What they did was to impress on the Persians what ATTACKING and desecrating will get you, WELL done SPARTANS.
The Spartans knew the truth. They made sure that Persia would never forget the pain and loss it suffered for invading Greece and made sure that the message was loud and clear.
The rest of Greece forgot the truth.
Europe learned from the rest of Greece, and allowed WWII by allowing a situation that could have been prevented by completely eliminating Germany’s capability and desire to fight after WWI.
War is atrocious; it’s something to be avoided as much as possible. But, if you avoid it at ALL COSTS, then the enemy that wants what you have and is willing to do anything necessary for it, will usually win. The US really didn’t want to fight in Europe, Africa, Italy, or the Pacific and Asia. They helped their allies and tried to stay out of open conflict. Then, Japan, thinking America would be something of a pushover, attacked...
In the first half, attorney Sean Maloney from Second Call Defense joins me to explain the lessons gun owners can learn from what happened to Kyle Rittenhouse.
In the second half, I discuss a home invasion case from Oceanside California in which the homeowner successfully defended himself.