Has much changed???

 Last night I watched the opening 30 minutes of 'Saving Private Ryan'. Then I changed TV channels and watched  news items covering the debacle that is the hostage situation in Algeria & the 'quiet' war in Mali.
And I wondered, & I ask you all no: Has much changed since & between June 6th 1944  & January 20th 2013?
We are still fighting against ruthless Fascist fundamentalist causes & still young men & women die.

"Those who forget the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them"