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Entry: Mama was a Spartan Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/mama_was_a_spartan#600 Post contents: The whole battle is subject to spin. The gorge was narrow so the Greeks were only able to post 300 in it. Their army was just under 9,000 and they worked in shifts. The Persians were able to outnumber them but not on the scale of 1,000 to 1. They probably could not have deployed the 3 to 1 considered necessary to overcome an entrenched position. But why let facts sully a racking good tale? As for the martial valor of the Kagans, pressure was put on the US government to not publish available data as to the religious affiliation of serving military, combat deaths and non fatal casualties. Such records are easily compiled and were once public. Americans are entitled to full public disclosure of all details of our military. Sent at: 2008 07 24