Nazis re-educated in England

[Hortlund]

Originally posted by CH3
The point being that it somewhat perverse and hypocritical to talk about "re-educating" islamists when you were the significant cause of their extremism. Sorry it was lost on you the 1st time.

Yeah, the US is responsible for Islamic extremism...Because they gave schoolbooks to afghanistan with pictures of AK-47s and grenades.  

*Throws over a historybook* Start with chapter 1 "The Crusades"

[-tronski-]

Originally posted by Hortlund


Yeah, the US is responsible for Islamic extremism...Because they gave schoolbooks to afghanistan with pictures of AK-47s and grenades.  

*Throws over a historybook* Start with chapter 1 "The Crusades"

Perhaps you'd better start with another text. Chapter 1 "Geography"

 Tronsky

[Hortlund]

Sure, and you can start with this one:
Basic understanding of complex concepts such as "Islam"

Chapter 1 Territorial spread of Islam.

Countrary to popular belief, the religion of Islam exists outside Afghanistan...

[-tronski-]

Islam was introduced into Afghanistan in approx 650.AD
The Crusades are linked first to the speech of Pope Urban II in 1095, and the  First Crusade took Jerusalem in 1099. The real hatred between the Christians and Muslims didn't really begin until the Second and Third Crusades around the , and the later Counter Crusades under Zengi and Salah ed-Din.
Afghanistan became a center of Islamic power and Culture under the Ghaznavid Dynasty around 900-1100.AD, until the Islamic power base later moved to Egypt not long after the failure of the Seventh Crusade.

Late 20th Century Islamic extremism has bugger all to do with the Crusades.

 Tronsky

[Hortlund]

Perhaps you can find examples of Islamic extremism pre 20th century though? <-- the point I was trying to make, or in other words, Islamic extremism has bugger all to do with what kind of books the US gave to Afghanistan during the cold war.