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Proof that history matters

I've become a devoted This American Life listener of late, but I must say that episode 333 show last month was exceptionally good. It starts off with a segment the military's Center for Army Lessons Learned... then segues into an interview with the head of the U.S. Army Military History Institute. I'd be hard-pressed to think of better illustrations of why history matters. Both segments illuminate why the US invasion of Iraq has gone horribly awry, and yet they're entirely nonpartisan (so nonpartisan that they would never use a phrase like "horribly awry"). I think my conservative parents would dig this episode as much as I do (if only they could figure out podcasting).