What do you think of the Franco-Ottoman Alliance[1], when France and the Ottoman Empire were allies? This occurred when England was trying to "raid and invade" other parts of Europe. [2] It's almost as if an us-them dichotomy simplifies our understanding and obscures the real entropy found in truth.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Ottoman_alliance [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_War_of_1542%E2%80%9315...