[Snickering Hound]

and The Grand Master of the Order of St. John, Jean de la Valette, was 71 years old when defending Malta against the Turkish islam hordes swinging a sword and defeating a vastly larger force!

Source being a Cretan Greek poem, I'm skeptical of him swinging more than a spoon at his oatmeal but since he was the leader he gets the good press.

[jafojeffsurf]

“Source being a Cretan Greek poem, I’m skeptical of him swinging more than a spoon at his oatmeal but since he was the leader he gets the good press.”

Say you, There were witnesses, His actions actually helped inspired those around him and it was much more than a Poet that said something about the Winners of this History.

Just two examples with reference footnotes in them:

http://www.mikechurch.com/shop/product/defenders-of-christendom/

https://books.google.com/books?id=E_OXa9lhwAMC

God Bless