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@asicatic_ @silgikore @midnight_b65055 The ANA shouldered a majority of the fighting, inflicted a majority of the casualties, and sustained a majority of the losses for the entirety of the war. The collapse of morale occurred after the Doha Agreement where the U.S. negotiated with the Taliban with no AG involvement.

@Lcplpeepee @silgikore @midnight_b65055 Much of the ANA didn’t put up a fight

What happened to the remnants of Afghanistan old army when the taliban took over?

@nonregemesse Meanwhile “based” badass Molon Labe!!!! Sparta openly allied with Persia against Athens during the Peloponnesian War.

Did you know that after defeating Persia, Athens was offered reparations & new land to ally against the other Greeks? When an Athenian council member, Lycidas, suggested they accept, he was beaten to death on the spot and the women of Athens then murdered his wife & children

@silgikore @midnight_b65055 I would never put shame on the many ANA I know who fought for their vision of an Afghanistan where their daughters could get an education, even with the evils of American imperialism. Hope you never have to see the tears of those who fled their homeland for their children’s sake!

@Lcplpeepee @midnight_b65055 Looks like Both of u Guys got ur Asses Kicked…

@justmakeittofri @midnight_b65055 What’s really hilarious though is watching former ANA I have on social media who literally fled the country with their families posting Taliban blowing up Pak positions with the caption “Afghanistan 💪💪”

@justmakeittofri @midnight_b65055 A lot fled the country but this is mostly false. There were many who were “disappeared” but it’s been like 200, maybe up to 400 if you’re liberal with it. Mostly commandos. There were maybe 60,000 actual ANA (inflated by ghost numbers on paper it was like 185,000)

@midnight_b65055 Sat for like 2 months drinking sugary chai listening to Bollywood and hearing war stories from them all. Good times.

@midnight_b65055 From what I heard from former ANA the Taliban only really targeted intel officers or Commandos who had a reputation etc. There were massacres during the offensive but after the collapse reprisals were minimal, but many faced discrimination or surveillance.

@captgouda24 What is Nicholas Decker’s definition of communism besides state-owned industries?

I don’t see how having a monarchy is incompatible with being communist. After all, North Korea is (was?) a monarchic communist state.

@CoelingAurochs @lefineder Very interesting. Thanks for the information.

Being that our earliest mention of Ambrosius is from roughly two generations after his floruit I would say that he was extremely likely to have been a real person. The later legendary material surrounding him is of course less credible, but Gildas' core narrative that he led the Britons during the Germanic incisions is true. The idea of Arthur as a mythologized Ambrosius is a rather modern notion though, and is quite a lengthy topic to cover, but from our earliest sources imo it would seem they were two different people, especially considering that barely outside of living memory Arthur shows up in poetic references in Marwnat Cynddylan and Y Gododdin.

Prior to the 5th century AD, most people in Great Britain spoke a Brittonic language. The fall of Roman Britain to Anglo-Saxon invasions precipitated a great migration of Brittonic speakers to the region of Armorica in Gaul, giving it the name of Brittany and even to the mountainous regions in Northen Spain, in which a settlement named Britonia was set up by migrants.

@drewsparkley @lefineder @CoelingAurochs Very cool. There’s also the figure of Riothamus who the 6th century historian Jordanes called “King of the Britons” who fought the Goths and was allied to the declining W Roman Empire. Although he possibly was leader of the Britons who settled in Armorica.

@Lcplpeepee @lefineder This is him (via @CoelingAurochs )

@lefineder Although some accounts state that he was King Arthur’s uncle. I like to think there was at least some Romano-Briton lineage (mythologized as the Pendragon) who were the war-leaders of the western Britons who remained in Wales.

@lefineder Always curious about the historicity of Ambrosius Aurelianus (mythologized as King Arthur) who was said to have won victories over the Anglo-Saxons therefore preserving a Brittonic-dominated Wales.

"Alcibíades entrou numa escola e pediu um exemplar da Ilíada. Quando o professor lhe disse que não tinha nenhum poema de Homero, ele o socou e foi embora" Plutarch, Sayings of Kings & Commanders 186d

@NYCMayor Political violence is sometimes acceptable

Political violence is absolutely unacceptable. I am glad the President and guests at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner are safe.

@AdamSmitzz @Muhammetah68670 @midnight_b65055 There’s no point arguing with them. There’s been a scholarly consensus by the world’s historians for almost a century. They are brainwashed by their states propaganda. No better than Israelis when it comes to this.

@Muhammetah68670 @Lcplpeepee @midnight_b65055 Again you’re mixing up the timelines. Ottoman Armenians didn’t massacre anyone before 1915. Turkey initiated the war and lost at Sarikamish, blamed Armenians and gave order to commit genocide. Only after this Ottoman Armenians took up arms and later Russian units did reprisals

Sorry guys I do recognize the armenian genocide

@it_IS_a_star @AdamKinzinger Do we give military, financial, and diplomatic support to Hamas and Hezbollah? As American citizens we are responsible for crimes that are done with our support, you retarded inbred.

@AdamKinzinger You’re choosing to highlight these IDF indiscretion, but I notice you never post Hamas or Hezbollah brutality which is exponential orders of magnitude worse.

Every day it’s something.

Aesthetic conditions of Britain could be improved if its multicultural elements embraced orientalism-maxxing. Imagine if the gypsy trickster on London bridge was dressed in exotic robes and accompanied by a performing monkey. Much harder to be offended by these kinds of sights

@eafyoncu Did Armenians have the right to self-determination in their homeland?

New York Mayor Mamdani published the text given to him by the Armenian lobby without examining it. No Armenians were killed on April 24. Until World War I, Armenians rebelled approximately forty times. During World War I, taking advantage of the Ottoman Empire’s engagements with the Russian army in the East, they took the final step toward independence. They significantly impaired Ottoman supply and provisioning lines. In addition, by forming armed bands, they started to massacre civilian Turks, Kurds, Circassians, and Arabs living in Eastern Anatolia. When the Ottoman government, despite all its efforts, was unable to prevent the onslaughts of Armenian terrorists, it published the Circular of April 24, which closed Armenian committees such as Dashnaksutyun and Hunchak, and led to the arrest of individuals confirmed to be associated with these organizations. No conflicts occurred during the arrests of April 24, and no prominent Armenian was killed. However, the arrest of the leadership cadre of the committees rendered the potential rebellion leaderless and ineffective. Prominent Armenians did not heed the warnings of Talat Pasha and other statesmen to give up their dream of independence. Armed bands continued their massacres. They killed thousands of Muslims by supporting the Russian army during the siege of Van, which ended with its invasion on May 15. In response to this situation, the Ottoman government was forced to enact deportation measures on 27 May. As the late historian İlber Ortaylı stated, the Armenian deportation of 1915 was not a precaution against a possible rebellion. Rather, the Act of Deportation in 1915 was a response to an actual rebellion and collaboration with the enemy army, and it was inevitable under the circumstances of the time. It was planned that 924,158 people would be deported. However, not all of them were deported. Approximately 650,000 Armenians were deported and transported. Six months later, the deportations were halted. Therefore, the number of deported Armenians was lower. Also, after the Armistice of Mudros in 1918, a significant portion of the deported Armenians had returned to Anatolia. When deportation became inevitable, security measures were taken for the lives and property of the deported Armenians. However, due to either the persecutions of Armenians against the Muslim populace in the hinterland or the personal inadequacies of some individuals, some unwanted events occurred. The Ottoman government investigated the crimes committed during the deportation and punished those responsible.

وفاة عنترة بن شداد - (1898م).