05-08-2010, 04:19 PM
Close, indeed! And thus justifying a Spartan king's famous Laconian respone to criticism that his people's swords were embarassingly short, saying nevertheless that "they are long enough to reach the enemy." : 
It\'s only by appreciating accurate accounts of real combat past and present that we can begin to approach the Greek hoplite\'s hard-won awareness of war\'s potential merits and ultimate limitations.
- Fred Eugene Ray (aka "Old Husker")
- Fred Eugene Ray (aka "Old Husker")
