No. We know that *Plutarch,* writing some *500 years* after Leonidas purportedly wrote (not said, but wrote) this, *claims* that Leonidas wrote it. That is *not* the same thing as smoking-gun proof that Leonidas did in fact write it. It is very likely apocryphal.https://twitter.com/BeIzerker/status/1313865283426152448 …
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Which quote is that?
I assume he means "Caedite eos, Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius" which translates more or less to "Kill them all, the Lord will know who is his" or more commonly in English, "Kill them all and let God sort them out." The Albigensian Crusade was not a high point of humanity.
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Ah, that one. Right.
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I understand it still occasionally bounces around in military circles, which is very bad, since it is a deeply counter-productive way to talk about COIN and having that attitude encourages atrocities that are both bad on their own but also hinder the mission itself.
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Yeah, that’s the one.
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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