Learning from History

http://greensboro.rhinotimes.com/1editorialbody.lasso?-token.folder=2007-06-07&-token.story=157557.112113&-token.subpub= ^ | Orson Scott Card

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History does repeat itself. Never exactly – there are always enough differences in the details that people who are determined not to learn anything from the past can find an excuse.

But history shows patterns precisely because human beings don't change.

After the First World War (then called the Great War), Britain and France were exhausted. They had triumphed – barely – but they had left more than a million dead soldiers on the battlefields.

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From the article.

2. If you do not believe the threats of an insane enemy and destroy their war capacity early, when it can be cheaply done, you will pay for it in blood and horror.

Just like Hitler, our enemies in Al-Qaeda and Iran have announced their intentions over and over. Hitler said he would invade Russia and kill all the Jews (and a lot more!) — and he acted out his script faithfully.

Well, Al-Qaeda and Iran’s murderous, fanatical leadership have told us that they want a world without Israel and without America. They will obliterate Israel with nuclear weapons as soon as they get them.

They will keep Europe from interfering with them, with medium range nuclear missiles and with large Muslim populations that are poised to revolt and terrorize in Europe.

And eventually they will eliminate America as a factor in the world. When Islam rules the entire planet, America will fall into line. Meanwhile, all they have to do is outlast us — Americans always give up and go away if you just kill enough of them.

We know their intentions. We know their plan. And just like Chamberlain, we would have to be idiots to think they don’t mean it.