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Judge Mongols by the same standard as modern wars

Genghis Khan and the Mongols should not be judged differently from other conquerors or from modern nations including the United States, which has bombed and killed civilians in Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria while justifying it as defending peace and democracy; condemning steppe peoples while excusing ourselves is hypocritical.

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Speaker

Jack Weatherford

Evidence Quote

how can we condemn one set of people for doing it and then excuse it in ourselves?

Source

Jack WeatherfordLex Fridman Podcast
Created: 6/13/2026, 3:37:42 AM

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