“Mr. Benjamin said. “G.I.’s are like any equipment in the Army. When it breaks, those who were in charge of keeping it fit should be held responsible for it.”

Even Egyptians warriors rebelled against their occupiers endless wars of empire:

“Leaving this city at about the same distance as from hence to Elephantine; your bark will arrive at the country of the Automoli, who are also known by the name of Asmach. This word, translated into our language, signifies those who stand on the left hand of the sovereign. This people, to the amount of two hundred and forty thousand individuals, were formerly Egyptian warriors, and migrated to these parts of Ethiopia on the following occasion.

In the reign of Psammetichus they were by his command stationed in different places; some were appointed for the defense of Elephantine against the Ethiopians, some at the Pelusian Daphne, others were detached to prevent the incursions of the Arabians and Assyrians ; and to awe Libya there was a garrison also at Marea; at this present period the military stations are regulated by the Persians, as they were under king Psammetichus; for there are Persian garrisons now stationed at Elephantine and Daphne.

When these Egyptians had remained for the space of three years in the above situation, without being relieved, they determined by general consent to revolt from Psammetichus to the Ethiopians; on intelligence of which event they were immediately followed by Psammetichus, who, on his coming up with them, solemnly adjured them not to desert the gods of their country, their wives and their children. One of them is said to have behaved himself with rudeness, and to have replied, that they should doubtless have no difficulty in obtaining both wives and children on their arrival in Ethiopia. The Automoli devoted themselves to the service of the monarch, who, in recompense for their conduct, assigned them a certain district of Ethiopia, possessed by a people in rebellion against him, whom he ordered them to expel for that purpose.

After the establishment of the Egyptians among them, the tincture which they imbibed of Egyptian manners had a very sensible effect in civilizing the Ethiopians."