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Abdullah Azzam, the Islamic philosopher of terrorism, stated that "History builds on cripples and corpses.
But if he was a terrorist, what about Lenin, Stalin, Mao and Hitler?
Ah, they are “historical figures,” worshipped by historians.
The ultimate terrorists become historical figures. Historians document (glorify) the lives of the greatest terrorists.
Historians are complicit with mass-murderers. Mass-murderers know what historians will write about. It's not as if mass-murderers are separate from historians. The two are not independent variables. Mass-murderers, acutely aware of historians, perform for them.
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