DamnYankee
Loyal to the end
OH BOY, I believe the government
Holy shit- what a photoshop!
bin laden buried at sea
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Holy shit- what a photoshop!
Minister of Truth
Practically Perfect
SmarterthanYou
rebel
he should have been buried in pig intestines.
Minister of Truth
Practically Perfect
I agree. My first thought was that we need swine to bury the swine, because the Muslims frown upon that.
No, they took the body to the ship to perform identifying tests and then they buried his body in the manner respectful to Muslims.
Yes, we all feel this way, but thankfully smarter minds prevailed as to not cause an international incident. This way, Muslims see we got the bad guy, but we did the right thing, this is what the USA use to be known for and what we have returned to on this event, doing the "RIGHT" thing.
Minister of Truth
Practically Perfect
The Muslims have been trying to take over the world since 632, and have been constantly attacking the West, specifically, since 711. I don't really see how you provoke these people.
Burn a Koran and you will find out how to provoke them. Most are peaceful, but there are a few things they will not tolerate. The West has also been trying to take over the worold for the same amount of time, it has not been one sided, you know.
The Crusades come to mind...
Mott the Hoople
Sweet Jane
With a great deal more success and blood shed I might add!
Minister of Truth
Practically Perfect
It took from 632 all the way to 1095 before the West launched the Crusades. It took until the Renaissance before the West began to gear up for wars of expansion. The West is guilty, but it was through defending itself from Islamic attack for nearly a millenium, that it developed the war capabilities to pull of what it eventually succeeded in doing.
Minister of Truth
Practically Perfect
Crusades were obviously not a success, even just looking over the first two. If you consider stories of crusaders marching through the streets of Jersualem, wading up to their knees in blood (a feat which defies physics), to be the source for "the Crusades were bloodier..."
The only success of the Crusades was that the West came back into posession of its Greek heritage - works, writings, etc.
It is because the West was too busy being in the Dark Ages, it took them awhile to catch up, but they did! and the rest, is history!
Minister of Truth
Practically Perfect
The Dark Age was 475-900. There was still nearly two more centuries until the Council of Clermont. Unless you just label the entire Middle Ages as the "Dark Age..."
Yes, I do, they were times of decline in the West, began with the fall of the Roman Empire and continued until 1,000 or some even jokingly state the 15th century! he he
Minister of Truth
Practically Perfect
Right, but the Middle Ages lasted until 1453. From 900, with the rise of the Frankish Empire and the Carolingian Renaissance, the West experienced growth. There was the Ottonian Renaissance, the 12th Century Renaissance, the Scholastic Renaissance, and finally the Italian Renaissance. As the Age grew to a close, England was about to experience the Elizabethan Renaissance. Constantinople fell, but Spain freed itself from Islamic rule. Then came Columbus.