Random observations on 9/11

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

we have thousands upon thousands of years of world history to study and learn from...

But what do we do?


Repeat it.

Human nature cannot change, I guess.

i love, love, love history. it's fascinating. and then when you hear comments now...that people think are so original, i just laugh. because it's been said before, a million times over, in a million different eras.
those who ignore history truly are doomed to repeat it.

I dont think Germany in the 1930's compares at all to the middle eastern problem.

it actually does. it also compares to ww1. and also to previous wars in europe. you see, france had fought germany back in the later 1800's, and lost a lot of land. alsace/lorraine was part of it. germany was made out to be the bad guy in ww1, but it's far, far more involved than that. it was actually the dying austro/hungarian empire in her death throes that caused ww1. and what it all boiled down to was empire building/keeping and power. just like ww2.
france almost, almost caused germany to begin fighting again in ww1, because the price they demanded was so high-including the return of alsace/lorraine. germany was ultimately crippled by the treaty, which caused all the economic upheaval, anger, etc...which ultimately lead to hitler, the nazi party and his rise to power. wilson tried to get lighter sanctions, and it didn't happen. and look where that got europe.
a great part of the middle east was involved in both world wars, because much of africa and the middle east was controlled by european powers. what we're witnessing now is history in the making, with countries still trying to form identities. and i'm not sure whether we're helping or hindering. the fact that those countries are still essentially almost third world, with untapped resources is why we, and europe, are so involved. it's not for humanitarian reasons.