"The Crusades were wrong. We admit it."
Wrong, the crusades did not take place in a vacuum. The jihadists were at the gates of Vienna more than once. Charles Martel "the Hammer" later named the "Holy Roman Emperor" won a crucial battle in central France, otherwise nothing could have stopped islam. No reformation, no reniasence, no freedom in the new world. A thousand years of darkness would have been the result. There are 3 new books coming out on the crusades, I hope the authors point out that Europe has been under attack for over 700 years. Somethings never change. Just ask the people of the Netherlands!
Well, I'm not that knowledgable on the subject. When I said the Crusades I was thinking of the invasion and occupation of 'The Holy Land'. I wasn't really thinking of the effort to drive invading Muslims out of Europe.