Politics Of Indian History -2

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<!--QuoteBegin-Pandyan+Oct 9 2008, 08:00 AM-->QUOTE(Pandyan @ Oct 9 2008, 08:00 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Bhishma pita?
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<!--QuoteBegin-Swamy G+Oct 9 2008, 06:02 AM-->QUOTE(Swamy G @ Oct 9 2008, 06:02 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->I have a question. Often Americans talk about how George Washington refused the throne when he was offered one; how he could have been a King yet he chose not to be one.[right][snapback]88959[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->How very noble of George Washington. Still, that was not his finest moment. No, that honour belongs to:
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->George Washington in 1779 instructed his troops on how to deal with the Iroquois people:

      "...lay waste all the settlements around... that the country may not be merely overrun but destroyed," (and do not) "listen to any overture of peace before the total ruin of their settlements is effected."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->