WAS RICHARD THE LIONHEART RIGHT

As in like 'raping and pillaging'? Or as in the much glamourised 'Holy' type?

It's what froggies do best..

holy type

As an ostensibly Protestant country I think we should distance ourselves from what the Roman Catholics did during the crusades.

They were, after all, Catholic/Muslim conflicts and we, as protestants against Papal rule, had nothing to do with it.

It is up to the Catholics to sort the mess they created out.

Clouseau   

29 Jun 15 13:38 
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They were, after all, Catholic/Muslim conflicts and we, as protestants against Papal rule, had nothing to do with it.

The reason Protestants had nothing to with it is because the crusades largely took place between the 11th and 13th centuries - Protestantism properly began at the beginning of 16th century.

Genghis was a prod..

Genghis Khan was quite tolerant of, and interested in, religion.

Precisely. Don't think he would have much time for Lutheranism though...

The Lionheart was a French speaker who spent barely six months in England.
He needed England to help finance the crusade

As an ostensibly Protestant country I think we should distance ourselves from what the Roman Catholics did during the crusades.

True that, though the crusades were essentially a defensive war against the genocidal muslim invasions.

A largely protestant/atheist nazi germany did however commit the slaughter of 50 million innocents, oddly enough in close alliance with muslim allies.

Odd that.

Not sure how religious Hitler was.

there will be a new Richard the Lionheart, someone probably still at school today but watching what is happening. Maybe he will be German or French or American.

hitler was a bit like obama, hated christians but could preach out a sermon in his best martin luther king* impersonation if nned be

obviously, heavy on the martin luther, hold the king

Rashid Ali's 1941 rebellion in Iraq was perhaps the closest Hitler came to ending the War on the winning side. The oil pipeline to the Med was closed down, German bombers and military advisors were sent in and French troops in Syria lent their support. A handful of biplanes fitted with ad hoc bomb racks somehow held the airbase in Iraq until a British brigade landed and defeated Ali's force of about 9,000 men.

Then there followed the ferocious fighting in Syria and Lebanon, where British/Australians/Indians/Arabs and Free French fought the Vichy French to keep the oil flowing to N Africa and deny Germany and Italy a launching pad to invade Egypt from the east.

Three allies with similar ideologies fighting together: Nazis, Muslims and the bloody Vichy French.

lfc1971, if you're channeling Nostradamus, tell him he's not really putting the effort in anymore.