Thursday, December 21, 2006

Machiavelli- The Prince ....and terrorists

the other day i was reading our PM's reply to the parliament regarding questions about nuclear deal.i saw a quote of machiavellis prince..so i read it ..(disclaimer:to the reader who thinks i am a cong supporter- frankly I don’t think our pm has read the prince ..it could b the joke of som pvt sec :D because I have not seen manmohanji deliver a single speech till date!!! i hav always seen him read to ppl LOL ,,,,coming 2 cong p..i think the day is not far when the party symbol will be a pair of women's underwear with label "USED"(Should i say by whom?)... if v r fortunate enough v might even have a temple with used lingerie in sanctum sanctorum 4 idols..heheehe)these r random extracts reader plz picture terrorists in the minds eye while reading(kashmir,afghan,africa,palestine,may i say future states of india?...)k whatever...

commanders of mercenary armies either are.......
commanders of mercenary armies either are men of gr8 ability or are not…If they r u cannot trust them , because they will endeavor 2 make their own fortune , either by oppressing their employer, or by oppressing other contrary 2 his intentions …but if they r not men of gr8 ability ..Ruin comes in natural course.

State of the Italian army as a result of .....
State of the Italian army as a result of this mercenary system- ..for as they where soldiers of fortune & had no state of their own, they could gain little profit from small bodies of infantry , could not afford 2 maintain large ones. and so they concentrated on cavalry , where small nos: where enough to ensure them a good living & good reputation, And things have reached a stage where an army of 20,000 soldiers would not have 2000 infantry in it , besides this the commander had done all they could to spare themselves & their soldiers all kinds of fatigue & danger; thus they did not kill each other in battle , but took each other prisoner, without exacting ransom, At night a besieging army would not attack a city; nor would the forces in the city attack the besieger . They never fortified their camp with palisade/ditch, did not campaign at all in winter. All these things where approved in their military institutions, invented by them to avoid fatigue and danger ; which has brought italy into slavery & contempt..
I hope this will make at least 1 man read the book :D