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Did the Crusades fail? & Crusades vs Jihad
« on: 2013-09-13, 13:39:46 »
Interesting short discussions about the Crusades:



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Re: Did the Crusades fail? & Crusades vs Jihad
« Reply #1 on: 2013-09-13, 16:34:06 »
Very interesting take on the Crusades. Hard to argue his conclusions with speculation. I enjoyed it. Seems to stand true if you look at it that way. America itself was a Crusade.
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Re: Did the Crusades fail? & Crusades vs Jihad
« Reply #2 on: 2013-09-13, 18:40:39 »
Depends on what the ultimate goal was...if it was just the capture of Jerusalem, then the First was the only one that was successful.
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Re: Did the Crusades fail? & Crusades vs Jihad
« Reply #3 on: 2013-09-13, 19:35:39 »
Hi All,

Here is a nice piece on the Crusades. There are also other articles on this site as well .

http://www.crisismagazine.com/2011/the-real-history-of-the-crusades

This is a great article /commentary on the true nature of the crusades I first read it years ago and it is one of the best and I believe accurate accounts of the real crusades. 

http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/Pages/Games-Muslims-Play.htm#crusades

As an aside can you image how different the world would be if the crusaders had been able to retake say Egypt and hold it for Christendom ?

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