[raysol]

The quote from the book Final Days came from Henry Kissinger who was secretary of state at the time &
the other belongs to John Quincy Adams who knew
better & more than anyone here especially the
naysayers who falsely think they are smarter & wiser
than the founding fathers which is laughable & absurd.
They meant just what they said & I stand by them now
& will defer to their judgement over anyone here surely.
No wonder they didnt favor having standing armies even in US given the adventuresome imperialistic force we are now.

[DB]

A hand full of men couldn't destroy an entire city of 10,000,000 in John Quincy Adams day.

Nor could they ever imagine such a thing.

As much as you don't think so, things do change.

Either you change with it, or you parish. You don't get a redo if you get it wrong.