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The Lamont Lesson

By David Sirota

When you hear folks say that history inevitably repeats itself, you probably figure they are referring to the distant past. When very recent events repeat themselves, it evokes a different parable — the one about how the more things change, the more they stay the same. Welcome to the Iraq debate, circa 2008. Recall that two years ago, a little-known… return to article

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    I saw mr Sirota on The Colbert Report.I’ wonder if he might tell us alittle

    bit about that.How bout it.Colbert appears to be as hyper active as

    skitter bug.Mr Sirota was pretty good on T.V. and I bet he was a little

    nervous.He came off pretty good and I hope sells some books.

    United States Posted by headed on May 30, 2008 at 2:00 PM
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