raymundo:
We need more like this fella …
Our leaders say we cant stop them but it seems like someone did about three hundred years ago, AND THEY MUST BE STOPPED AGAIN !! … Europe has apparently forgotten its history. Islam has not changed in hundreds of years, only the zeitgeist of Europeans (mostly neo-Marxists/Socialists) towards it has.
Please recall The Battle of Vienna, September 11, 1683:
“More than 300 years ago, Europe lived in fear of the great Islamic Caliphate, the invincible Ottoman Empire, that ruled a vast portion of the world and constantly threatened the heartland of Europe with attack, ■■■■■■■■■■ and destruction.
In 1683, in March of that year, yet another huge Islamic army advanced upon the west, 140,000 strong, led by the Turk Grand Vizier Kara Mustapha. The path he chose took him toward the great fortress of Vienna, which he reached on July 14 and promptly laid siege to. Vienna was well prepared to withstand a siege, but by September, after nearly two months of isolation, during which time Turkish bombs shattered some of its walls and led to a partial capture of the city by Mustapha’s troops, the situation there had grown dire.
Vienna’s capture in the immediate future was a near-certainty and beyond Vienna, the soft belly of Europe lay wide open…
“…But, something had changed. A new man had arrived. A man Europe called “The Warrior-King.” – His name was Jan Sobieski. And he came with an Army of 30,000 Polish soldiers at his back…”
The last effort that Islam made to destroy Christendom failed during the last years of the seventeenth century, just over two hundred years ago. Vienna was almost taken and it was only saved by the Christian army, under the command of the King of Poland, on a date that ought to be among the most infamous in history:
September 11, 1683.
Off topic:
Great Polish king, but tell me honestly, do you know what majority of Brits think about Poles today…it sad to frank. And not many people have herd of Sobieski, may be for the vodka, but not for the person.
Lets go back in history even further: The FIRST saviour of Europe - Tervel of Bulgaria.
The year is 717-718 AD, Constantinople, 1800-2500 arab ships and 200 000 foot soldiers besiege the city by sea and land.
On 25 May 717 Leo III the Isaurian was crowned Emperor of Byzantium. During the summer of the same year the Arabs led by Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik crossed the Dardanelles and besieged Constantinople with 200,000 men. According to Arab sources his fleet consisted of 2,500 ships.
Leo III made a plea to Tervel for help, relying on the treaty of 716 and Tervel agreed. The first clash between the Bulgarians and the Arabs ended with a Bulgarian victory. During the very first stages of the siege the Bulgarians appeared in the Muslim rear and large part of their army was destroyed and the rest were trapped. The Arabs built two trenches around their camp facing the Bulgarian army and the walls of the city. They persisted with the siege despite the severe winter with 100 days of snowfall. In the spring, the Byzantine navy destroyed the Arab fleets that had arrived with new provisions and equipment, while a Byzantine army defeated Arab reinforcements in Bithynia. Finally, in early summer the Arabs engaged the Bulgarians in battle but suffered a crushing defeat. According to Theophanes the Confessor, the Bulgarians slaughtered some 22,000 Arabs in the battle. Shortly after, the Arabs raised the siege. The Byzantine-Bulgarian victory of 718 and the victory of the Frankish king Charles Martel in the battle of Tours (732) stopped the Muslim invasion in the interior of Europe. By that Khan Tervel became one of the most respected rulers in Europe and also received an Emperor title, due to his victory.
How many Europeans or Brits know about this Bulgarians, not many raymundo, not many.