Athawolf,

First off, let me welcome you to the Diet. I am glad to see those so young get politically active.

Second, if hundreds of armies come, we will still make our stand in Outremer. The more we can stop there, the less all of you will have to fight them in Germany. I am sure at some point, those of us out east will be overrun, but we can make a dent in their forces. It will become a war of attrition. This is one of the points that tends to be lost on those that believe Outremer to be a folly. One of the purposes for having Outremer, is to be the front line against the barbarian hordes that come from lands far far East. It is just not the Holy Places of Christiandom that we protect, but our very homeland as well.

This group of horse lords will fall just like the last ones did. Then we will continue to be the wall that watches over the western world as is our duty.