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Re:Andrew Yang Founds the Forward Party by ByteJockey on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @08:05AM (#28772097)
> A side note, I really don't get why Napoleon is seen in such bad light.

He tried to conquer a bunch of places. That's generally not seen kindly in the modern era.

Also he lost, which generally allows one's opponents to control the narrative.

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Re:Andrew Yang Founds the Forward Party by hef19898 on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @08:57AM (#28772559)
Which makes you wonder how history would have turned out if Napoleon would have been as stupid to go to Russia. Imagine he would have taken the most powerful army of the time, including staunch (more or less) allies (incl. the Prussians, minor German powers, Austrians) to Spain against Wellington. Interesting what-if. Just proofs that you don't go to war with Russia or try to conquer Afghanistan.
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