Hopefully the crusaders go into the desert, and never return. Alas, the likes of Pete Hegseth wouldn’t dare to set foot in any place where he could lose it.
If I recall, the first crusade was called because the Byzantine empire wanted help getting some stuff back from the Turks. Alexius Comnenus just wanted some military assistance, I don’t think there were crazy religious undertones at that point (at least not beyond what was normal for that time). Then the Pope got involved and some wackos in Western Europe took things WAY too far.
Just call it like it is. This is a crusade, just not sanctioned by the pope this time.
It’s Ya’ll-Qaeda’s crusade.
Hopefully the crusaders go into the desert, and never return. Alas, the likes of Pete Hegseth wouldn’t dare to set foot in any place where he could lose it.
If I recall, the first crusade was called because the Byzantine empire wanted help getting some stuff back from the Turks. Alexius Comnenus just wanted some military assistance, I don’t think there were crazy religious undertones at that point (at least not beyond what was normal for that time). Then the Pope got involved and some wackos in Western Europe took things WAY too far.