Takers ("Chingis khaan" Yeah one of my heroes ) scene

[BeatItBeast]

someone please explain to me what the quote means?

[hadniimangai]

"Come and sip from the cup of destruction." John identifies the quote as being from Genghis Khan, but it isn't really, since we don't know for sure anything that Genghis Khan ever said. It's really from a book by a Persian historian named Juvaini called The History of the World Conqueror. That specific line refers to the Khan's siege and destruction of the ancient city of Samarkand