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To: MJ who wrote (16301)	6/22/2015 10:40:38 AM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 16547

Lefty "News" Reporting [Associated Press] .

To: MJ who wrote (16301)	6/23/2015 2:52:48 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 16547

Confederate flag sales are skyrocketing ...................................................................................... Business Insider ^ \| 06/23/2015 \| Hayley Peterson

To: MJ who wrote (16301)	6/23/2015 2:55:18 PM
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Dear Pope Francis: Here Are Five Times Weapons of War Saved Christians .......................................................................................... The Federalist ^ \| 06/23/2015 \| David Harsanyi The Cold War More than that, Catholicism may have survived German-style fascism for a while, but it was their faith and an arsenal of extraordinarily destructive weaponry that saved millions of Catholics from falling under the atheistic tyranny of Communism. Without Western weapon makers, things may have turned out a bit differently for the righteous. Battle of Lepanto One the most famous naval engagements in history pitted forces of the Holy League, Christians supported by Pope Pius V, against the invading Ottoman Turks. It was the first major victory for a Christian naval force over a Turkish fleet, a victory driven, by, among other things, technological advances in weaponry. Here’s Victor Davis Hanson in “ Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power”: In truth, the six colossal oddities were recently constructed Venetian galleasses. Each carried nearly fifty heavy guns – bristling from starboard and port, shooting over the bow and from the poop deck, guns it seemed booming everywhere. Each of these novel monstrosities could deliver more than six times as much shot as the largest oared ship in Europe- and in terms of firepower alone were worth a dozen of the sultan’s galleys. When the news of the military victory reached Pius V he offered a prayer in St. Peter’s Basilica and spoke of his hopes for similar victories in the future. Even though Europe ended up losing some ground later on, it was this victory that help consolidate Christian forces against the invading Muslims and, thus, helped save Italy from minarets. For a few centuries, at least. When the news of the military victory reached Pius V he offered a prayer in St. Peter’s Basilica and spoke of his hopes for similar victories in the future. Battle of Vienna For two months a giant Ottoman army surrounded the Vienna before being repelled by armies of the Holy Roman Empire and others, effectively ending the threat of Muslim incursions into central Europe. One imagines that the Pope didn’t accuse Polish King Jan III Sobieski of being ‘the savior of Western European civilization’ because he was showering his enemy with goodwill. Battle of Tours Gibbons offered his famous counter-historical observation that Tours “rescued our ancestors of Britain, and our neighbours of Gaul, from the civil and religious yoke of the Koran.” Charles Martel— whose grandchild would be crowned emperor by the Pope— against a much larger Islamic army that would be have marched through France and, who knows, perhaps all of Europe. Instead, the Arab army retreated south over the Pyrenees never to come back. As Ed Creasy put it, “The progress of civilization, and the development of the nationalities and governments of modern Europe, from that time fort went forward in not uninterrupted, but, ultimately, certain career.” The Battle of the Milvian Bridge The night before the battle with his Roman rival Maxentius, pagan Emperor Constantine is said to have seen a vision in which God instructed him to engrave Christian crosses on army’s shields. After an impressive victory, Constantine attributed his good fortune to God. Within in one year, he would allow Christians—and others—the freedom to practice their religion in the empire. Though Constantine did not retire his army. Since he, like we, still had enemies in this world. Someone needs to make weapons to help defend against them. The Pope should know this. After all, his own Church would be very different without them.