"We're easier to Control as long as we stay divided."

             And easier to divide as long as we stay religious. Look how Britain dominated India for all that time.


       "Civil War, WWII and now have something in common...all three included a president going out of office to leave someone else to deal with civil unrest. I don't know much about WWI--does it fit the pattern..."

             I'm not sure what can be made of this. Lincoln and FDR both died in office, and Bush and Wilson were both brain dead when they left office. Of course Bush was always brain dead so the analogy doesn't seem to fit. Lincoln was survived by Andrew Johnson, the first presidnet ever impeached (though he survived it); FDR was survived by Harry Truman, who started the Korean War, and Wilson was survived by Warren G. Harding, probably Americas crookedest president until Reagan came along.

            Maybe if Bush were subjected to electro-shock theorapy, something could be revived before he left office, but if history tells us anything, the next president will be a disaster.