Today's Talking Point

[lollardfish]

The Bush "policy" in Iraq is providing aid and comfort to the repressive government of Iran. If we follow Bush's "plan for victory," and somehow manage to succeed, the end result will be an armed Southern, Shiite, Iraq that serves as a near client-state to a nuclear-armed Iran.

Comments

[galacticvoyeur.livejournal.com]

I'm reading the volume of Cartoon History of the World that covers the beginning of Islam. Until you pointed out to me that "we" actually lost the crusades, I hadn't really thought much about that period. This is getting interesting.

[lollardfish.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. The "winners" of the Crusades were:

The Ottoman Turks(who didn't particularly exist during any of the basic Crusades)
The Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt (who then lost to the Ottomans)
The Kingdoms of Castille, Aragon, and Portugal in Spain
Various North African potentates
The French Monarchy