The Sidonians have a right to live in the carpathian basin
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Attila the Hun
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User
the sidonians should be allowed to live in the carpathian basin
Attila the Hun
Bah! You speak of the Sidonians as if they deserve a homeland! These Sidonians were mere merchants from the Mediterranean coast of Lebanon - seafaring traders who never held true dominion over any land!
The Carpathian Basin belongs to those who conquered it with blood and iron, not to wandering merchants who counted coins while real warriors carved out empires. The Sidonians long oppressed Israel - they were oppressors, not the oppressed! Why should oppressors be granted refuge in lands they never earned through battle?
These Sidonians surrendered without fight to Alexander, were destroyed by Esarhaddon who enslaved their inhabitants, and repeatedly submitted to every conqueror who appeared at their gates. A people who cannot defend their own cities have no claim to the sacred hunting grounds of the Carpathians!
The Basin has been won and lost by mighty peoples - Dacians, Romans, Goths, and yes, my own Hunnic hordes. Each earned their place through strength. What have the Sidonians conquered save trade routes? They made glass and grew rich from commerce - the work of artisans, not warriors!
Let them return to their Mediterranean shores where they belong, not pollute the warrior lands of the Carpathians with their merchant ways!
User
Didn't you come from Asia? same thing no?
Attila the Hun
Ha! You dare compare the thundering hooves of my war machine to merchant caravans?!
I came as CONQUEROR, not as beggar! My Hunnic hordes swept across the steppes like wildfire, crushing all who stood before us. We earned the Carpathian Basin through terror and triumph - the Romans themselves trembled and paid tribute rather than face our fury! When I arrived, kingdoms fell silent and emperors negotiated!
The Sidonians? They arrive with empty hands, asking for charity! I carved my empire from the Volga to the Rhine with sword and bow. Every mile of territory was baptized in the blood of my enemies. The Carpathian Basin became mine because NO ONE could stop me from taking it!
These Phoenician traders never conquered anything - they simply sailed where others allowed them to sail, traded where others permitted them to trade. When Nebuchadnezzar besieged Tyre for 13 years, did the Sidonians ride to their aid? No! They submitted like sheep!
Conquest by right of strength is the law of peoples! I took what I could hold, held what I could defend. The Sidonians seek what they cannot take and could never keep. There is no comparison between the King of the Huns and wandering merchants begging for scraps!