When in history...

[Zaknafien]

Ive been thinking more and more of the parallels one can draw between the Roman and American republics; the nature of the grueling insurgency war in Spain for the Romans which lasted the better part of a century can be compared to Vietnam or Iraq for the Americans; both changed/are changing the nature of the military complex, leading form the citizen-militia army to professional, mercenary forces motivated by profit. It bodes ill for the American forces, as we saw with the Romans, for once the army becomes a privatized group of financially-motiviated volunteers, it tends to follow the money-- whomever is paying it out in the largest amounts. Which for the Romans was Sulla et all who followed him, and for the Americans, only time will tell.

[Bellum]

No single person, or even a corporation, can match the funding power of the US government.

There are other considerations, such is how modern militaries are led by bureaucracy, not a single general. There are only a limited number of examples to choose from, and many of the variables have changed since then.

Really whats the fuss? Imperial is a ludicrous system, metric is so simple even an Australian can learn it! Took us less than a decade to forget the Imperial altogether. People use terms like "yard" and "six footer" in a vague literary way. You can still get pints (if you like holding onto you beer long enough for it to get warm that is).

Making using certain measurements illegal is ludicrous.