Chapter 13

By David Villacorta

This chapter talks about auxiliary, mixed, and citizen soldiers, I am going to quote what Nicholas says at the end: I take my stand entirely on such methods. What methods? May we ask ourselves? The ones that say that the army of a Principality shall be their own and not a foreign one. This chapter cites examples of princes who called the aid of different armies and at the end their fate was disastrous because they turned prisoners of their aides.

Now, let’s analyze how this can be applied to current times. I do not find a recent example but from World War II. In the big war several alliances were signed. For example, at the beginning the Russians and the Germans agreed not to attack each other, however, at the end this proved wrong, and eastern front was the worst one. Then the United States allied with the soviets and they both brought down Nazi Germany.  Now what about the countries in that war who were not supreme powers? Such as Italy, for example. When Mussolini was abducted from power, the Germans invaded and committed some atrocities, especially against Italian Jews, probing that having an allied that seeks power voraciously, is usually the beginning of the end.

I think having our own army is important if we are always to be in the state of war, but today for example basically Honduras is an occupied nation. Whose army is bigger in Honduran soil, the American palmerola or our own army? Supposedly the American one. Would they always protect us ? I think they will as long as their interests are not at stake.