NY Times Takes Sides In Brexit: Cadiz and Armada a Myth

It's stunning to read that Queen Elizabeth's Muslim alliance kept the Spanish from invading England  in the 16th century (NYT 9/18/16).  That's a doozy of a history revision.   Ever since high school I thought it was the weather and Sir Francis Drake that defeated the Spanish Armada.   As for the Spanish deciding to invade England,  isn't the author of this revision, Jerry Brotton, overly aggressive in suggesting it was simply a matter of religion.   At the time England was persecuting its own Catholics, instigating rebellion in the Spanish Netherlands and sending pirate raiders to attack Spanish possessions in the Americas.  Indeed,  England was the first to attack Spain in 1587 when Sir Francis Drake raided Cadiz and followed with attacks on Portuguese ports and Spanish shipping, claiming to destroy 100 Spanish ships. 

If you think America has trouble getting over its Civil War and Latino immigrants,  the English and their obsession with "black-hearted" Catholic Spain has America beat by centuries.
At a time when The Times is chastising Trump's fibbing about Mexicans,  it appears The Times is siding with England in the Brexit propaganda war and doing some fibbing of its own.