F-35 fighter pilots to wear $400,000 helmets

[DeSwiss]

34. Well, yes but it was no longer an effective fighting force and in decline.

- Just like ours is now. I mean, when was the last time we actually fought a war. Against an army? WWII. Now, we only fight against people who can barely fight back. And usually with our own guns that they've captured from some puppet regime we've setup previously. And who fled at the first shot in anger.

A decline of two elements of the Western Roman Empire, the Roman army and Roman society, weakened the Empire to the point where external attacks, which had previously been repelled, successfully overran the Empire. The Roman army and society declined in the time from 180 AD to the overthrow of Augustus in 476 AD. Problems within the army and society invited attacks from outside that would eventually destroy the Western Roman Empire.

The doors were open to barbarian invasions from the Huns and Germanic groups such as the Vandals, Lombards, Alamanni, Goths, Franks, and Burgundians to attack the Western Roman Empire. These groups brought the final blow, overrunning the Empire's towns and cities, meeting little resistance from the Roman army.

Eventually, barbarians dethroned the last Roman Emperor, when Germanic mercenaries led by Odovacar overthrew Romulus Augustus on September 4, 476. This event is commonly called the end of the Western Roman Empire. Despite the eventual failure of the Roman army to protect against such invasions, the army had been an effective military force in earlier times. More