[MrsEmmaPeel]

I found it a little too "poetic" for my tastes, with too many factual distortions. I gave up reading at his over-simplification of the reasons for the civil war

[MNJohnnie]

I found it a little too "poetic" for my tastes, with too many factual distortions

Well Done! That is EXACTLY what was bothering me about it too. Thank you for clarifying for me just what it is about this article that so annoys me.

As a person with a History degree, I find it highly offensive when people who SHOULD know better try to use history to rationalize their current Political Opinions.

Islam did not exist when Rome was a Republic. Roman's foes did not have Jet airliners to use as weapons nor did they by pass the Roman Army to attack Roman Civilians. There off the top of my head are just a few of the items that make the man consumed with Fears argument completely intellectually indefensible.

[philman_36]

I gave up reading at his over-simplification of the reasons for the civil war
I agree. What makes it worse is this statement...
Whenever you’re talking about Rome, you must fight against the nonsense of a movie like Gladiator. You must fight against the nonsense of this program called Rome, some degraded spectacle on HBO.
What movie on the Civil War do you reckon he watched to formulate his beliefs. "Gone With the Wind" perhaps?