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[motohagiography]

Arguably, to extend this very rich metaphor, the reason nobody can ever win is in fact an artifact of geography. One particular mountainous region known to be the graveyard of empires springs to mind.

I think drama comes from uncertainty and power vacuums, which I would say are artifacts of the terrain.

[paloaltokid → motohagiography]

I’m not up on my history - where is this?

EDIT: oh. Are you saying Afghanistan?

[bsrhng → paloaltokid]

he means hannibal