Constantinople, USA or How to Defeat a Jihad

self-written ^ | September 22,2001 | Matt Dedinas

[patent]

bump

[ChadGore]

Fantastic post. What we're saw on Sept. 11th is neither unique, nor difficult.

[Travis McGee]

Great historical post, thanks!

[The_Reader_David]

We ought to remember that Constantinople fell in part because of Western treachery: the Fourth Crusade had weakened the Empire, allowing the Turkish conquest of all of the remaining provinces, and the canon was not a Turkish canon but a Hungarian one. American cannot afford treachery from within, and should stand in solidarity with the Christian East.

[Styria]

A well-deserved bump and I'll trade you some Byzantines for some Crimean Goths, who managed to keep their East Germanic language going until finally being fully assimilated in the 1800s. =)

Where does your interest in Turkey and Byzantium come from?

[Achilleus66]

Sorry for the delay in my reply, I wasn't on FR for a few weeks. when I studied the Roman Empire as a kid, that became my favorite field of interest and, like a good Roman, I dont differentiate between "Roman" and "Byzantine", they're all Romans.

[Achilleus66]

good point

[Frumious Bandersnatch]

Not a bad idea - your idea of a generation is a little off (it is generally considered between 30 and 100 years).

[justshutupandtakeit]

bttt

[JJ59]

You wrote this? Good!

[headsonpikes]

"The warriors of Allah...WERE REDUCED TO CANNIBALISM."

Sounds like a plan to me! ;^)

[headsonpikes]

Boiling Oil Bump!

[headsonpikes]

Greek fire and CANNIBALISM bump!

[Achilleus66]

yes, my friend, let's just say that recent events have changed my perspective

[Doctor Stochastic]

You beat me to it.

[denydenydeny]

Indexing.