Aspirational......To aspire to be
I take that as, to be better than before...Not use past mistakes as an excuse to not do better, but use those mistakes as a reason we must....
Ukraine being the newest example of,,
After 1mo we have a new Aleppos and Grosneys with more to come...You have argued that since we didn't act before why should we now..
I can think of a long list of things that aspiration has been used throughout history to make things better than they were...
I think systematic genocide by siege is a worthy cause to aspire to do better and not aspire to allow the past to repeat...