What gets me is that nobody learns anything. I mean, I was reading the other day about how in WWII they could only stagger sending out soldiers because Britain couldn't equip as many as were needed.... but lack of equipment didn't stop soldiers being sent to their deaths in the Iraq War.

And, well, there's the whole Rise Of The Right thing, and the Government Scapegoating A Hated Minority In A Recession thing, so that I keep thinking I've accidentally fallen into the 1930s... pah!

I must read The Thirty-Nine Steps; I've always had a soft spot for the film(s)...