“To Forgive The Terrorists Is Up To God, But To Send Them To Him Is Up To Me. ”
A quote attributed to Vladimir Putin circulated in the wake of the Paris attacks, crediting him with the following statement: "To forgive the terrorists is up to God, but to send them to him is up to me."
The line predictably registered with critics of President Barack Obama, whose rhetoric following the Islamic State group's assault on Paris was decidedly more measured.
Just one problem: It looks like Putin didn't really make the remarks.
The story seemed to spread after a Russia Today anchor attributed the quote to Putin in a tweet. Later, Remi Maalouf apologized:
In the 2004 movie "Man on Fire," Denzel Washington's character discusses who exactly is responsible for arranging face-to-face meetings between bad guys and the Man Upstairs.