History teaches nothing?
Golam Mortaza, Centre for Policy dialogue (CPD), Dhanmondi R/A, Dhaka
It is really a funny thing that we all know the history, but we can't take any lesson from our historical mistakes. We know the history of Greece, Rome, Turkey, Persia, Britain, Germany etc. We know what they were and how they are! There is no doubt that they ruled this beautiful earth in a cruel way. But now the rulers are part of history. Cruelty is 'saved' by history. And history remembers them for their cruelty. Nobody, no power can change this rule. We all know these facts. Then why do we make mistakes?The most brilliant brains of the world are working with the US government! Why are they advising the US to throw cluster bombs on the helpless and defenceless people of Afghanistan and Iraq? Don't they know history? Or do they think this is the way by which they can dominate forever?
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