We Learn From History That We Learn Nothing From History

We Learn From History That We Learn Nothing From History.

BUSH: Let’s let the historians work it out. But there's not enough troops on the ground right now to provide security for Iraq, and that's why I made the decision I made.


Tom Paxton 1965: Lyndon Johnson told the nation,"Have no fear of escalation.I am trying everyone to please.Though it isn't really war,We're sending fifty thousand more,To help save Vietnam from Vietnamese.

A more contemporary rendition: George W. Told The Nation By Tom Paxton.



H/T Maren

Pete Seeger sings a song written by the then twenty three year old Tom Paxton.