What is this world coming to

Will History Repeat Itself?

On September 11, 2001 terrorist, later identified as being Moslems (Islamic) and members of Al Qaeda , sky-jacked four airplanes. Two of those planes were flown into the Twin Towers in New York City, one into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. and the fourth crashed, after a heroic struggle by passengers, into a field in Pennsylvania. Over three thousand people died in those senseless acts of terrorism. What had we done to warrent such an attack? Are our memories so short that we have already forgotten those images flashed on our televisions for days afterwards and if so, how long will it be before history repeats itself?
There are many who now say that we should not be fighting in Iraq, that we should never have started that war, that Al Qaeda had nothing to do with Iraq, but before it began there was almost universal agreement that Saddam Hussain had to be taken out. Now we know that hindsight is almost always 20/20 and again it has been proven that politics make strange bedfellows.
I don't believe that this war on terrorism (Al Qaeda) will ever be over, at least not in most of our lifetimes. It may become dormant and remain that way for years but just like a cancer in remission, it is still there and can erupt at any time. We must recognize it for what it is, an attempt to destroy our way of living and to rule the world or we will be leaving ourselves open to that possibility. Think about it please.

According to my copy of the book "Outline of History" published in 1929 by Funk and Wagnalls, part of the series "Pocket Library of the World's Essential Knowledge", the Islamic religion was founded in 611 A.D. by Mohammed. Quoting from that book: "In Medina a vision came from God to Mohammed, at a convenient hour, informing him that if his countrymen will not be persuaded by fair words then the sword must be the instrument of their salvation. Then began the era of bloody evangelism -- Soon after Mohammed's death the Moslems began their holy war against the pagans and more particularly against the infidels, meaning the Hebrews and Christians". Convert by the sword or die by the sword. Does that sound familiar? Isn't history repeating itself today?