Browsing books in a bookstore at Hazratganj, I saw a copy of Orwell's 1984. Randomly opened a page and I saw these words -

"Oceania is at war with Eastasia. Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia. Eurasia has always been our ally."
I smiled and searched elsewhere in the book for the other line. Ah yes, here it was -

"Oceania is at war with Eurasia. Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia. Eastasia has always been our ally."

And then I found the profoundest line -

"He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future."

Notice how well this fits the current scenario. In fact when I read 1984 last year, I noticed how easily one can replace Oceania with America, Eastasia with Russia and Eurasia with Afghanistan/Iraq.

America is at war with Russia. America has always been at war with Russia. Afghanistan/Iraq has always been our ally.

America is at war with Afghanistan/Iraq. America has always been at war with Afghanistan/Iraq. Russia has always been our ally.

And yes, the line bears repetition -

"He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future."