. . . are doomed to repeat it. I dare anyone out there, set aside all of your work for the weekend. Just once. Go to your local video rental store. Rent Troy, Alexander, Kingdom of Heaven, Braveheart, Last of the Mohicans, The Thin Red Line, Platoon, and Black Hawk Down. Watch them all that weekend. Force yourself to watch each one in consecutive fashion. And when you are done try not to cry for humanity that we have learned nothing in four thousand years.

Stop asking if we should or should not be in Afghanistan or Iraq or wherever. Ask why violence is the only thing that drives humanity. Or should I say mankind? How many of these wars were waged by women? I don't know the answers, maybe no one does, and maybe no one needs to. But does anyone need "the answers" to know that war is horrible?

Yes, one always brings up stopping Hitler. Sure, that was a necessary evil. But why only focus on American intervention in that war? Why did it have to begin? Why could one man convince an entire country that their woes could be solved through violence?

And we have the nerve as a society to wonder why there are shootings in our streets and parents starting fights at soccer games. Come on now.