> That isn’t actually refuting his original argument. Just proving his example false.

Correct. It is extremely false. And it's an extremely well documented event, as well.

> Then you beg the question with a bit of a straw man fallacy thrown in.

I expressed my opinion. I did not misrepresent that person's argument (i didn't represent it at all). As for begging the question, well, I'm not sure what you're referring to, unless you mean the intensely cut and dry sequence of historical events? In which case... well, they're so unaligned with reality that it's comical.