Posted on 06/17/2013 6:15:52 PM PDT by Lorianne
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There hasn’t been a general war of religion since the Thirty Years War, and even that quickly devolved into a fight among the great powers for supremacy in Germany. And, as you point out, the general European or “world” wars after that were all about power and money.
As for general wars of religion, you are correct, and we're probably due, which may be where the whole Jihad thing is taking the world. Happy thought.
I don’t think Europe will have the will to defend itself when the takeover comes.
The American aspect of the European wars generally consisted of fighting Indian allies of the French. Until the last one when the Brits decided they’d just take Canada and solve the problem for good.
Both sides and their native allies went at the Spanish settlements and their native allies in Queen Anne's War. Those warring native tribes that considered the white settlers also to be warring tribes were absolutely correct about it.
The French support for us was a classic case of the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Our revolution succeeded b ecause 90% of our population could read and were smarter than your subsequent average revolutionist. The literacy rate in England at that time was in the 20% zone. America was based upon the mass migration of Europe’s best and brightest who saw through that “divine right of Kings” social programming, the endemic corruption of the Church and aristocracy, those who fought with Cromwell and anti-monarchist republicans/whigs who were hounded and harassed out of their homeland for it. America was a form of exile for the republican intelligentsia of Europe. Our revolution was also ably led by men of genius caliber and that can make a whole lot of difference when compared to a revolution such as the one not so ably led by Pol Pot.
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