Sometimes when I read History, I wonder why the hell people at the time didn't see the obvious threats that were looming over them. Actually there's always some

Sometimes when I read History, I wonder why the hell people at the time didn't see the obvious threats that were looming over them. Actually there's always some guys that see what's coming and tell, but nobody cares and a lot of time passes whith plenty of opportunities to correct the course. Then comes the war or an empire falls.