Re: [CTRL] The politically incorrect guide to the Crusades (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- I have a comment for Mr. Bacon. The truth of the matter is nuclear power plants are not that dangerous and they do save the everyday man a lot of money. The public and environmentalists ought to be better informed...the uranium is used merely to heat up water in the plants, the steam makes the electricity. In other plants they use gas jets to heat up the water or coal or whatever. The uranium is not used in any explosive manner for electricty generation. It takes certain conditions for uranium to explode, it does not just happen. Nearly all of Europe is using nuclear power plants now. They have had no problems I am aware of for a decade or two. E. Murray --- William Bacon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -Caveat Lector- > > "I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United > States of America and to > the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one Nation under > God,indivisible,with > liberty and justice for all." > > Remember:More people have died in Ted Kennedy's car > than have died in > United States Commercial Nuclear Power plant > operations > > visit my web site at > http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 > for a precise list of the powers of the Federal > Government linkto: > http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon/Enumerated.html > > -- Forwarded message -- > Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 11:42:12 EDT > From: Human Events Book Service > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: HAE > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: The politically incorrect guide to the > Crusades > > > [headline.gif] > > [crusades_customsize.jpg] Misconceptions about > the Crusades are all too > common. Generally portrayed as a series of > unprovoked holy wars against > Islam, they are supposed to have been the > epitome of self-righteousness > and intolerance -- a black stain on the history > of the Catholic Church > in particular and Western, Christian > civilization in general. Since > September 11, variations of this theme have been > used to explain -- even > justify -- Muslim terror against the West. > Former president Bill Clinton > himself, in a speech at Georgetown University, > fingered Muslim anger at >the Crusades as the "root cause" of the > present conflict. > > > But the truth is that the Crusades had nothing > to do with colonialism or >unprovoked aggression -- and in A Concise > History of the Crusades, > renowned medieval historian Thomas F. Madden > sets the record straight. > The Crusades, he shows, were not the brainchild > of an ambitious pope or > rapacious knights but a response to more > than four centuries of > conquests in which Muslims had already captured > two thirds of the old > Christian world. At some point, Christianity as > a faith and a culture > had to defend itself or be subsumed by Islam. > The Crusades were that > defense. Their entire subsequent history is one > of Western reaction to > Muslim advances -- they were no more offensive > than was the American > invasion of Normandy. > > >Get hundreds of "politically incorrect" > facts like these: > > > · Islam was born in war and grew the same > way. From the time of > Mohammed, the means of Muslim expansion was > always the sword. > > > · With enormous energy, the warriors of Islam > struck out against the > Christians shortly after Mohammed's death. > Palestine, Syria, and Egypt > -- once the most heavily Christian areas in > the world -- quickly >succumbed. > > > · By the eighth century, Muslim armies had > conquered all of Christian >North Africa and Spain. In the eleventh > century, the Seljuk Turks > conquered Asia Minor (modern Turkey), which had > been Christian since the >time of St. Paul. > > >· The Byzantine Empire was reduced to little > more than Greece. In > desperation, the emperor in Constantinople sent > word to the Christians > of western Europe asking them to aid their > brothers and sisters in the > East. > > > · The end of the medieval Crusades did not bring > an end to Muslim jihad > -- Islamic states like Mamluk Egypt continued > to expand in size and > power, and the Ottoman Turks built the largest > and most awesome state in > Muslim history. > > > · Under Suleiman the Magnificent the Turks came > within a hair's breadth >of capturing Vienna, which would have left > all of Germany at their > mercy. At that point Crusades were no longer > waged to rescue Jerusalem, >but Europe itself. > > > · It is often asserted that Crusaders were > merely lacklands and > ne'er-do-wells who took advantage of an > opportunity to rob and pillage
[CTRL] The politically incorrect guide to the Crusades (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- "I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one Nation under God,indivisible,with liberty and justice for all." Remember:More people have died in Ted Kennedy's car than have died in United States Commercial Nuclear Power plant operations visit my web site at http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon/Enumerated.html -- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 11:42:12 EDT From: Human Events Book Service <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: HAE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: The politically incorrect guide to the Crusades [headline.gif] [crusades_customsize.jpg] Misconceptions about the Crusades are all too common. Generally portrayed as a series of unprovoked holy wars against Islam, they are supposed to have been the epitome of self-righteousness and intolerance -- a black stain on the history of the Catholic Church in particular and Western, Christian civilization in general. Since September 11, variations of this theme have been used to explain -- even justify -- Muslim terror against the West. Former president Bill Clinton himself, in a speech at Georgetown University, fingered Muslim anger at the Crusades as the "root cause" of the present conflict. But the truth is that the Crusades had nothing to do with colonialism or unprovoked aggression -- and in A Concise History of the Crusades, renowned medieval historian Thomas F. Madden sets the record straight. The Crusades, he shows, were not the brainchild of an ambitious pope or rapacious knights but a response to more than four centuries of conquests in which Muslims had already captured two thirds of the old Christian world. At some point, Christianity as a faith and a culture had to defend itself or be subsumed by Islam. The Crusades were that defense. Their entire subsequent history is one of Western reaction to Muslim advances -- they were no more offensive than was the American invasion of Normandy. Get hundreds of "politically incorrect" facts like these: · Islam was born in war and grew the same way. From the time of Mohammed, the means of Muslim expansion was always the sword. · With enormous energy, the warriors of Islam struck out against the Christians shortly after Mohammed's death. Palestine, Syria, and Egypt -- once the most heavily Christian areas in the world -- quickly succumbed. · By the eighth century, Muslim armies had conquered all of Christian North Africa and Spain. In the eleventh century, the Seljuk Turks conquered Asia Minor (modern Turkey), which had been Christian since the time of St. Paul. · The Byzantine Empire was reduced to little more than Greece. In desperation, the emperor in Constantinople sent word to the Christians of western Europe asking them to aid their brothers and sisters in the East. · The end of the medieval Crusades did not bring an end to Muslim jihad -- Islamic states like Mamluk Egypt continued to expand in size and power, and the Ottoman Turks built the largest and most awesome state in Muslim history. · Under Suleiman the Magnificent the Turks came within a hair's breadth of capturing Vienna, which would have left all of Germany at their mercy. At that point Crusades were no longer waged to rescue Jerusalem, but Europe itself. · It is often asserted that Crusaders were merely lacklands and ne'er-do-wells who took advantage of an opportunity to rob and pillage in a faraway land. Recent scholarship has demolished that contrivance. The truth is that the Crusades were notoriously bad for plunder. A few people got rich, but the vast majority returned with nothing. · The Ottoman Turks conquered not only their fellow Muslims, thus further unifying Islam, but also continued to press westward, capturing Constantinople and plunging deep into Europe itself. By the 15th century, the Crusades were no longer errands of mercy for a distant people but desperate attempts of one of the last remnants of Christendom to survive. Europeans began to ponder the real possibility that Islam would finally achieve its aim of conquering the entire Christian world. · In 1529, Suleiman the Magnificent laid siege to Vienna. If not for a run of freak rainstorms that delayed his progress and forced him to leave behind much of his artillery, it is virtually certain that the
