[rdavis84]

"I, for one, don't see why we keep harping on the follies of past administrations. I don't get the point. Are we supposed to go back in time and un-elect them?"

No. I think it would be more useful if we learned from past mistakes.

But we as a Nation don't. We don't even learn from the founding fathers.

Kind of like Zbig's statement to Carter that we lured the Ruskies into their VietNam.

[Rudder]

But we as a Nation don't (learn.) We don't even learn from the founding fathers.

Sad, very sad but very true.

But, I have seen many articles recently about how we funded Afghanis' resistance to the Soviets and the impression I get from all of these is that the reader is supposed to conclude that since we supported that which we now fight, we should desist in shame.