"Crusades a Good Thing after all"

That was the title of a post of mine some two years ago. The Ottawa Citizen's excellent Robert Sibley now point outs what is so often overlooked in the West's mania for self-flagellation:

The lost history of the Crusades

Western guilt over, and apologies for, the Crusades ignores one crucial fact: The West actually lost

In case you cannot access the piece at the preceding link, it's also at Mr Sibley's blog, "Ideas & Consequences".

Mark C.

Posted by markc at April 6, 2008 11:28 PM