they're pretty based because they kicked amerifats' ass for hundreds of years.  sure they lost in the end, but there's something admirable about fighting an adversary that is so technologically superior to you and managing to kick ass. i have the same respect for the zulus i think amerifats secretely really like them, kinda like a woman who loves to remember her abusive chad boyfriend. sherman's middle name was tecumseh for example.
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