To: Wolfstar
Who knows -- maybe it goes back to the days of the Barbary pirates
If you think about it, the distrust probably goes back AT LEAST to the crusades. Hell AQ STILL brings that up.
To: MikeinIraq
The Muslimes were expelled from Europe in 1492...after 700 years of warfare.
55 posted on
01/16/2006 1:48:24 PM PST by
A.Hun
(Common sense is no longer common.)
To: MikeinIraq
If you think about it, the distrust probably goes back AT LEAST to the crusades.Yes, that's true for their distrust of the western world. However, their distrust specifically of the USA probably began with the Barbary pirates.
Personally, I'm not in the least bit troubled by their distrust of us, because as far as I'm concerned the feeling's mutual.
58 posted on
01/16/2006 1:49:51 PM PST by
Wolfstar
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