They have created a wasteland and call it peace
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by Philip Giraldi
06/10/10
In the first century A.D. the Roman historian Tacitus wrote ‘Solitudinem fecerunt, pacem appelunt,’ translated as ‘they have created a wasteland and call it peace.’ He was describing the devastating Roman campaigns against the German tribes under the first emperor Augustus in which all the men capable of carrying weapons were slaughtered and the remainder of the population was sold into slavery. It was the Roman way of waging war, complete destruction of a foreign enemy to serve as a warning against challenging the might of the Caesars. We Americans have inherited the imperial mantle and are the new Romans...
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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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by Philip Giraldi
06/10/10
In the first century A.D. the Roman historian Tacitus wrote ‘Solitudinem fecerunt, pacem appelunt,’ translated as ‘they have created a wasteland and call it peace.’ He was describing the devastating Roman campaigns against the German tribes under the first emperor Augustus in which all the men capable of carrying weapons were slaughtered and the remainder of the population was sold into slavery. It was the Roman way of waging war, complete destruction of a foreign enemy to serve as a warning against challenging the might of the Caesars. We Americans have inherited the imperial mantle and are the new Romans...
http://tinyurl.com/2w756rl
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=imperial
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Philip+Giraldi
rudkla - 10. Jun, 10:01
