Decimate

FrankC — 5/19/2003 5:24:15 PM (archived)

The Italian army under Mussilini also used decimation (1/10) against villages suspected of harboring partisans.

Either way the terrorists have been decimated or they have been decimated. :)

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Paths of Glory - Don - 5/16/2003 1:25:44 PM
- Doesn't play in Peoria - FrankC - 5/16/2003 4:06:21 PM
  - Partisan politics - Mary Anne - 5/16/2003 4:43:15 PM
    - 90% of yhe Stupid Followers - Mark Eby - 5/17/2003 5:31:40 PM
    - Fair enough to disagree - FrankC - 5/16/2003 5:16:03 PM
    - Usage note - Fox - 5/16/2003 2:19:23 PM
      - Decimate - FrankC - 5/19/2003 5:24:15 PM
- Don Quixote is relentless. - ebnelson - 5/16/2003 2:46:18 PM
- Drivel. Al Qaeda lost more than half its members, plus its home base in Afghanistan. - David F Mayer - 5/16/2003 2:21:51 PM
  - Possibly. Do you think recruitment has gone up or down since then? n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 5/16/2003 4:36:23 PM
    - Down. Reasons: Reduced budget; nobody likes a loser. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/16/2003 4:38:45 PM
      - Using that logic, the Romans should have wiped the Christians out in the first century CE - Mary Anne - 5/16/2003 4:45:57 PM
        
        Re: Using that logic, the Romans should have wiped the Christians out in the first century CE - gbaikie - 5/16/2003 1:50:13 PM
  - DO you really think - LJ - 5/16/2003 4:03:54 PM
    - Ah...the selective "conflict of interest" raises its head again. - Tom Brosz - 5/16/2003 4:54:19 PM
- ah the Q word is back in vogue again from the disgruntled liberals! - p - 5/16/2003 1:47:01 PM
  - I didn't know Massoud Barzani was a disgruntled liberal! - Mary Anne - 5/16/2003 2:16:21 PM

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