Bad Analogy in many respects.
Ghengis khan was novel, brilliant, and revolutionary at war.. He was innovative in his tactics and training. Truly brilliant in that respect, perhaps better collectively than Alexander. He probably wouldn’t have taken a year to conquer Ukraine.
Temujin used terror as a weapon, used it to gather allies and followers, and spared and learned from those who had skills. The Russians appear to rape, murder, and destroy indiscriminately, not really a good comparison.
Frankly, Temujin wouldn’t have cared about the poor average farmers, working people, on the battlefield, and neither do the Russians, so that is a similarity.
The passage of information, the actual videos, that wasn’t present in Temujin’s time. That impression, that you’re doing good and saving the world with the bloodshed you’re creating is an important weapon. Also, that the conflict you’re fighting justifies the damage at home, both personally and economically. Temujin would have had an answer. What is Putin’s?
Once more, with feeling:
It isn't about conquering the Ukraine.
It's about destroying the Ukrainian army, ala Clausewitz.
See Mariupol and Bakhmut.
NO country or people ever…I mean since the birthplace of civilization have murdered, raped and destroyed indiscriminately as the Mongolian horsemen.
The worlds population has risen always, thorough climate change, famines, floods and the like with 2 exceptions. 10,000+ years and 2 exceptions:
Black Death of Eurasia
Mongol Expansion
It’s fine to hate Russia and to say they are bad but it’s not accurately in the slightest to say they are worse than Temujin’s bunch.
No, not even close.