Greek and Roman sources (which are, of course, biased), peace was never seriously considered by the Roman Republic despite their massive losses. When the Roman general Varro at Cannae, one of the worst defeats of the war, came back in shame to Rome, the Roman people actually praised him for not giving into despair after the loss and killing himself (as might otherwise be acceptable) and choosing to continue the fight to preserve the Republic instead.
Pride is a hell of a drug.
Is it justice if it’s done by an unjust party for unjust reasons?
Like, no mourning for Sinwar here, but fuck, Israel icing him isn’t exactly what I’d be throwing ticker tape in the streets over.
Explanation: During the Second Punic War, the Carthaginian general Hannibal quite soundly defeated several Roman armies that were sent after him in Italy. In fact, so many Romans died that it’s estimated that 20% of Rome’s military-age males were killed by Hannibal. For reference, WW1 had about 15% killed before the will to fight collapsed and the war ended.
And yet, Rome kept coming back, with more and more and more men. They banned mourning. They taxed all luxuries. They called up all the young men they could regardless of social class. They armed slaves in exchange for their freedom. Whatever it took. And because of that determination, Rome eventually, resoundingly won the war, despite losing entire armies to Hannibal’s forces.
Explanation: During the Second Punic War, the Carthaginian general Hannibal quite soundly defeated several Roman armies that were sent after him in Italy. In fact, so many Romans died that it’s estimated that 20% of Rome’s military-age males were killed by Hannibal. For reference, WW1 had about 15% killed before the will to fight collapsed and the war ended.
And yet, Rome kept coming back, with more and more and more men. They banned mourning. They taxed all luxuries. They called up all the young men they could regardless of social class. They armed slaves in exchange for their freedom. Whatever it took. And because of that determination, Rome eventually, resoundingly won the war, despite losing entire armies to Hannibal’s forces.
Hezbollah, a terrorist group in Lebanon, has been trading fire over the border with Israel for the past year. Israel claims that they’re definitely only invading Lebanon because Lebanon isn’t stopping Hezbollah (Lebanon, practically speaking, can’t, because Hezbollah is better armed than the nation’s actual military). In service to this very noble goal, Israel has been indiscriminately shelling residential areas, because as we all know, that’s how to defeat terrorist organizations.
Rather predictably, the Israeli ultraright has already begun salivating over the prospect of having another bleeding ulcer like Palestine to genocide and colonize; while the Israel right pretends that the ultraright doesn’t exist and they DEFINITELY aren’t thinking the exact same thing. Realistically speaking, Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel, started this shit to have another crisis to hang onto power with, as, absent the war(s), he’s deeply unpopular.
The UN isn’t coming down on them because the UN is powerless and slow. They just got around to ‘expressing concern’ for their own peacekeepers that are being fired upon in Lebanon.