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Originally Posted by Rochard
No, I wasn't wrong at all. The EXACT definition of the Crusades is:
The Crusades were military campaigns sanctioned by the Latin Roman Catholic Church during the High Middle Ages and Late Middle Ages.
It's the first sentence of the Wikipedia entry.
Christianity killed in the name of their god. Christianity was directly involved in warfare.
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crusade
/kruːˈseɪd/
noun
1.
(often capital) any of the military expeditions undertaken in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries by the Christian powers of Europe to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims
2.
(formerly) any holy war undertaken on behalf of a religious cause
3.
a vigorous and dedicated action or movement in favour of a cause
According to Dictionary.com
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I said "Iran has never attacked anyone" and instead of bringing relevant facts, you just posted a list of wars Iran has been involved in - Not a list of countries Iran has invaded. In the past sixty years, how many countries has the US invaded and or attack, and how many countries has Iran invaded?
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OK, here's the last 30 years
Hijacking of Americans (direct attack on the US) in 1979. I was off the coast for this one! It was called the Iran Crisis, I have a medal for being there protecting our fleet.
Action by its government directly and/or via its armed -Hezbollah- wing:
US Marine Barracks in Oct. 1983, killing 241 Americans and 58 French soldiers.
1984-8 string of hijacking US personell.
Bombing of US embassy in Lebanon in April 18, 1983, killing 63.
Bombings in Paris, France in 1985 and 1986. Dozens killed.
Attacking Israel since the 1980s via Hezbollah and Hamas terror "freedom fighting" Jihadi organizations.
Unsuccessful attempt to carry out attacks in Cyprus in 1988; a plot, foiled by Spanish police, to carry out attacks against Jewish targets in Europe in 1989; an unsuccessful attempt to detonate a car bomb outside a Jewish community building in Romania in 1992; and a planned 1996 attack, also foiled by police, on an Israeli institution in Paris.
1992 Bombing of Israeli embassy in Argentina. Killed 29.
1994 Bombing of AMIA Jewish community building, killed 85 and wounded 300, both, Iran and Hezbollah were charged.
July 19, 1994 bombing of Panamanian airline. Kills everyone (21) on board.
Killing of many American and British soldiers in Iraq (its trainors and weapons found there).
Killing of many of US, NATO soldiers in Afghanistan (backing Taliban).
Hezbollah "activities" in Somalia.
Many (Christian and pro western) Lebanese citizens fell victims to the terrorizing Hezbollah mob.
Use of Lebanese civilians, in its wars against Israel.
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Yes, but businesses get to write off hundreds of thousands of dollars because they built a fountain.
What we are taxing businesses at and what they are paying is two vastly different things. I own multiple businesses and I write off everything. I work from home so I can write off a part of my mortgage, my power bill, my internet, my cell phone bill... I have a twenty-five year old truck that I write off because it's considered a "company car" - perfectly legal because my wife's business MUST haul around gear on a weekly if not daily basis (I guess we could just lease a brand new truck for the business, but then we would just be writing off MORE).
This is a billionaire like Warren Buffet with $73 BILLION in his pocket pays less taxes than his secretary. It's ridiculous.
And our economy is booming, thank you.
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Our economy s not booming, median wages are down, 30 million people are out of work or severally under employed and if it was that good, why is Obama wanting to help the middle class so much? Because the economy is not doing well.
Here's an article to explain the economy to you
Will The U.S. Economy Finally Lift Off In 2015? - Forbes