To: Old Sarge
The Arab Street refers to Saladin in the present tense. Yes, and they are still well and truly pissed off that Ferdinand and Isabella drove them out of Andalusia five hundred years ago. That seems to be one of Osama's particular bugbears.
-ccm
10 posted on
02/26/2006 11:12:08 PM PST by
ccmay
(Too much Law; not enough Order)
To: ccmay
they are still well and truly pissed off that Ferdinand and Isabella drove them out of Andalusia five hundred years ago. That seems to be one of Osama's particular bugbears. The Spanish should make some commerative holiday out of that event and have OBL bouncing off his cave walls.
31 posted on
02/27/2006 2:39:29 AM PST by
leadhead
(It’s a duty and a responsibility to defeat them. But it's also a pleasure)
To: ccmay
Yes, they live in the past. Not a very healthy thing to do.
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