[johnqueuepublic]

The radical Islamic types always like to invoke the Crusades image.

The Muslim armies invaded Europe in the 700s they were well into Spain by then. Islam has always been aggressive, which stands to reason once you understand the fact that Mohammed was a military man unlike the Guy written about in the New Testament, whose mesage was love.

[philosofy123]

Absolutely. Now that Saudi Arabia has diverted $billions to the spread of Islam, by force or otherwise, do you suppose our government would finally say, enough is enough! We should order Saudi Arabia directly: You built thousands of mosques in the US, you must allow us to build churches in Saudi arabia, or we will demolish your mosques. Now, do you supose the concept of reciprocity or fairness IN THIS RELATIONSHIP is too radical? Who is the bitch in this relationship?