[saradippity]

I wonder if Pope Pius would have sent Don Juan off to battle if he thought that Don Juan's crews were infiltrated with unidentified Muslims,who were ready to die as they blew up Don Juan's ships at the onset of the battle.What do you think?

Or would Pope Pius have sent him into battle if he knew that the Muslims carried innocent women and children,Christian and Muslim,that would be killed with every hit Don Juan scored?

What about if both conditions existed?

We are looking to use old techniques in a much changed world. The old world is no more,why can't every one see that. Please understand that I am not advocating buckling to evil or a "peace at any cost" position. I am only asking that we take a close careful look at "cui bono",and reassess our operations in the light of reality.

[BohDaThone]

The Turkish galleys were largely rowed by Christian slaves (See the Chesterton poem, noted above), so part of your scenario of innocents being killed by the Christian attack was certainly true -- many of the slaves were killed, though many others were freed.