An article by Reuters published in Singapore's Straits Times: this writing is the PERFECT example of the dishonesty of Western propaganda. Throughout the entire article on Ukrainian Nazi veterans celebrated in Canada, they failed to mention the word "Ukraine" or "Ukrainian"
even once. Not even the name of the unit SS Galicia (the name of Western Ukraine) Division was mentioned, and of course also fails to mention that official Ukrainian national heroes like Stefan Bandera and Roman Shukhevych were also Nazi war criminals. So, instead of exposing the Canadian government for covering up for Ukrainian war crimes, they make it look like this is purely between Jews, Canada and Germany.
Han and earlier dynasty crossbows were amongst some of the best weapons in the ancient world
We've gone on about this for very long, so I'll keep it brief: China had crossbow tech, Greco-Romans had more torsion weapons, the ballista and onager etc. different requirements different advantages, no need to compare
that such tactics are definitely defeatable.
By the late Empire the Romans reverted to the fulcum, a kind of Greco-Macedonian phalanx, because their prior tactics were so ineffective against Goth/Vandal, Persian cavalry — the vast majority of their military problems were from Parthians and Persians (cavalry) — goes to show how specific their challenges were during their Golden Age period and their lack of exposure to steppe warfare like the Han had.
without those Auxillaries Rome would've ran out of human capital
That's precisely the thing, Rome was a kind of warmongering self-cannibalizing machine that did not have long term planning. Auxillaries were "paid" by getting citizenship rights after 25 years service. What happens when citizenship becomes widespread? What happens when you need to expand citizenship more quickly to boost tax revenues and increase political integration? No answer. Roman forces always relied on non-sustainable incentives.
Catholic priests out to every corner of the world.
gangbangers who think they're sophisticated
Correction here. First, Mafia come from Naples and Sicily, impoverished regions conquered by Italy. Many of them are not even willing to be Italians. also, very few missionaries were Italians as compared to all other European nationalities, especially during the colonial period. The Vatican is not part of Italy and in fact fought hard to resist Italian unification. There is an Italian saying, "no Italian was ever impressed by a Pope". Since the Middle Ages, Catholicism was much more deeply shaped by French influence. So they can't claim the Roman Catholic Church as theirs either.
