Talk:Royal guards/@comment-75.83.113.92-20111105060901/@comment-75.83.113.92-20111105202932

I'm talking about soldiers, NOT the guards... geez listen. The two are TOTALLY different. Guards are for defending. Soldiers are for like the offense. Back then (revolutions, middle ages, even to ancient Rome) armies AREN'T like *our* armies in the present day. Soldiers today are more honorable, and follow government orders no matter left/right wing political attentions. Soldiers back then, however, fight for greed, glory, and power. Endless invasion, onslaught, and looting = $ beyond your wildest dreams. Guards will stay loyal unless someone pay them otherwise. Soldiers, however, can overthrow their old leaders, making corrupt military officers their rulers, kings, and even EMPERORS. One Soldier can have no remorse killing an entire family (even his own) for a RICH farm land that he could keep for himself. So, back then, in a literal sense

"...Armies are evil" =P

My uncle is a military history expert as well as a millitary veteren and he LOVES blabbing about this stuff. XD Just can't get him to shut up...