Loved, you know, the anak row nis tick question about what would they say if they were here, which, you know, we're not allowed to do, but we all like to play that game and think about it. you know, history in many ways is a conversation with the past informed by the present about what we should do in the future. that's not all it is, but that is one function, one part of the utility of history is to mine it for lessons. and history is not a gps system. you can't type in exactly what you want and it tells you exactly where to go. but it is a diagnostic guide. there are certain symptoms that re...