?History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes? --Twain.If we accept the linear, view we can dismiss all that which has happened as incidental and having no bearing on what may be happen in the future (disregarding cause and effect) but that is a bit much to ask of humans. We are, after, all the that creates conspiracy theories!  8)My view is that history is like a spiders' web; when something happens to make the web twitch, that twitch will be telegraphed to another part of the web; an event will have an effect up the road and if we watch carefully we might be able to predict, based on the past, what might happen based on history. Each set event is a unique mix of circumstances but there can be (and often is) a common element within the mix of similar events. Make any sense at all?

WALLY i totally agree with you