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To: SJackson; dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; ...
Franz Werfel wrote an epic (and best-selling) novel based on true events in 1915,

"40 Days on Musa Dagh"

As apt a subject for a movie as "Lawrence of Arabia," it has been optioned many times as the basis of a blockbuster script. But, each time the really big movie project surfaces, the State Department at the urging of our Turkish allies, has quashed it. Several lo-bux minor films have been produced, but went nowhere.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forty_Days_of_Musa_Dagh

www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2V4Ti0RetA

Read it or watch the video for a true appreciation of what Muslims have in mind for all of us.

4 posted on 04/25/2013 7:46:04 AM PDT by Kenny Bunk (The Obama Molecule: Teflon binds with Melanin = No Criminal Charges Stick)
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To: Kenny Bunk
Had an Armenian roommate in collage who told me about this. Years later I found a copy of “40 Days on Musa Dagh”. It's a compelling read.
5 posted on 04/25/2013 8:19:21 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah, so shall it be again,")
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