Serious row kicking off here

[EternalOptimist]

The Romans used to bribe the Vandals and the foederati not to attack them, seems like they are still at it and haven't learned the lesson

[JoJoGabor]

Well, maybe we could bribe them with iPhones and big tellies instead then. The scheme could be called "Tellies For The Talies".

Won't work, they have a telly ban!

[swamp]

Won't work, they have a telly ban!

[minestrone]

The British have been doing it for years, so have the US.

We just claim we are bribing 'warlords'.

[Doggy Styles]

The worst thing about this is that they didn't tell anyone.

So when an Italian somehow died and they ran away, the French took over their zone and, thinking it was low risk, only sent out lightly-armed patrols. They got a pasting with several killed.