Sons of Genghis Khan roll out the red carpet for Bush

Times Online UK ^ | 11/21/05 | Jane Macartney

[Prost1]

"The last Mongolian forces to go to Iraq, led by a grandson of Genghis Khan in 1258, sacked Baghdad and killed an estimated 800,000 people."

And Murtha, Reid, Kerry and communist company are complaining about the 2200 US loses and 18000 mangeled or injured.

Something is wrong with this picture. I call it cowardice and not democratic debate!

[DTogo]

John Kerry knows Genghis Khan!

[P.O.E.]

That's "Jenjis" for those in the know.

[freedom44]

That's actually a totally false statement. There was no Iraq at the time. Iraq was created in the 1920's. It was the Persian Empire and it was far before the Arabs invaded so the people were actually Persians or Iranians and not Arabs or modern Iraqis.

[parisa]

"John Kerry knows Genghis Khan!"

Yes indeed. Kerry et al "know" everything.

[jocon307]

"That's actually a totally false statement."

I think inaccurate might be more precise than false.

But I didn't come to carp, I came to say, thanks for posting this. Good on W for visiting Mongolia, I read a very interesting piece on their emerging democracy a while ago. It was in the New Yorker Magazine, of all places.

And thanks to the Mongolians for serving bravely in Iraq.

[Argus]

The last Mongolian forces to go to Iraq, led by a grandson of Genghis Khan in 1258, sacked Baghdad and killed an estimated 800,000 people.

Ah, the good old days.

[DTogo]

4-22-71, J F'in K:

"They told the stories at times they had personally raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, tape wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed villages in fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan..."

[Skywalk]

Um, there were certainly Arabs there, for jihad swept through much of the known world all the way into France within one century of Muhammad.

Jingiz Khan (Kerry tried to pronounce it 'correct' but got ti wrong) and his boys were operating in the 13th century.

Islam, with Arabs as its vanguard, had long ago conquered most of the Middle East.

[ChadGore]

Hey ! it's pronounced

(c)sKerry

[Skywalk]

"The Mongols massacred 800,000 of the city's inhabitants, including the Abbasid Caliph Al-Musta'sim, and destroyed large sections of the city. The canals and dykes forming the city's irrigation system were also destroyed. The sack of Baghdad put an end to the Abbasid Caliphate, a blow from which the Arab civilization. never fully recovered." that's from wikipedia. The Persian Empire had long ago been swept aside, though the city's name is probably derived from Persian.

[gungafox]

And Murtha, Reid, Kerry and communist company are complaining about the 2200 US loses and 18000 mangeled or injured.

It'd be nice if we could have an operation like that without any American casualties, but 2000 killed sounds like about the first half hour of Iwo Jima or any of those other small island battles in WW-II. The demokkkrat party has basically gone rogue and should be outlawed.

[Cicero]

The Mongols of that time put a big dent in the Muslim empire. If it hadn't been for that, perhaps Christian Europe would not have prevailed in later times.

A version of the story is told in Christopher Marlowe's Tamburlaine the Great.

[Diddle E. Squat]

"...in a fashion reminiscent of Gingiss Formal Wear..."

[SittinYonder]

Bush as a modern day Marco Polo? ping


Seriously, who goes to Mongolia?

[Candor7]

For those into Mythological art, here is one of the mythological heros of Mongolia, who is associated with the Kingdom of Shambhala (AKA Shangri-Lah), Gesar of Ling. (This is a photo of a painting done on silk in the early 1800s.)Definitely a horse culture with guys riding around in the sky. Our president couldn't be in much better company! The mares milk drinking ceremony is a blessing and I am very glad W went out and participated ! The Mongolian folk culture also has a great lineage of using the bow, still taught today. Atta Go W!!!

[sit-rep]

Had to come in and bump it once... Got a kick out of the title!!

BTTT!!

[Skywalk]

"Seriously, who goes to Mongolia?"

Well, I had a thing going with this girl who was from Mongolia, some years ago.

So, you could say Mongolia came to me...or some permutation based on those words....

[Cronos]

It was the Persian Empire and it was far before the Arabs invaded so the people were actually Persians or Iranians and not Arabs or modern Iraqis.

Actually it was the Abbassid Empire -- the Caliphate based in Baghdad. The People were Arabs or Mesopotamians since this was a Sunni Caliphate and the Shia's had already expanded in Iran.