re: Game of Thrones S5E4 "Sons of the Harpy" (Bookish Types; SPOILERS)

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I am 56 years old. I was in the Navy. I was an officer in the Navy. I went to the Naval Academy. I have read more books on tactics than you. Including Sun Tzu The Art of War, Armoured Tactics by Fuller, Strategy by B H Liddell Hart, Infantry Attacks by Rommel, War as I knew it by Patton, Mahan and many others. It was my job, and I loved it. I played war games all of my life including RPG's. I was in SCA. So you really whiffed on that one.
Obviously, you don't know what your talking about.

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And an accomplished drinker, obviously.

What does any of that have to do with sword and shield tactics? Also, the phalanx was the epitome of sword and shield warfare. How was it made obsolete?