[Cronos]

There were many blame points — the Venetians turning the fourth crusade against Constantinople, the English and French supporting the Turks against Russia in the Crimean war (but for that, Constantinople could have been restored) and also WWI. A lot of this was really England’s fault.

[redgolum]

During the years of the Great Game, England was far more afraid of Orthodox Russia than the Muslim Ottomans. She was so concerned about the road to India, that she fought everyone who tried to exert influence in the Middle East.