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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Master (Hijacked) who wrote (1408)	4/21/2000 9:13:00 AM
From: The Barracuda™	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9127

REMEMBER AGINCOURT ""On a gray and rainy day, October 25, 1415, a small English army led by King Henry V, although weakened by disease and hunger, met and defeated an overwhelming force of Frenchmen. Henry, a claimant to the French throne, had invaded France and seized the French port of Harfleur. As he attempted to make his way back to England, he feared meeting up with the superior French force of heavy cavalry. He and his troops of 6,000 consisted of light foot soldiers and lightly equipped archers. They faced annihilation from the superior French army of 25,000 made up of armored cavalry and infantry. Henry had sought a truce with the French, but Charles d'Albret, Constable of France and leader of the French army rejected the truce. Following their refusal, the French intercepted the English retreat in a narrow valley near the village of Agincourt. Fortunately for the English, heavy rains had preceded the battle. This put the French troops at a great disadvantage due to the narrowness of the battleground, the muddy terrain, and the faulty tactics used by the commanders of the French army. The heavy rains also made the battlefield muddy, which caused the heavily armored French cavalry to get mired in the mud. The French became easy targets for the English. The English archers were using a unique weapon - the English longbow. This innovation enabled the English archers to pick off the French cavalry from a safe distance. After seeing their heavy cavalry slaughtered by the English long-bowmen, the French troops were overwhelmed and demoralized. By the end of the day, d?Albret and over 500 members of the French nobility had been killed. French casualties totaled about 5,000. English losses were fewer than 200 men. Until Agincourt, no standing army had ever been able to withstand the charge of heavy horse. The introduction of the English longbow completely changed feudal military strategy. Prior to Agincourt, the French had dominated feudal warfare through the employment of heavily armored troops and cavalry. The English longbow changed feudal warfare and paved the way for English domination on the battlefield. Heavy cavalry could now be defeated from a safe distance with armor-piercing arrows shot from the longbow."" I hope truth will defend Elian against Reno's armor.

To: Master (Hijacked) who wrote (1408)	4/21/2000 11:53:00 AM
From: Machaon	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 9127

<< I guess my Italian blood could not tolerate the destruction of a loving family by people with a hidden agenda. >> Ah, another Mussolini lover. So, I guess you can't tolerate the destruction of hundreds of thousands of loving families by Castro's perverted regime. I, also, wonder about Castro's hidden agenda. Why do they want control over all those kids? Why do they want to split all those families up? Why do they want to separate Elian and his father, if they come back to Cuba? Here, I thought that you were heartless. Now I can see that you don't want to split families up! That's wonderful. Let's not split up Elian's loving family in Miami. Elian is thriving in Miami, due to all the love and caring.