(September 15, 2014 at 5:11 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: That seems to be the case. Wouldn't you think the point is that they didn't do that by only fighting defensive wars?
And instead of calling the Arabs who conquered the Arabs Muslims, you call them Arabs. Yes, when people are being conquered, murdered, oppressed, and enslaved, perhaps I don't give their ecquisite military tactics the appreciation they deserve.
Yes, most of the modern world has given up on empire-building, though it took a hell of a long time to reach that point.
I never said they were defensive wars, nor did I claim they were. Why do I care if they were or were not?
All wars there are people being conquered, murdered, oppressed, and enslaved, the problem is that you're only associating it with Islam. Or at least making it seem as such from I can understand. This is happening even today with modern empire building. A simple class in Greek History could relate to you the astonishing similarities between the Athenian Empire and the Euro-American Empire.
