Don't know what to make of this, does it ring true to any here? Very interesting in any case.
http://wtpotus.wordpress.com/2010/08/09/michelle-obamas-trip-to-spain-was-not-“tone-deafâ€-it-was-pitch-perfect/
The “Cordoba Initiativeâ€, whose stated mission is
to achieve a tipping point in Muslim-West relations within the next decade, bringing back the atmosphere of interfaith tolerance and respect that we have longed for since Muslims, Christians and Jews lived together in harmony and prosperity eight hundred years ago.
“Eight hundred years ago†was 1210. What were things like in Cordoba in 1210? It was part of the Almohad Dynasty, a Muslim dynasty which conquered all of northern Africa as far as Libya, together with Al-Andalus (Moorish Iberia, now southern Spain and Portugal).
