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Separate incidents divided by decades, but some strong historical linkages between the two events.
They chopped hands off for stealing and instituted severe (Nazi-esque) collective punishment quite often in Leopold's time. History has not treated King Leopold well.
Of course there’s a link. Do you think what’s happened to places like Aleppo in the last couple of years will be felt in 50 to 100 years? Most definitely it will.