Actually they're not. Mongols were brutal, effective and extremely prgamatic. They would take anything and everything that works and they had no discrimination (check neutral history or analysis books about the Mongol Empire and you would be suprised at the sheer variety in their empire and how beautifully they dealt with it. read more
To use the jargon Boyd is known for, Anderson is suggesting that both ISIS and the Mongols were successful because they were able to "operate inside the OODA Loop" of their opponents. [5] This observation is correct but I am not sure it is particularly insightful. read more
And Yes, Genghis Khan and Mongols in general were quite religiously tolerant, but people forget that the a lot of Polytheist like the Mongols were VERY religiously tolerant by Monotheistic standards. read more