During our drive to work this morning, my wife and I were talking about, among other things, the pivotal battles that have changed world history. I think most couples at some stage in their marriage have these discussions. Anyway, I mentioned the Battle of Salamis after which the Greek world developed following the Athenian model and in turn influenced the Romans, who then influenced Europe, who colonized us; the Turkish defeat at Vienna and the subsequent invention of the croissant and Cappuccino; the Moorish defeat in Spain leading to the inhumane Catholic Inquisition and then I just speculated further: if Hitler hadn’t invaded Russia and just been content with capturing and retaining Europe, how would he have dealt with the Arab world? The Cold War would have played out differently with us versus them actually being us (Western World) and Germany. Many Kuwaitis admire Hitler. I don't think it was mutual...and the German's had a rocket program...
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