I’ve finally started reading Glenn Greedwald on a regular basis, and am looking forward to a book he’s writing about the run-up to the invasion and occupation in Iraq. Most notably, Greenwald has been documenting the remarkable lack of informed debate and the uncritical acceptance of each claim by the Cheney administration that led us straight into this debacle.
My mother always said, "History is just a big wheel that keeps repeating itself." (To which I’d reliable counter, "Yeah, Ma, and history’s not the only thing that does that.").
But my mom’s observation matches Greenwald’s concern, mainly that we’re in danger not just of repeating, but of compounding, our dangerous mistakes in an armed conflict with Iran.