Let's Honor Genghis Khan

Mongolians in the Washington DC area want a statue honoring Genghis Khan. Chinggis, as Mongols call him, wasn't exactly Phil Donahue when it came to dealing with adversaries -- those dumb enough to fight when given the chance to submit, or even worse, dumb enough to kill emissaries sent by the Mongols. But he did found a great empire, and that's why the Mongols revere Chinggis. He was the first guy to unite the Mongol tribes into a nation-state. And he promulgated a set of laws and established an administration that, the story went, would allow a woman to travel alone from Europe to Mongolia without being bothered.

The fact that he and his generals kicked major ass from Hungary to Russia to Persia to Central Asia to Korea to China just adds to his legend. (That Japan thing didn't work so well, though.)

Plus, it would just be plain cool to have a statue to the big fella in Washington. I think it would become a tourist attraction. I want the concession to run THAT souvenir booth.