the lessons of General John Pershing have long been forgotten he rounded up 50 known Arabic trouble makers that had been interfering with American interests in the middle east at the turn of the 20th century , tied them all to posts in a public place and brought a pig infront of the firing squad and cut its throat ,..............ordered his men to dip their bullets into the blood of the pig and shot 49 of the 50 ,...............lesson ;for nearly 60 years American interests were not bothered ,...................lest we forget