and we expect their descendants to suddenly find a backbone and do it any differently...
It is outside of our understanding of the way men operate.
It is cowardly and devious. It abuses women and children.
It is simply out of the reach of our approach to and understanding of life.
There is nothing in nature which mirrors Islam.
It is Satanic and anti-life.
I am not sure the comparison is a fair one. In 1896 Britain ruled 1/4 of the known world and was actively suppressing an Islamist revolt in Egypt. Turkey was a major power at the time and any attack on her might have meant war with other major European powers. In 1896 Britain was still pursuing its policy of “splendid isolation” and refusing to get directly involved in the power politics of the continental empires. It would have been extremely dangerous to risk war with the Turks and possibly the German/Austrian Empires at the same time with no allies for support.