[muawiyah]

What's the 700 years about? Arabs have been out from underneath the Turkish thumb for a mere 80 years, and the Brits were still standing on top of the Paks just over 50 years ago.

There's something missing in your timeline that needs clarified before anyone could comment on it.

[devolve]

Terminal violence and conquest of infidels go back more than 80 years -



They are not the lady's garden club -




Wars are won by decisions and plans made by FDR, Eisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, Truman - not by hoping and wishing and chatting and meditating by Kerry, Mad Albright, Kennedy, Slick Willie, Hillary, Dean, algore.



Even little Harry S knew he had to drop the big ones -




Think of who made those earthshaking decisions -



Don't get all cerebral about it - You are dealing with primitive nutcases that blame the Crusades, Christians, and Israel for their sorry plight -

They rely on the weakness and tolerance and softness of their enemies -

Tony Blair's "Going after the ideas" quote from today is hogwash!


There is only one thing they understand -




He who hesitates (Clinton) - gets 911



I seem to note that many want to tolerantly distinquish between white pet rats and brown pet rats out in the barn.


Both carry Rabies