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Started by Syt, February 28, 2014, 10:28:45 AM

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Eddie Teach

#15
February 28, 2014, 05:31:14 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on February 28, 2014, 05:25:40 PM
Doesn't Egypt have the most pathetic military record of any nation in the last, um, 2,000 years?  It doesn't have enough wood for a real navy or pasture for horses so they just get slaughtered.

Dude, they beat the Mongols.
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Queequeg

#16
February 28, 2014, 05:33:09 PM
A tiny ruling clique of Circassians and proto-Tatars won that.
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derspiess

#18
February 28, 2014, 05:34:33 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 28, 2014, 05:33:23 PM
Um, Italy?

They beat the shit out of Ethiopia.
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Queequeg

#19
February 28, 2014, 05:35:25 PM
Italy wasn't a country until 1871.  If you want to get technical Germany's record might actually be the worst, but no one would accuse them of martial incompetence. 
Quote from: PDH on April 25, 2009, 05:58:55 PM
"Dysthymia?  Did they get some student from the University of Chicago with a hard-on for ancient Bactrian cities to name this?  I feel cheated."

Queequeg

#20
February 28, 2014, 05:35:43 PM
Quote from: derspiess on February 28, 2014, 05:34:33 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 28, 2014, 05:33:23 PM
Um, Italy?

They beat the shit out of Ethiopia.
Once.  The other time they got their ass handed to them.  :lol:
Quote from: PDH on April 25, 2009, 05:58:55 PM
"Dysthymia?  Did they get some student from the University of Chicago with a hard-on for ancient Bactrian cities to name this?  I feel cheated."

derspiess

#21
February 28, 2014, 05:38:00 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on February 28, 2014, 05:35:25 PM
If you want to get technical Germany's record might actually be the worst, but no one would accuse them of martial incompetence. 

Many do, actually.  They did lose a couple World Wars.
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PDH

#22
February 28, 2014, 05:39:09 PM
Egypt did pretty good under Ali in the 19th century.
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Queequeg

#23
February 28, 2014, 05:39:20 PM
Quote from: derspiess on February 28, 2014, 05:38:00 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on February 28, 2014, 05:35:25 PM
If you want to get technical Germany's record might actually be the worst, but no one would accuse them of martial incompetence. 

Many do, actually.  They did lose a couple World Wars.
Neither Italy nor Egypt has produced a Guderian or von Manstein  in a very, very long time. 
Quote from: PDH on April 25, 2009, 05:58:55 PM
"Dysthymia?  Did they get some student from the University of Chicago with a hard-on for ancient Bactrian cities to name this?  I feel cheated."

Queequeg

#24
February 28, 2014, 05:39:31 PM
Quote from: PDH on February 28, 2014, 05:39:09 PM
Egypt did pretty good under Ali in the 19th century.
Albanian.
Quote from: PDH on April 25, 2009, 05:58:55 PM
"Dysthymia?  Did they get some student from the University of Chicago with a hard-on for ancient Bactrian cities to name this?  I feel cheated."

Valmy

#25
February 28, 2014, 05:42:17 PM
 
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on February 28, 2014, 05:31:14 PM
Dude, they beat the Mongols.

Sort of they beat a tiny rump force while the main army was off fighting the civil war that broke up their empire.  But still good for them.
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#26
February 28, 2014, 05:44:05 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on February 28, 2014, 05:39:31 PM
Quote from: PDH on February 28, 2014, 05:39:09 PM
Egypt did pretty good under Ali in the 19th century.
Albanian.

Well he might have been but he did not exactly have a massive Albanian army backing him up.
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Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

derspiess

#27
February 28, 2014, 05:45:45 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on February 28, 2014, 05:39:20 PM
Quote from: derspiess on February 28, 2014, 05:38:00 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on February 28, 2014, 05:35:25 PM
If you want to get technical Germany's record might actually be the worst, but no one would accuse them of martial incompetence. 

Many do, actually.  They did lose a couple World Wars.
Neither Italy nor Egypt has produced a Guderian or von Manstein  in a very, very long time. 

Not saying I agree with it-- just that I've heard the argument made. 
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LaCroix

#28
February 28, 2014, 08:06:24 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 28, 2014, 05:33:23 PM
Um, Italy?

had some successful dreadnought designs, and the garibaldi armored cruiser was pretty good

Viking

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February 28, 2014, 09:15:48 PM Last Edit: February 28, 2014, 09:17:42 PM by Viking
Quote from: Queequeg on February 28, 2014, 05:25:40 PM
Doesn't Egypt have the most pathetic military record of any nation in the last, um, 2,000 years?  It doesn't have enough wood for a real navy or pasture for horses so they just get slaughtered.

Egypt didn't really have it's own indigenous military for most of those 2,000 years. For most of that period Egypt has had Roman, Arab or Slave Soldier armies; even for the 300 years before the start of this 2000 year period they had a Macedonian Army.

But, if you want to count the non-coptic warrior over-classes the battle Creasy missed from his 15 battles,Ain Jalut, is one of the most significant battles in world history and quite possibly saved Islamic Civilization, allowing the mongols and turks time to convert to islam.
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A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
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