[antimedia] antimedia: In some cases our ancestors appear to be....

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In some cases our ancestors appear to be....
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   ....more wise than we are. At least [1]their recorded words seem to
   reveal that.

     âAt a time when their habitations were in flames, when many of
     their citizens were bleeding, and when the progress of hostility
     and desolation left little room for those calm and mature inquiries
     which must ever precede the formation of a wise and well-balanced
     government for a free people, it is not to be wondered at, that a
     government instituted in times so inauspicious, should on
     experiment be found greatly deficient and inadequate to the purpose
     it was intended to answer.â
     - John Jay, The Federalist No. 2, 1787

   As DJ points out, the parallels to the troubles in Iraq are striking.

References

   1. http://stolenthunder.blogspot.com/2006/12/founding-father-discusses-iraq.html