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To: michael97123 who wrote (234001)	6/22/2007 12:08:03 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) of 281500

"Studying history to avoid repeating past mistakes has become a cliche." Encouraging our leaders to learn lessons from past mistakes is far from a trite sentiment, about as far as you can get. " Most of the time it seems to me we learn the wrong lessons or try to apply the correct lessons to a differnt opponent under very different circumstances. Each circumstance is unique. Context is everything and no one circumstance shouldn't be mistaken for a similar circumstance in another time or situation. When we have the time and opportunity, we should take as much consideration as possible to strategise for each circumstance, and we should take what we have learned from the past to help us. "Wasnt the appeasement lesson used over and over against to justify iraq. Probably grossly overused. But for iran, it may be perfect. Similar challenges in the same part of the world but you might get different policies. Even look at bush with axis of evil. NK we negotiate with, iran we dont know yet and iraq we went to war. Why, because iraq was seen as easy and NK could have been a disaster for our allies like japan." I agree with your analysis.

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