[OT] Nothing Learned From History

"Callisto" wrote in message
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From a blog I frequent... interesting parallel, perhaps, especially if
you compare the Iran-Iraq war and the invasion of Kuwait with Hitler's
pre-1939 maneuvering?


If, in 1937, Franklin D. Roosevelt would have invaded Germany, captured
Hitler, neutralized the Nazi party, and dismantled the standing
military, thus saving europe from the ravages of war, genocide, and
crimes against humanity, then the United States would have been
condemned in shame by the world as an imperialist nation of pre-emptive
aggressors, and FDR would have been cast out of office in the subsequent
election.

....and yet, he would have been a Genius who was never celebrated for it.


Ponder this historical parallel. in 1810 Napoleon decides to bring the
benefits of the French Revolution to the backward, benighted country
of Spain, delivering her from the disastrous rule of the Bourbons
(Charles IV and Fernando VII who were fighting each other at the
time). He sends a liberating army, overthrows both absolutists Kings,
and puts a constitutional king on the throen, thus giving Spain the
benefit of the Illustration and Democracy.


1808 Actually and the king just happened to be his brother.

Keith