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QUESTION Shashi Tharoor: In Winston Churchill, Hollywood rewards a mass murderer - The Washington Post

The phrase "Nero fiddled, while Rome burned," came to mind, while reading this. (And before you jump on me, YES, I know it was a cithara, not a fiddle; and YES, I know that Nero was actually in Antium at time of the Great Fire....)

BookDeath 8 Mar 11
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A lot of people on here might not like what I'm about to say. Obama won a Nobel Peace Prize, yet he bombed 7 countries in his presidency over 8 years. He did win it in 2009 when he first took office though.

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History is written by the winner . I'm sure you could put countless lives at the feet of all the so called great leaders ,it's kinda how they won isn't it be bigger and badder than the other guy

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