Another thing, history is not an escape from truth. It is the best and wisest teacher you can ever have.
Nor is pointing to history an attempt to put arguments no longer valid in modern time. Human psychology, thinking and the way relationships of humans and states work has not changed since we began creating civilization and states.
Those who try to run away form history and cast this kind of doubt about history being useless are the ones who usually have something to hide in their history.
