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[–]TheJamesRocket 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The Russians would have captured Constantinople in 1878 if the British hadn't intervened. They were clearly winning the war against the Turks before that.

Imagine how much better the world would be if the Ottoman empire had collapsed 40 years earlier?

[–]TrabWhite Nationalist 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yup, daily reminder France and Britain sent troops to ensure Muslims could still subjugate European Christians Edit: France

[–]EthnocratArcheofuturist[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Almost entirely Britain.