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To: Steven Tyler

Yes, the Ottomans were masters of attrition warfare. That is nothing like some impatient dodo who wants to blow himself up right away.

Otto-turks sat proudly atop their horses and would strategically withdraw rather than be killed. Muslims kill each other far more than the Crusaders ever did.

They dominated Islam until the 1900s. Throughout that time the Crimeans and Barbary pirates were slavers hunting down Christians while Europe was mired in more important problems.

So any grudges over the Crusades are simply the agitprop of cherry-picked history.


22 posted on 03/10/2016 4:57:23 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (Dire Threat to Internet Free Speech? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3394704/posts)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

Don’t overlook the boost modern day jihad got from westerners who take every opportunity to undermine their own culture.


23 posted on 03/10/2016 5:30:29 AM PST by FirstFlaBn
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