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To: Antoninus
The sad fact is the Crusades were a failure beyond Spain.
10 posted on 03/29/2004 5:43:52 PM PST by Destro (Know your enemy! Help fight Islamic terrorism by visiting www.johnathangaltfilms.com)
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To: Destro
The Turks attacked Vienna in 1689; the Crusaders of centuries before ensured that they were fighting in a hostile, Christian land...
14 posted on 03/29/2004 6:28:23 PM PST by Tuco Ramirez (Ideas have consequences.)
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To: Destro
The sad fact is the Crusades were a failure beyond Spain.

If they truly were a failure, you and I would likely be speaking Arabic right now. The Crusades kept Islam on its heels during its ascendancy.
17 posted on 03/29/2004 7:56:18 PM PST by Antoninus (Federal Marriage Amendment NOW!)
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