OriginalShroom
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- Jan 29, 2013
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Got to be frustrating when being interviewed on national TV the interviewer's don't have a grasp of the fact that a 1400 year war between Shite and Sunni is about whose side God is on or what a prhase might mean. Many of these people are living with culture and history from the middle ages. You know, like when Crusader's were invading the ME killing every muslim in sight and lopping off heads in the name of God, the Christian one.
Actually, the Muslims were the invaders.
The 1st Crusade was in response to the invasion of Constantinople.
The 2nd Crusade was in response to the invasion of Edessa.
In the 3rd Crusade, King Richard "The Lion Hearted", managed to recapture part of Jerusalem from the Turks who had captured it. He was able to broker a deal allowing Jews and Christians free access to the City.
The 4th Crusade effectively ended the Byzantine Empire.
In fact, some of the Crusaders killed Jews as readily as they killed Muslems, calling them "Christ Killers".