[GipperGal]

Then they moved north into SE Europe and actually reached the outskirts of Vienna before they were defeated by the Polish army led by Jan Sobieski! So much for the enlightened bigots who always belittled those "stupid Poles".

Someday someone will write a book entitled: "How the Poles Saved Civilization...Numerous Times!"

To my mind, every school child should know the name Jan Sobieski. And every school child should know the name Jozef Pilsudski. And Lech Walesa. And Karl Wojtyla. Shall I continue?

God bless Poland, the Christ of Nations.

[pbear8]

To my mind, every school child should know the name Jan Sobieski

I believe there was a book popular in the early 1800's about Jan Sobieski. That's how our great-great uncle Thaddeus ended up with the middle name 'Sobieski'.

This hero went to the shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa, prayed there and then helped defeat the Muslims. An example to us all.