Too Many, Too Often: Putting Fort Hood in perspective (egghead-pinhead barf warning)
Recently, while reading the authorized history of the British intelligence agency, MI5, I came across a quote from Winston Churchill: “The further backwards you look, the further forward you can see.” That of course is the goal of this column, to look at past incidents to help those in emergency planning prepare better for future ones. But sometimes it’s easier said than done. So often, we ignore what the past can teach us. Perhaps I’m wrong, but I suspect some Americans, having heard about the massacre at Ford Hood, wish they lived in a more peaceful country, such as their...
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