tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105877885685298368.post7290474168839394100..comments2009-05-12T01:07:18.010-04:00Comments on Napoleon's Egypt: British and Turks Defend Acre from French AttackJuan Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05794922740548563607jricole@gmail.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105877885685298368.post-24152148020121026572009-05-12T01:07:00.000-04:002009-05-12T01:07:00.000-04:00I visited Acre in 1988. Napoleon's cannonballs wer...I visited Acre in 1988. Napoleon's cannonballs were still sticking out of those walls. I found this a perfect analogy to the region itself: the west comes to conquer, but instead gets stuck, eventually leaving only its traces behind.Matt Osbornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00775385227870993490noreply@blogger.com