There is nothing new under the sun. We have to re-learn that once in a while, usually at great expense.
BTW, if Obama is so new and improved, why is he still running against Bush?
The KKK aspired to similar goals.
Why is it that every time some idiot decides that we can "make humans better" that lots and lots of people have to get killed in the process?
And why is it that humans keep falling for this same lunacy?
Can some liberal PLEASE tell me when the last time this actually happened? I assume Buddha and some other PC religious figure would qualify under Morford's definition here. Can anyone tell us how much better behaved central Asian cultures have been since Buddha? Did the Killing Fields in Cambodia not happen? Did Communists not intentionally starve millions in several Asian nations? Are land wars in Asia generally not known to be particularly vicious? I'd make an argument that Asian behavior is worse now than it was before Buddha's era.