Not all political leaders around the world enjoy the luxury of conducting foreign bombings when their political prospects at home are sinking. But this a privilege enjoyed by the U.S. President, heading an administration that claims that U.S. militarism is somehow indispensible to world order. Heads of state can usually count on war to excite
Morgarten, Switzerland – Here, in 1315, a force of Swiss mountaineers ambushed an invading force of Austrian feudal knights who had come to reassert Hapsburg feudal rule over the rebellious Swiss. The burly Swiss farmers and woodsmen from the forest cantons Unterwalden, Uri, and Schwytz fell upon the close-packed Austrian knights and men-at-arms,
Morgarten, Suiza - Aquí, en 1315, una fuerza de montañeros suizos emboscó a una fuerza invasora de caballeros feudales austriacos que habían venido a reafirmar el dominio feudal de los Habsburgo sobre los suizos rebeldes. Los fornidos agricultores y leñadores suizos de los cantones forestales de Unterwalden, Uri y Schwytz se abalanzaron sobre los
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