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You know, when Stalin killed millions, you have to consider that the US made the Japanese inhuman and put them in cages and Hitler killed millions, too. And Staling definitely fought a defensive war since the ancient lands of communism were being threatened. So where is Steve Weidenkopf's book "The Glory of Stalin"?The first crusaders killed many non combatants during the capture of Jerusalem. However many inhabitants were not killed but captured and ransomed, while yet others were expelled from the city. It was common practice of time period that after a siege many that had remained in the city would be killed. This was common in both Europe and the middle east. Records range from a few hundred to 75,000 [city population only 20,00-30,000
The idea of calling them "ancient christian lands" is pretty silly in the first place given that they were conquered by the Romans and then everyone was converted to Christianity when it became the new state religion or even before that. If they were ancient Christian lands 400 years after the Romans converted them to Christianity, then surely the Christians were invading ancient Islamic lands 400 years after the caliphs converted them to Islam? At best they were (partially, as in Palestine) ancient Jewish lands but depending on how far your history goes back or which lands you're talking about, they were even ancient pagan lands before that. Would you defend a pagan reconquering of the area as well?
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