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History repeating itself?
scottm21166
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I was watching a bit of history channel last night. The show was about Constantinople the Christian headquarters of the eastern Roman empire established in around 400 AD by Constantine, the first Christian Roman emperor .
The main temple complex was built as an impenetrable fortress and held off Muslim attackers for nearly 1000 years until it was finally overrun by so and so the great in around 1400. He did it with huge siege cannons that fired 1500 lb cannon balls at 1000 feet per second.
The thing that was most noticeable about it was how little area was actually left to the Christians and their only real defense was this huge fort (that still exists under muslim rule)
The muslims had taken over the entire middle east, all of Turkey (ottoman empire) and all of northern Africa. They were the predominant leadership politically and spiritually in southern Europe as well. If you can imagine a map, the bosporus between the black sea and the mediterranean was all the Christian held but it was a vital stretch of land that offered the Muslims a straight route from the middle east into Europe.
Today, Israel represent basically the same thing. They are a relatively small country completely surrounded by Muslims who want to take their ( some question on ownership) land, vital to land and sea transportation and conquer their people (the infidels) and their government (the only real democracy in the whole region)
It took 1000 years for the muslims to take Constantinople, how long will it take for them to overrun Israel?
Once muslims control the whole middle east, what will they do? will they expand to the east taking out Pakistan, ruining the baby democracy in Iraq or even attacking the Balkans and Caucasus in the north? Would they try for Europe again?
It is a sure bet that they follow an expansionist religion (much like Christians) with a goal to convert the world.
I wonder who will stand up to them and what strategic places we absolutely have to draw a line in the sand they cannot cross like Pakistan (nukes) or Israel itself, (a nuclear armed Ally). Don't we have to protect those countries even if we don't agree with their politics?
The main temple complex was built as an impenetrable fortress and held off Muslim attackers for nearly 1000 years until it was finally overrun by so and so the great in around 1400. He did it with huge siege cannons that fired 1500 lb cannon balls at 1000 feet per second.
The thing that was most noticeable about it was how little area was actually left to the Christians and their only real defense was this huge fort (that still exists under muslim rule)
The muslims had taken over the entire middle east, all of Turkey (ottoman empire) and all of northern Africa. They were the predominant leadership politically and spiritually in southern Europe as well. If you can imagine a map, the bosporus between the black sea and the mediterranean was all the Christian held but it was a vital stretch of land that offered the Muslims a straight route from the middle east into Europe.
Today, Israel represent basically the same thing. They are a relatively small country completely surrounded by Muslims who want to take their ( some question on ownership) land, vital to land and sea transportation and conquer their people (the infidels) and their government (the only real democracy in the whole region)
It took 1000 years for the muslims to take Constantinople, how long will it take for them to overrun Israel?
Once muslims control the whole middle east, what will they do? will they expand to the east taking out Pakistan, ruining the baby democracy in Iraq or even attacking the Balkans and Caucasus in the north? Would they try for Europe again?
It is a sure bet that they follow an expansionist religion (much like Christians) with a goal to convert the world.
I wonder who will stand up to them and what strategic places we absolutely have to draw a line in the sand they cannot cross like Pakistan (nukes) or Israel itself, (a nuclear armed Ally). Don't we have to protect those countries even if we don't agree with their politics?
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Aside from that, your post seems to make sense.