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Every military in the world, very nearly every nation state, has very strict rules about allegiance and loyalty.

And I know.

Where did he find that little nugget of historical wisdom, perchance he pulled it from the library of Alexandria, or maybe I found

it in the journal, found in the cabin of the notorious pirate Captain Obvious. But work with me here. Loyalty. Loyalty builds a strong sense of

camaraderie and it can be used should your nation go to war to build an us versus them narrative.

If, for example, an English person, say a prince, seemed poised to ally themselves with the Nazi party over in Germany, he is

branded a traitor and removed from power.

Clap the dust off your hands, no musse, no fuss, that's how it works. That's what loyalty is about.

But that's what makes an organization like ISIS, really terrorist organizations in general, but ISIS in particular, that's what made

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