Joe Shearer
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A good example of warped thinking influencing neutral analysis of military situations.
That list is by far the most laughable thing I've ever read
Hydaspes is disputed and meant absolutely nothing ... pathological greek liars claimed that he won but all of the evidence shows otherwise
And what evidence might that be? I have argued in the past, in PDF itself, that Hydaspes may have been a drawn encounter, but it is surprising to hear such confident talk of "all the evidence".
Badr, Yarmouk, Firoz, Salamis (I will admit this one although the world is a much worst place because of it), the campaigns of Kurus (Cyrus the Great) are at the top since they've shaped the world to this day.
How is a campaign a battle? Salamis is at the first position on the 'laughable list. Let us titter together. Yarmouk is at 8. LOL, perhaps? No doubt, if a God-fearing person asks, you might deign to explain why Badr or Firoz should figure, but you will probably ignore, quite rightly, such requests from infidels. I will wait for the pious to extract an answer.
The next tier are battles like the Second Siege of Constantinople, the Battle of Vienna, the Battle of Plassey, the battles of Tarrain, the Battle of Qasr al Kabir, Manzikert (whole roman military nearly destroyed while outnumbering the Turks as much as 4 to 1), and the euro genocides in the americas.
More of the triumph of the Good People. Understandable. Admittedly, Manzikert should have been included. How the euro genocides in the americas count as a 'battle' is difficult to fathom. Another task for the pious. Meanwhile, broad grins at no. 17.
Chalons is another battle that meant nothing as it is also a disputed euro victory, a stalemate at best ... the Huns still went back after that battle and sacked every city in Italy north of Rome and Rome itself was next until the pope begged Attila to leave it
Chalons being indecisive means nothing as a political, ideological statement. The Huns did retreat, over territory already stripped of military resistance, and sacked defenceless cities. The fact is that they never recovered, never were able to repeat their exploits.
In 1529 eastern europes weather won the battle against the Turks more than anything
God won all the victories. When he didn't, it was the fault of the weather. Quite.
The only possible reaction to this is that if all victories against the Europeans were valid, and all by them were accidental, this becomes entirely an Asian list. There is not much difference between that bias and a Euro-centric bias. Both continue to neglect east Asia, but that doesn't seem to bother our pulpit-thumping critic.