In the classic 1970s Irish Republican Army anthem “My Little Armalite,” the lyrics include “Well the army came to visit me, ’twas in the early hours / With Saladins and Saracens and Ferret armored cars.” One wonders why would the British, back when there still was an England, name their military equipment after the Kurdish […] The post The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin (Jonathan Phillips) first appeared on The Worthy House • Towards A Politics of Future Past.
