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A military force is of little value to a state if that state cannot project it.
Unresolved speaker · Si Sheppard – How did a few hundred Spanish soldiers topple two empires? · 1 Oct 2026
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“If you can't project that force,”
“it's really of no value to you.”1:28:37Report a misattribution
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