[Rutabega]

Really informative article--thanks for posting it! I've read lots of fiction set during the crusades and was a history major at college, but never put two and two together and realized the actual reason for the beginning of the crusades, and bought into the story that the Europeans were just after property and gold. Thanks!

[jonascord]

That White Euro Males are the Great Satan, dating back 2,000 years, is a given in most history. Roman, Vikings, Crusaders, English, French, Spanish, are all guilty of attacking the poor peace-loving Muslims. That Spain was ruled by the Moors (read Muslims) until 1490 or so, is conveniently forgotten.

[Cronos]

Really informative article--thanks for posting it! I've read lots of fiction set during the crusades and was a history major at college, but never put two and two together and realized the actual reason for the beginning of the crusades, and bought into the story that the Europeans were just after property and gold.

Which is a hilarious story -- Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Judea, WEstern Iraq were all Christian and look at them now. The Crusades were good, but they were only a reactiona, we had slunk away under slammie aggression. ANd we're doing so once more -- they are killing oour brethren in North Ossetia, in Russia, in Europe, in Nigeria, in Pakistan, in the Sudan, in Indonesia and here in America (remember 9/11). Just sitting back will not save us, we will get destroyed eventually. We must take the fight to them NOW. Mecca in ashes.