Comments by "Harry Mills" (@harrymills2770) on "The Story Behind Some Of History's Greatest Military Blunders | Politics By Other Means | Timeline" video.

@AbbeyRoadkill1 : Meh. Man lived a long life and died in his own bed. Do you really think he cares what history thinks of him?
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@RTBurke : Muslims invaded Europe before Europeans invaded the Middle East. But yeah. They used religion as an excuse to put a lot of out-of-work soldiers back to work. The Pope basically promised salvation and forgiveness of all sins (and riches) to anybody willing to go fight.
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Left to their own devices, folks are generally more peaceable than governments.
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@JohnPlissken : Back in those days, Christians and Muslims did the bad things they did because they COULD. Not much has changed/
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Of course, that's not ALL that Clausewitz said. He also defined war as the use of force by one state to compel another state to its will. He rarely used 5 words when 100 would do. As for watching the video, even just to end up not liking it, allows you to offer something to the comments section. I agree. At root, it's political, which is basically the only way you can justify one person deliberately doing harm to another without penalty.
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