I didn't say it was always a good idea. ISIS looks to the past too! I've already made the point on HN that Britain's successful attempt to recover a glorious p

I didn't say it was always a good idea. ISIS looks to the past too! I've already made the point on HN that Britain's successful attempt to recover a glorious past (Roman Empire) and Hitler's unsuccessful attempt to do the same thing should be held as comparable. Their motives were identical. I realize such a comparison may seem despicable but we've got to deal with the fact that all ideas come from somewhere, and let us face it, it is not as if Hitler was an original thinker. He saw it worked for the British and attempted to replicate. Obviously I'm not implying the British went to the lengths of the Nazis.