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Originally posted by wolf
What's that saying ... you know, the one about "Those who do not remember the past ..."
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And so only 30 some years later, we again forget the past and invade another sovereign nation for no good reason. A major lesson from history - the smoking gun must exist before going to war. Because of Pearl Harbor, American was a far more virile nation and a much greater threat to the Axis powers. Spies in America. No way, because a powerful smoking gun existed. It is the repeated lessons of history and even a concept found in the teachings of Sun Tzu (before Christ). A clear reason must exist to go to war so that the army and nation can be effective. Those are the brutal lessons of history. The only war lost by the US is VietNam because we went to war 1) on a lie and 2) with no smoking gun.
Could the WTC attack be avoided? Maybe. But no thanks to efforts by the George Jr administration. This latest accusation from a 30 year professional who was right there watching an agenda be more important than reality. Or the three FBI investigation teams who were outrightly ordered not to investigate what we now know to be the WTC attackers. There is another lesson of history. 85% of all problems are directly traceable to top management. In this case, top management had more interest in a political agenda than in protecting America - even to the point of making loyalty to the boss more important than the truth or loyalty to the nation.