>I'm no expert in american history, but I think that the rots of the colonies
>independence were in the seven years war: the english used them against
>the french and in doing so trained them to fight and taught them their valour.
>In the same way, Tarshites, armed to fight Sartarites, learn how to free
>themselves from the Empire.
But the Tarshites don't free themselves from the Empire. They are devout supporters of the Lunar Way. Tarsh only becomes "liberated" when a civil war breaks out between two _lunar_ factions, and Argrath _supports_ one of them.
>But I suspect the Lunars had no choice: too few "heartland boys" were
>willing to be used as bow-fodder in a small and unglorious campaign.
The "Heartland Boys" are quite happy to kill as many Sartarites as they can. They're in Sartar for military glory and loot. There's very little handwringing about the ethics of the Lunar conquest in Sartar (spaced-out university students notwithstanding) as the conquest of the Orlanthi is widely seen as a Good Thing.
--Peter Metcalfe
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