It was reopened after the war in 1919 in its second incarnation, its purpose having been amended in response to the lessons of that conflict.
But the more assiduously we seek to put the pain and hard-won lessons of this conflict behind us, the more likely we will be to repeat the same mistakes in the next war.
The lessons of global conflict over the last quarter-century, he said Tuesday, demonstrate the risk that "smaller, irregular forces — insurgents, guerrillas, terrorists — will find ways, as they always have, to frustrate and neutralize the advantages of larger, regular militaries".
British Prime Minister David Cameron, in urging Parliament to authorize British forces' engagement, said he was "deeply mindful of the lessons of previous conflicts".
I am of course deeply mindful of the lessons of previous conflicts and in particular the deep concerns in the country caused by what went wrong with the Iraq conflict in 2003.
The government, having examined the lessons of recent conflicts in Libya and Mali, decided that it could not afford to cut military spending too severely.
A situation of growing gravity requires a steadily more active approach, learning the lessons of previous conflicts, and always emphasising the need for a political and diplomatic resolution of the crisis, but crucially also being prepared to use increased pressure and levers to try to bring this about.
Prime Minister David Cameron told MPs: "I am deeply mindful of the lessons of previous conflicts... but this is not like Iraq".
Although the Georgians had been taught that speed of operations brings a mass all its own to the battlefield, and that improving accuracy in firepower brings a mass all its own, the lesson of the conflict is that, in some cases, mass has a mass all its own.
If the Israelis learn the lessons of the current conflict, this crisis could propel Arabs and Israelis back toward negotiations with a better understanding of what it will take to build a peace.
