Jack’s Winning Words 9/11/07
“History is written through a rearview mirror, but it unfolds through a foggy windshield.” (Samuel Berger, testifying before the 9/11 Commission) It’s also called the “I-knew-it-all-along” phenomenon. Thanks to G.P. for sending this along. Don’t be disappointed if you can’t see clearly into the future and if, once in awhile, you make some errors judging the future. It happens to all of us. ;-) Jack
FROM C.H. ON CAPE COD: Yes, but isn't it interesting how even "history" seems to change... historians will write very differing accounts of wars or politics depending on their bias/viewpoint or circumstances. What I find fascinating is how historians can still write seminal books about Luther or the Revolutionary War etc. It dowsn't seem as clear as a rearview mirror - or perhaps it's a foggy rearview mirror.
JACK'S RESPONSE: History, politics, religion, love.....It's a personal thing.
FROM F.M. IN WISCONSIN: It reminds me to the famous quote from Soren Kierkegaard, "Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forward!"
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On this anniversary of 9/11 I'm saddened that I cannot yet see clearly into the past. So much conflicting information still, so many conflicting perspectives. Just what are the errors that were made and who is responsible and where can we go from here to help the Iraqi people and also so that people have not given or lost their lives in vain. Pray for peace.
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