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Trump resurrects tall tale about General Pershing and Muslims after Barcelona terror attack
Washington Examiner ^ | August 17, 2017 | Caitlin Yilek

Posted on 08/17/2017 1:48:51 PM PDT by EveningStar

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Politifact: Donald Trump retells Pants on Fire claim about Gen. Pershing ending terrorism for 35 years

TruthOrFiction.com: Unproven

Snopes: False
1 posted on 08/17/2017 1:48:52 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

Oh, well if snopes says it’s false it’s false.

Settled cyence...


2 posted on 08/17/2017 1:50:33 PM PDT by null and void (You can only see into the future as far as you can see into your past.)
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To: EveningStar

Snopes is false from top to bottom.


3 posted on 08/17/2017 1:50:41 PM PDT by Disambiguator (Keepin' it analog.)
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To: EveningStar

Rgardless if the story is true or not (I personally think it isn’t) the sentiment behind Trump’s remarks are what count.

Be unmerciful with the bastards.


4 posted on 08/17/2017 1:51:58 PM PDT by x1stcav (White. Male. Unreconstructed. Never owned a slave.)
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To: EveningStar

There was a similar tale about a British general(?) in India, which then included what today is Pakistan and Bangladesh, about Muslim terrorists and train attacks.
He supposedly put pig fat lard all over the tracks and train engine and cars and the attacks stopped.................


5 posted on 08/17/2017 1:52:52 PM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: EveningStar

It is a good story, even if it is not literally true. Trumps was making a valid point about how to defeat the enemy.


6 posted on 08/17/2017 1:53:25 PM PDT by forgotten man
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To: null and void; Disambiguator

Snopes isn’t the only one debunking this.


7 posted on 08/17/2017 1:53:33 PM PDT by EveningStar (I am a Non-Cultist Trump Supporter.)
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To: EveningStar

I’d sooner trust 0bozo than I’d trust Snopes


8 posted on 08/17/2017 1:53:41 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: EveningStar

If Trump said it, it’s false. /s


9 posted on 08/17/2017 1:53:47 PM PDT by Vinnie
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To: EveningStar

The only statement in the President’s tweet was: “There was no more Radical Islamic Terror for 35 years!”

What does snopes have to say about that statement? Probably nothing because they are too lazy to do real research.


10 posted on 08/17/2017 1:56:17 PM PDT by Savage Rider
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To: EveningStar

Snopes’s proof it is “false” are actual accounts that something like it happened but nobody knows for sure what exactly happened and who did it.

Snopes has no proof it never happened, all they can say is they don’t know for sure.


11 posted on 08/17/2017 1:56:39 PM PDT by usmcobra (Happiness is a belt fed weapon.)
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Isn’t this story from early last year?


12 posted on 08/17/2017 1:57:25 PM PDT by x1stcav (White. Male. Unreconstructed. Never owned a slave.)
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To: EveningStar

I heard the stories about General BlackJack Pershing executing Muslims back when I was a boy and that was a long time ago. The stories have been around for years.


13 posted on 08/17/2017 1:58:19 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: EveningStar

It can neither be debunked nor proven- or it would have been long ago.

This is even sillier than arguing over whether Washington confessed to chopping down the cherry tree.
Just completely dilatory and misleading.


14 posted on 08/17/2017 2:00:17 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: EveningStar

Whether it’s true or not, sounds like a good diversion - now the MSM will spend a week debunking this, interviewing scholars on General Pershing and seeking the opinion of his current day descendants, and mocking Trump for believing a myth. “Should a man so gullible be in the WH?”
Overall it’s more benign than Charlottesville 24/7.


15 posted on 08/17/2017 2:00:44 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: Fiddlstix; Savage Rider; usmcobra
Snopes in not the only source debunking this.
16 posted on 08/17/2017 2:01:47 PM PDT by EveningStar (I am a Non-Cultist Trump Supporter.)
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To: EveningStar

I’m more favoring of Vlad’s method myself......


17 posted on 08/17/2017 2:03:58 PM PDT by Envisioning (Carry safe, always carry, everyday, everywhere.)
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To: EveningStar
Moro Rebellion...

HOW AMERICAN SOLDIERS USED PIG’S BLOOD AND CORPSES TO FIGHT MUSLIM TERRORISM Before political correctness, our soldiers were free to fight back.

18 posted on 08/17/2017 2:04:40 PM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: EveningStar

Here is a FR thread on this subject dated 10/07/2001. Interesting to read the FR comments.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/542412/posts


19 posted on 08/17/2017 2:07:28 PM PDT by DFG
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The main ingredient in Pershing’s bullets that stopped the Musselmen was LEAD!

Lead and the willingness to use them until they retreated or were all killed.

Works very well.


20 posted on 08/17/2017 2:11:03 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("Gun-free zones" equal "Target-rich environment.")
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