The variants of the long-standing story of the Children's Crusade have similar themes.[2] A boy began preaching in either France or Germany claiming that he had been visited by Jesus and told to lead a Crusade to peacefully convert Muslims to Christianity. Through a series of portents and miracles he gained a considerable following, including up to 30,000 children. He led his followers south towards the Mediterranean Sea, in the belief that the sea would part on their arrival, allowing him and his followers to march to Jerusalem, but this did not happen. They were sold to two merchants (Hugh the Iron and William of Posqueres) who gave free passage on boats to as many of the children as were willing, but then they were either taken to Tunisia and sold into slavery by the merchants, or died in a shipwreck on San Pietro Island off Sardinia during a gale. Some may have failed to reach the sea, dying or giving up from starvation and exhaustion. They were betrayed by some of the adults in their group.

Modern accounts
According to more recent researchers there seem to have actually been two movements of people (of all ages) in 1212 in Germany and France.[1][2] The similarities of the two allowed later chroniclers to combine and embellish the tales.

That's the best you can do is play 'Whatabouttery' with something from 1,000 years ago? You're pathetic.

Hey, if you want to make a statement I will no shit pay your way to join these assholes on their march to Syria.

Speaking of children though.

In the video some of them had kids in tow.

Surely not even one of those loony leftists would actually cross the Turkish border into Syria, with a little rosy cheeked, blond blue-eyed girl holding either hand.

These asswipes are the type that willingly endanger their children.