Some CNA presenter has just conveniently slipped in the Catholics and the Protestants were also killing one another during the Thirty Years War while talking about the war between ISIS and the Al-Queda. He looked defiant as the other presenter stared at him. Are some of our TV presenters pontificating from a pulpit? :-p I googled that and found this wikipedia observation: The Thirty Years War (1618–1648) was a series of wars principally fought in Central Europe (primarily present-day Germany), involving most of the European countries.[10] It was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history, and one of the longest continuous wars in modern history. *Initially*, religion was a motivation for war as Protestant and Catholic states fought even though many of them were or had been members of the Holy Roman Empire—a situation which was not atypical of the Empire, which had become decentralized and fragmented following the death of Charlemagne (814 AD). Changing the relative balance of power within the Empire was at issue. *Gradually*, it developed into a more general conflict involving most of the great powers of Europe.[11] In this general phase, the war became less specifically religious and more a continuation of the Bourbon–Habsburg rivalry for European political pre-eminence, leading in turn to further warfare between France and the Habsburg powers.[12] en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years_War
Posted on: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 03:13:37 +0000
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