The "Groundhog Day" War

THIS IS TRULY the Groundhog Day war. Everything that happened before and during Desert Storm, we now have to live through again. The same people who lost Desert Storm for us (Scowcroft, Eagleburger, Powell) now make the same arguments against deposing Saddam. And we all have to pay respectful attention. The same prognosticators of doom get to repeat their false predictions, and the bright and the beautiful nod at their sage counsel. If we don’t learn from history, we are condemned to repeat it. If we do learn from history, we are condemned to repeat it. We all are condemned to repetition.