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avid Beckham
The soldier is the army and the army is
the soldier. He wins by outthinking and outfighting his opponent with the best tools at his
disposal. A thousand years ago, horses and armor, swords, shields, and lances represented the
best tools for fighting at anyone’s disposal. With
them, men clashed in battle, outthought and outfought each other as individuals and as armies,
and decided the fates of many great cultures.
Fast forward to the present day and
these tools of war have long passed into history, replaced by weapons faster, more precise,
and infinitely more destructive. Still, history
can surprise us with the resiliency of the old.
America’s first major battle of the 21st century
featured high tech Special Forces soldiers riding
horses into battle with their Afghan