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Question: Who agrees with these lovely Quotes !?

1- “The greatest happiness is to scatter your enemy, to drive him before you, to see his cities reduced to ashes, to see those who love him shrouded in tears, and to gather into your bosom his wives and daughters.”

2- “It is not sufficient that I succeed – all others must fail.”

3- “The greatest happiness is to vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth, to see those dear to them bathed in tears, to clasp to your bosom their wives and daughters.”

4-” I am the punishment of God…If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you ”

These quotes were said by Genghis khan . Who of you agree with it ?

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Answer: They are clearly islamic.

Our Guns of August

What would the world be like if the US lost control globally – Washington’s greatest fear and deepest reflection of its own overblown sense of self-worth – as is in fact happening now despite our best efforts? Asks Chalmers Johnson .

Conan, what is best in life?

Throw these infidels in jail

Dear reader: let’s sit back, relax, and take a trip down memory lane to prehistoric times – the pre-9/11, pre-YouTube, pre-Facebook world. Ten years ago, Taliban Afghanistan – Talibanistan – was under a social, cultural, political and economic nightmare. Arguably, not much has changed. Or has it?

Kublai Khan: Patron of Tibetan Buddhism

Question: what are the numbers for these genocides/mass-murders….?

how many did Mao kill?

how many indians were killed in north america?

how many were killed in the bolshevik revolution?

how many did genghis khan kill?

how many in the Armenian genocide?

Answer: – Mao did not directly order the murders of people that can be seen as genocidal. Like most dictators, he took out his opposition, but he was not a genocidal maniac. Maybe a mass-murderer at the most. But, it was his “Cultural Revolution” that caused deaths on a colossal scale via famine, disease and starvation. The Chinese government claims 30 million died during it, but historians put a figure anywhere from 40 million – 79 million.

- On the Armenian Genocide; figures vary between 600,000 (Modern Turkish estimate) right through to 1,5 million (Western and Armenian government estimate).

- During the Bolshevik Revolution, it was mainly famine and starvation that killed many people. The high estimate puts the number at 10 million. Lenin has been tasked with “killing” 10,000 people. And the Bolshevik Revolution also saw two phases of Civil War, so it’s not really a genocide. More a revolutionary Civil War.

- It’s hard to get a figure on how many people died under the expanison of the Mongol Empire. He conquered vast areas so it is difficult to get a figure and alot of the territory was not heavily populated. And also, considering the time period, populations were not that big either. The average figures vary between 2-4 million. But like I say, it’s hard.

- There are no solid figures on Pre-Colombian Native American populations. The total population number of all the Americas pre-colonialism has gone from 10 million to the current figure of around 100 million. And historians say as much as 80% of the Native American population died from European diseases and subsequent wars and extermination. As I say, this is not a figure for North America alone, but for the entire Americas. And the Native Americans did not keep population censuses, so we will never know their exact population sizes.

Very few of these events could actually be tagged as genocides in all honesty. A genocide is the intentional act of destroying another a group. Only the Armenian genocide fits the bill and possibly the colonisation of the Americas. Genghis Khan was just building an Empire, like Rome & Greece done before him and the British after him. I’ve already stated that the Bolshevik revolution was more of a revolutionary Civil War that an outright attempt to destroy another group and Mao did not intend to destroy his people othet than his opponents. He just wanted a quick-fix, and harsh, plan to better their lives which ironically made their lives worse.

The Barbarian Genghis Khan 4/5

Question: What major historical figure were very skilled in making friends out of enemies?

I know Nixon is a good example, concerning China.

I know Genghis Khan is another.
Who else and any sources citing how they did so in detail if possible?

Answer: Lincoln was great at that. A lot of people hated him, but he was polite and respectful to everyone, and through his speaking and logic he was often able to make people see his side. He was also great with forgiveness (he had a plan to let the Southern states back in if 10% of the citizens took a loyalty oath, a low number which would have made the confederates happy) and had he stayed alive,Reconstruction would have gone better.

Earl Warren, the Chief Justice of the Supreme court in the ’50s was also really good at that. He got a unanimous vote on Brown v. Board of Education by talking to all the other justices.

Research unearths treasure trove of show biz trivia

IN THE COURSE of doing research for our book, “Filipino Directors Up Close,” we stumbled upon interesting tidbits. Here are some of them:

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