nk this is a good point Jeffrey but i do think they are rarely sacrificed - certainly not Saddam or the sadistic Assads or Donald have you heard that Genghis Khan—for all i know a gentle nomadic warrior-left 5 million Y chromosomes in his wake, surviving today? 45% of marriages in Iraq are with first cousins of

ed in my office with a pamphlet he’d written. It was about special-forces strategy and training, as practiced eight centuries earlier, in the time of Genghis Khan. I listened for nearly an hour, enjoying his enthusiasm, the history lesson, and the simple weirdness of it all. I did check his facts afterwards. I

ed in my office with a pamphlet he'd written. It was about special-forces strategy and training, as practiced eight centuries earlier, in the time of Genghis Khan. I listened for nearly an hour, enjoying his enthusiasm, the history lesson, and the simple weirdness of it all. I did check his facts afterwards. If