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@GeorgesII regarding history:
In 1187 Saladin invaded the kingdom, defeating the Crusaders at the Battle of Hattin. The battle left Saladin with many prisoners. Most prominent among these prisoners were Raynald and King Guy, both of whom Saladin ordered brought to his tent.
Saladin invited the king [Guy] to sit beside him, and when Arnat [Raynald] entered in his turn, he seated him next to his king and reminded him of his misdeeds. "How many times have you sworn an oath and violated it? How many times have you signed agreements you have never respected?" Raynald answered through a translator: "Kings have always acted thus. I did nothing more."
Saladin went on to execute Raynald for his atrocities he committed in battle, but spared Guy saying to him, "It is not the wont of kings, to kill kings; but that man had transgressed all bounds, and therefore did I treat him thus."
- In other words, same shit, different century. Kings (and presidents) have always acted thusTheBlueOne