We are soooo screwed..paying off your enemies worked so well for the Byzantines *snorts*.
Same with Chamberlain and Hitler ... .
There does our debt, AGAIN!
While I don’t think it is a good idea here, the Byzantine reference is a poor example. The Byzantines used this tactic, along with others for a thousand years and survived through numerous enemies. It was only when the West completely turned their backs on them that the Byzantines were overcome.