The way history is taught today is a travesty that will only come back and haunt us. Ceej [1] talks about this a bit more in her journal [2] (scroll down a bit, it's the third section of that day's entry). Will we end up in World War III over the event of last week? [3] Hard to say, but if history is any guide …
[1] http://www.spies.com/~ceej/