After the bloody attack in Barcelona, Donald trump has hinted at an unusual way of dealing with terrorism. On his Twitter page, he once again to refresh your memory of Americans old legend about General Pershing, who allegedly shot 50 Islamists with bullets soaked in pig’s blood.
«Think about what made the American General Pershing, when he caught the terrorists. Since then, the terror of radical Islamists has not been for 35 years,» he wrote.
Study what General Pershing of the United States did to terrorists when caught. There was no more Radical Islamic Terror for 35 years!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 17, 2017
That made prisoners-the Islamists, the military of the last century John Pershing, the President has told during his election campaign.
He mentioned the events unfolded in the early 20th century during the occupation of the Philippines by the American army.
«General Pershing decided a very serious problem of terrorism. His men captured 50 of the radical Islamic terrorists and put them in a row. Then the General ordered the soldiers to kill two pigs, to pull bullets from rifles and soak them in blood. Then they shot the prisoners 49 and 50 mu given bullet and said — «Go to thy friends, and tell them about what happened today»… then problems with radical Islamic terrorism was not 42 years», — said Trap, speaking to supporters in February 2016.
Judging by the tumultuous applause, the audience greeted the story with the same enthusiasm as today’s tweet, with 55 thousand likes.
Meanwhile, the legend of pig’s blood caused some controversy. It’s not even that the President is definitely confused in the figures, and that the accuracy of the story has been repeatedly refuted by historians and online platforms to verify the facts.
So, portal Snopes.com who checks the veracity of modern tales and Internet rumors, called the statement a lie and PolitiFact — «godless lies».
«This story is just a myth and it’s long been debunked. I’m amazed that it still circulates in society,» said Brian McAllister Linn, a historian at Texas A&M University and author of «Guardians of the Empire.»
