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June 30, 2014
Do you know,” the ghastly Cardinal continued, “why really interesting wars last for 30 years?
First you kill the fathers, then you kill their sons. There aren’t usually enough men left for a third iteration.”
“We can’t go around saying that,” I remonstrated.
“I didn’t say it, either,” Richelieu replied. “But I managed to reduce the population of the German Empire by half in the space of a generation and make France the dominant land power in Europe for two centuries.Spengler » Is the Breakup of Iraq Good or Bad for America?
Posted by gerardvanderleun at June 30, 2014 12:20 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.