To know history is to know the “Crusades” were far more than what modern Islam and even the president of the United States portray them as. In fact much of the time period should be viewed as an east/west defensive reaction to historically documented Islamic aggression. You see, the Islamist belief system did/does not allow for sovereign acceptance of any faith other than Islam, but rather only submissive existence under a caliphate. Ultimately, this left little room for a non-confrontational resolution back in 1099. With that said, any attempt to make a moral equivalency argument comparing the barbarism of ISIS in the 21^st Century to the Crusades of a thousand years ago, without first explaining fully the history of the period, is purely political and frankly irresponsible and dangerous. Nothing new for this Commander-in-Chief.

In full view of modern-day crucifixion, child rape and mutilation, beheadings, and the medieval burning alive of a caged human-being, President Barack Obama has responded with an ideological, inaccurate, and even childish retort to those who clearly see the indisputable evil before all human-kind. Appropriately, he would do the world a big favor if he would simply ride his “high horse” right out of Washington, permanently.