[Sooth2222]

It’s unfortunate that only a tiny fraction of US public school graduates ever learned what the Ottoman Empire was.

[dps.inspect]

or Che Quevara for that matter...

[himno hero]

Or this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_Qpy0mXg8Y

Simple history, and their polished turd is in his hut.

Watch how they use oil to keep the middle man on stream to support their point man. Expensive gas? Would kill obama.

[Verginius Rufus]

I can't really blame US public school students for not knowing what the Ottoman Empire was. Probably most of them grew up in homes where there were no ottomans.

The Ottoman Empire was oppressive and corrupt, especially in its later centuries and especially towards non-Muslim subjects, but they did a few things well--some fine architecture and bridges, and they introduced coffee to the Viennese. Not exactly on purpose. But if a new caliphate is created, it won't have any redeeming qualities, however trivial.