text: In 1453, a mere 39 years before Columbus sailed west,  the Islamic Ottoman Turks conquered the Christian  city of Constantinople.  Constantinople  was founded by Emperor Constantine in 325 as the  new capital of the Christian Roman empire.  The Muslim armies drove out the Christians and massacred them in wholesale bloodbath.  Canada did nothing of the sort to natives what Islam's invasion  armies did to Christian Europe.  When the eastern  trade routes fell under  Ottoman control, European traders had to find a new route to China, hence  the necessity of Columbus's voyage. So it is you who should apologize to natives. If you're prepared to cede Constantinople, Turkey  and the Bosporus back to European  control, we can then discuss your support of  native land claims.