Mitch McConnell said "no man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it. There can be no reasoning with an incendiary bomb." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordApril 21, 2004

no man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it. There can be no reasoning with an incendiary bomb.

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McConnell compares current terrorists to historical threats, emphasizing the impossibility of negotiating with them.

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