Monday, October 10, 2016

Perennially Unlearned Lessons

The perennially unlearned lesson of the 20th century: "Excessive nationalism is dangerous."

The perennially unlearned lesson of the 21st century*: "Consorting with monsters is ultimately self-defeating."


* - I'd actually date it from 1989, when the mujahedin we'd funded repelled the Soviets from Afghanistan.

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