Larry-L, circa 1938 the Reichtag building burned down and communists were blamed. The German people followed Hitler into war because of their anger over this. circa 2001 the Twin Towers were burned down and Al-kida(sp) was blamed. The American people are following Bush into war because of their anger over this. I prefer that quote from Santayana in this way: "Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. When change is absolute there remains no being to improve and no direction is set for possible improvement: and when experience is not retained, as among savages, infancy is perpetual. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. In the first stage of life the mind is frivolous and easily distracted, it misses progress by failing in consecutiveness and persistence. This is the condition of children and barbarians, in which instinct has learned nothing from experience." - George Santayana So have we learned anything ? - TJ