[Pharmboy]

Thanks for the ping, NonValueAdded; I indeed thought this worthy of a full RevWar/Colonial History/General Washington List Ping.

Shores of Tripoli...

[george76]

Almost from the very beginning of Islam, there were wars upon wars between Christians and Moslems. We remember the Crusade wars, seven major and several minor, which lasted for centuries.

This is the story of the Battle of Lepanto, which marked the end of the Crusades and was a turning point in the history of Christianity.

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Charles Martel's victory at Poitiers definitely stopped the Moslem invasion of western Europe. In the east Christians held firm against attacks of the Moslems until 1453. In that year, Mohammed II threw huge assaults against Constantinople and by the evening of May 29 the Byzantine capital fell.

By 1571 the Moslems were firmly installed in Europe. Their ships ruled the Mediterranean Sea from the Strait of Bosporus to the Strait of Gibraltar and constantly preyed on Christian vessels unless they flew the French flag.

http://home.inreach.com/bstanley/lepanto.htm

[aculeus]

Thanks for the ping.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Bump

[jan in Colorado]

Appeasement will be our defeat Ping!

I was going to ask WHY this isn't taught in history class...but then we already know why, don't we? Thanks for the ping, Pharmboy...I'm glad I didn't miss this lesson in history!

This should be memorized by EVERY Freedom loving individual in the world!

ISLAM“…that it was founded on the Laws of their Prophet, that it was written in their Koran, that all nations who should not have acknowledged their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be found, and to make slaves of all they could take as Prisoners, and that every Musselman (Muslim) who should be slain in Battle was sure to go to Paradise.”

How will we ever defeat our enemy when we refuse to acknowledge who our enemy is?