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To: sassy steel magnolia
Finally my very distant Viking relatives are showing some courage. But too sad and bad they allowed this to happen without standing up earlier. I fear it might be too little too late against the tsunami of immigrants.

In a conflict between Vikings and Muslims, i'll bet on the Vikings.


24 posted on 01/14/2016 11:16:31 AM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: DiogenesLamp
In a conflict between Vikings and Muslims, i'll bet on the Vikings.

Numbers counts for a lot. Accordingly, let's play muslums versus Romanians first.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_Attack">The Night Attack of Târgovişte (Romanian: Atacul de noapte de la Targoviste, Turkish: Tirgoviste Baskını) was a battle fought between forces of Vlad III the Impaler of Wallachia and Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire on Thursday, June 17, 1462.

The conflict initially started with Vlad's refusal to pay the jizya (tax on non-Muslims) to the Sultan and intensified when Vlad Tepes invaded Bulgaria and impaled over 23,000 Turks. Mehmed then raised a great army with the objective to conquer Wallachia and annex it to his empire. The two leaders fought a series of skirmishes, the most notable one being the Night Attack where Vlad Tepes attacked the Turkish camp in the night in an attempt to kill Mehmed.

The assassination attempt failed and Mehmed marched to the Wallachian capital of Targoviste, where he discovered another 20,000 impaled Turks. Horrified, the Sultan and his troops retreated/....

39 posted on 01/14/2016 11:39:06 AM PST by archy (Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except bears, they'll kill you a little, and eat you.)
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