History repeats itself. Because blockheads won't learn.

A bomb in a mosque in Kuwait killed 27, at least 38, of which 30 were British, were killed on a beach in Tunisia by a gunman and a man was beheaded at a factory in France, followed by an explosion. The head of the dead man had Islamic writing on it. The Islamic State, or ISIS, claimed responsibility for all 3 attacks. David Cameron came out with the usual tripe about " unity " and " values " but is too craven to admit that he is directly responsible for the deaths of his people, by removing Gaddafi of Libya by lying to the UN Security Council to obtain a resolution to protect civilians. George Bush is responsible for the rise of ISIS by removing Saddam Hussein, also by lying about WMDs in Iraq. World War I started after Archduke Franz Ferdinand was killed exactly 101 years ago. As a result of one man's death 7 million civilians died. Germany lost the war. In 1921 the allies imposed a penalty of $31.4 billion, equivalent to $442 billion today, for war reparations, on Germany at the Treaty of Versailles. This led to hyperinflation in Germany, which led to the rise of one Adolf Hitler and the rest, as they say, is history. All the present politicians strutting about the world stage know all this in great detail but do not learn. They think that the world has changed because there are institutions, such as the UN, the European Union and the IMF, which will prevent such events from occurring again. Will they? We have seen how ineffectual the UN is, now the European Union will deliberately push Greece out of the Euro for not being able to repay 1.6 billion Euros to the IMF tomorrow, after inflicting extreme deprivations on the people of Greece for over 5 years, in the name of austerity. EU politicians want to make an example of Greece for having dared to elect the left wing Syriza Party. in defiance of their wishes, as a warning to other nations in the Eurozone. Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras has announced a referendum on 5 July, so that he will not be blamed for the almighty mess that will ensue shortly. Terrified of the coming catastrophe people have been queueing up at banks to withdraw their precious Euros before they are converted to worthless drachmas. The government has shut all banks for this week, till the referendum, and limited the withdrawals from ATM machines, in a sign that it is not going to meet tomorrow's deadline. Yet all this was probably unnecessary. All it needed was goodwill and wisdom, to recognise that without growth Greece was never going to be able to meet its debt, and inflicting pain without reward amounts to torture. Of course, Greece is not Germany and is not a military threat. But there is nothing more dangerous than people who have nothing to lose. History repeats itself because no one ever learns.