Fantastic. I've always found Vlad III and these regional conflicts to be horrifying. The idea that he was a crusader for Christendom has always felt like a revision of history.
30 Los Zetas deserted from the Mexican special forces when they were potentially going to be court martialed for actions cleansing village in crushing a peasant insurgency during a civil war; when a new government took power, they became bodyguards to the Mexican drug cartel and began to recruit and train thousands of sicarios.
All of the Los Zetas core members were dead within a few years, and their organization later splintered, but they caused a permanent escalation in the brutality of the Mexican cartel violence.
I have a lot to say on this topic for obvious reason, but I have to head out for the evening, so I will live one note. It's important to keep in mind that during Romanian Communism, a communism that had a very nationalistic flavor, Vlad was a perfect subject of propaganda. Afterall he is easily painted as a ruler who fought the treacherous merchants and pimps from both sides of the Western/Turkish divide.
This was awesome, the maps really helped understand the concept of what was happening.
This was a pet project. It was engaging deeply with the maps for hours that made me decide to do this
Fantastic. I've always found Vlad III and these regional conflicts to be horrifying. The idea that he was a crusader for Christendom has always felt like a revision of history.
Thanks. Yeah I think it overstates his intentions quite a bit.
Reminds me of Los Zetas from Mexican drug cartel; a good source is Don Winslow's Power of the Dog, and sequel book The Cartel.
30 Los Zetas deserted from the Mexican special forces when they were potentially going to be court martialed for actions cleansing village in crushing a peasant insurgency during a civil war; when a new government took power, they became bodyguards to the Mexican drug cartel and began to recruit and train thousands of sicarios.
All of the Los Zetas core members were dead within a few years, and their organization later splintered, but they caused a permanent escalation in the brutality of the Mexican cartel violence.
Yeah I remember when all that went down I was following the news. I can’t believe that hasn’t spilled over the border in a bigger way yet.
Drug cartels are a very good modern comparison to Vlad
I never considered until now that maybe Los Zetas expected to lose
Anyway brilliant historical piece, thank you, best explanation of Dracula I've come across.
I have a lot to say on this topic for obvious reason, but I have to head out for the evening, so I will live one note. It's important to keep in mind that during Romanian Communism, a communism that had a very nationalistic flavor, Vlad was a perfect subject of propaganda. Afterall he is easily painted as a ruler who fought the treacherous merchants and pimps from both sides of the Western/Turkish divide.
One of the books I read discussed this in great detail and refuted specific communist scholars. You should definitely come on my show to talk this
Hell yeah. We're gonna set this up .
Let’s chat soon and plan a line of discussion