Mr Steyn
That would be nothing new The Caliphate used Western gunners to build and operate the cannon they use to destroy the walls of Byzantium and finally destroy the Byzantine empire in 1453
Speaking of history last weekend there was suppose to be revolutionary war reenactments here in south Carolina but I don’t happen because of the storm.
Off topic perhaps, but your note reminded me about how few people are aware of the French - Muslim alliance against other Europeans that went on for several generations until after the French Revolution and rise of Napoleon.