USATODAY.com - Charges considered in death of Iraqi general

how can we expect other countries, and terrorist organizations to treat us with respect if we can't do the same? this is just one big cycle over and over; it happened during the cold war; we'd find whoever would fight against the communist force, then leave them to their fate. and yet, now, instead of learning our mistakes, we repeat them yet again.

we also failed to learn from our mistakes after wwII, when many nisei were placed in internment camps; after 9.11, many indians in the us simply "disappeared" back to their own countries. nobody learns from the 1st mistake.