I had the oportunity to watch the new bloodfest entitled the "300" and was amazed not at the blood and carnage but at the parralels which are present between the Persian Greek War and today.  The king Leonodeus like President Bush was accused of going to war illegally against the Persian empire.  So far we have heard this ranting from the left for many years.  He was small in number but did what he believed was right in order to save his people, just as our fine soldiers are taking the war to the Persians once again.  He chose to fight on a battleground of his choosing rather than at the walls of the city.  Again I say look at the present as we fight not on our soil but on that of the enemy saving our women and children from the horrors of the carnage.  In the movie the council of Sparta was shown to have traitors amongst it.  Lest we forget that Jimmy Carter is funded by the Wahabbist's and that Bill Clinton sold bedroom time in the White House. 
As I watched I was overcome with the feeling that again we are doomed to repeat history because we have not learned from it.  Soon due to inaction Iran will have nuclear weapons.  I wonder which American city will be the first to feel the heat of the blast?  There are claims that there were no WMD's found in Iraq yet we have photographs of Spaznetz Russian troops in Chemical Weapons Suits loading drums onto semi trailers which were hauled to Syria.  We have weapons "cookers" which had but hours before being found been bleached.  We have a legilature in Washington that for the most part is inept and incompetent if not outright on the payroll of some enemy of our country. 
Like the Spartans we will be destroyed only to rise from the ashes after the weak are killed and the carnage reaches the front step.  Unfortunatly in todays world with the weapons available it will be the end of civilization due to the weak spine of politicians who are afraid of making a stand. 
I have found that in watching Washington that it will take an attack of such magnatude to wake up the beltway that the repercussions will be felt world wide.
I do not know if this is the beginning of the appeasement that will lead to WW3  but I am sure that the next world war will be fought with stones and sticks.