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Originally Posted by moose1am
More wars have been fought over Religion that I care to think about.
History as taught in the West shows that the Muslims used the sword to spread across North Africa.
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Nah, most wars perceived as religious probably just used it as a pretext for political aims. Name me one religious war and I will point out to you it's vested power and economical interests between the warring parts.
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Originally Posted by SkvyWvr
The region was in turmoil way before any oil was produced there. I believe that unless we are willing to embark on a new Crusade, all will be lost.
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Well that turmoil was caused by the meddling British empire and France as far as I recall. The middle east was AFAIK not severely unstable under the ottomans, for instance.
As for a crusade is needed, it is a fool who thinks that he can solve the problems of terrorism by a crusade or a war. If all it takes is a bright idea in the head of a random person to go on a jihad suicide attack, how do you except you can prevent this by conventional means?
So far the crusades in the middle east have all turned out to be disasters. A thousand years ago, and today.