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Originally Posted by Pleasurepays
it was said that "those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it" - i would argue that we are always doomed to repeat history because our two greatest flaws as humans is empathy and hope. we won't preemptively do anything because there won't be popular support for it.
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i agree with you. the government always works best in response to a crisis as opposed to pre-emption. exactly like iraq, someone can fuck up & there was no need to do it. But in this case, the nukes are not in doubt, & our enemy is not a straw man. How to respect the values of our country & deal with this? My gut is that will be Obamas direction. We will see how it works.