When Henry II asked "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?", this is widely accepted as a rhetorical question that was to all intents and purposes an implicit command; indeed it caused four knights of the realm to murder Thomas a Becket in Canterbury Cathedral.
So when another leader complains, vilifies and demonizes his enemies, is too much of a stretch to lay at least some of the blame at his feet when an ardent (and more than usually unhinged) supporter takes him at his word and sends pipe bombs to his lord and master's enemies?
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