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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Ah, that one. Right.
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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Seriously? I always thought it was just movie-villain talk. Anyone who says it for real is a damn fool, on top of the obvious evil.
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Effective COIN requires not doing the thing which feels natural (massive retaliation against the community that produces the guys that kill your friends) in order to succeed. it is a profoundly 'unnatural' form of warfare. "Caedite Eos" is, sadly, the natural form of warfare.
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