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To: Eurotwit

Thanks Charles.


6 posted on 10/31/2005 9:12:27 PM PST by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: ncountylee
From the essay:

Leaderless, the Arab throng broke off the fight. "All the host fled before the enemy," candidly wrote one Arab source, "and many died in the flight." A monk claimed that the ratio of Muslim to Christian dead was about 370:1. Even if he was exaggerating--a virtual certainty--the Islamic world took the loss hard. Muslim historians for centuries referred to Tours, notes Creasy, as "the deadly battle" and "the disgraceful overthrow."

All these years and allah still can't seem to find a way to defeat those pesky Christians. The ratios have stayed about the same.

8 posted on 10/31/2005 9:25:00 PM PST by Michael_Michaelangelo (The best theory is not ipso facto a good theory. Lots of links on my homepage...)
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