That
is how Dr Joseph Farrell describes Greece’s recent stand against more
robbery by the European Union-IMF-World Bank gang of plunderers. He
begins his remarks on Greece
at about the 4:06 mark of this video.
Here
is a bit of background on the ancient Battle of Salamis to help put things in
proper view:
The
Battle of Salamis . . . was fought between an Alliance of Greek city-states
and the Persian Empire in 480 BC, in the straits between
the mainland and Salamis, an island in the Saronic
Gulf near Athens.
It marked the high-point of the second Persian invasion of Greece,
which had begun that spring.
To
block the Persian advance, a small force of Greeks blocked the pass of Thermopylae,
while an Athenian-dominated Allied navy engaged the Persian fleet in the nearby
straits of Artemisium.
In the resulting Battle of Thermopylae, the rearguard of the
Greek force was annihilated, whilst in the Battle of Artemisium the Greeks had heavy
losses and retreated after the loss at Thermopylae.
This allowed the Persians to conquer Boeotia and Attica. The Allies
prepared to defend the Isthmus of Corinth whilst the fleet was
withdrawn to nearby Salamis
Island.
Although
heavily outnumbered, the Greek Allies were persuaded by the Athenian general Themistocles
to bring the Persian fleet to battle again, in the hope that a victory would
prevent naval operations against the Peloponessus.
The Persian king Xerxes was also anxious for a decisive battle. As a result
of subterfuge on the part of Themistocles, the Persian navy sailed into the
Straits of Salamis and tried to block both entrances. In the cramped conditions
of the Straits the great Persian numbers were an active hindrance, as ships
struggled to maneuver and became disorganized. Seizing the opportunity, the
Greek fleet formed in line and scored a decisive victory.
Xerxes
then retreated to Asia with much of his army, leaving Mardonius to
complete the conquest of Greece.
However, the following year, the remainder of the Persian army was decisively
beaten at the Battle of Plataea and the Persian navy at the Battle
of Mycale. Afterwards the Persians made no more attempts to conquer the
Greek mainland. These battles of Salamis and Plataea thus mark a
turning point in the course of the Greco-Persian wars as a whole; from then
onward, the Greek poleis would take the offensive. . . .
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Salamis,
posted 23 Jan. 2015, accessed 17 Feb. 2015
Souðerners,
being admirers and imitators of many aspects of ancient Greek culture, will
hopefully once again look agreeably upon the Greeks, ancient and modern, and
stand up (peacefully) against the corrupt, thieving, bloody, and oppressive
Empire on our own shores, in Washington City, when we have matured sufficiently
spiritually to conduct ourselves in a God-pleasing way as a free country.
Warfare is a fascinating subject. Despite the dubious morality of using violence to achieve personal or political aims. It remains that conflict has been used to do just that throughout recorded history.
ReplyDeleteYour article is very well done, a good read.
Warfare is a fascinating subject. Despite the dubious morality of using violence to achieve personal or political aims. It remains that conflict has been used to do just that throughout recorded history.
ReplyDeleteYour article is very well done, a good read.