I am struck by the fact that, after Islam hating on "crusaders" for 1500 years, militant Islam has become exactly what they've so long criticized - crusading soldiers for God.
On a somewhat parallel track, Jews who for centuries were the people Europe wanted to get rid of, now find themselves in Israel with a people - the Palestinians - whom they wish would go away.
There is evidence aplenty that the Abrahamic God is a cosmic ironist, a karmic entity who loves seeing the worm turn.
