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For Women Rights: The Fall of Kabul in 2021 Is Equal the Fall of Constantinople in 1453

  In 1453, the crown jewel city of Christendom, Constantinople, fell to the Sunni Ottoman Turks; because no Christian, outside of the Byzantine Empire,  thought it worthwhile to risk their lives to save Constantinople. Modern America knows that phenomenon, during the insurrection of January 6, 2021, no civilian American risked their lives by rushing to the Capitol to defend democracy against the rampaging horde. To the people of Washington D.C., home to vast  numbers of Federal employees, defending the election of Joe Biden was not worth dying for. Vladimir Putin took note. In 1683, the rampaging Sunni Ottoman Turks besieged Vienna, the Imperial hub of the Hapsburg Empire. Vienna was about to fall, opening Germany to Sunni Muslim domination, when Polish troops arrived.  The Poles launched a massive cavalry attack, by their winged hussars, which shattered the  Ottomans; leaving Germany free of Sunni dominance; until Angela Merkel opened her nation’s borders to Su...