User blog comment:GunsnadGlory/Common Misconceptions of History Part 2: Great Empires/@comment-4727448-20140316210138/@comment-4621372-20140317003256

There are times when the only plausible response to a situation is "Bite me."

I seem to be in such a situation.

Fine, before Seward's Folly, yes, Russia.

Still not the Mongols, though.