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To: Common Sense 101

Coincidentally, Constantinople is OURS.


23 posted on 12/20/2024 2:09:01 PM PST by sevlex
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To: sevlex

> Coincidentally, Constantinople is OURS. <

Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453.

Now here’s a little-known fact. Turkish Constantinople fell to the Western allies in 1918, and was occupied by British, French, Italian, and Greek forces.

We never should have given it back.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Istanbul


38 posted on 12/20/2024 2:30:13 PM PST by Leaning Right (It’s morning in America. Again.)
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