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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: combjelly who wrote (881666)8/22/2015 4:05:17 PM
From: i-node  Read Replies (1) of 1582897
 
L.O.L.

Now you're defending Neville Chamberlain?

I recommend you read Churchill's "The Gathering Storm," the first book in Churchill's series on WWII. In it, he characterizes Chamberlain's policy of appeasement:

" . . . Those who are prone by temperament and character to seek sharp and clear-cut solutions of difficult and obscure problems, who are ready to fight whenever some challenge comes from a foreign Power, have not always been right. On the other hand, those whose inclination is to bow their heads, to seek patiently and faithfully for peaceful compromise, are not always wrong. On the contrary, in the majority of instances they may be right, not only morally but from a practical standpoint. How many wars have been averted by patience and persisting good will! Religion and virtue alike lend their sanctions to meekness and humility, not only between men but between nations. How many wars have been precipitated by firebrands! How many misunderstandings which led to wars could have been removed by temporising! How often have countries fought cruel wars and then after a few years of peace found themselves not only friends but allies!"

Churchill, who was likely in the best position of anyone to have known the effects of Chamberlain's appeasement, recognized that it prevented the Brits from entering into essential military readiness while giving Hitler time to do the opposite. From any rational point of view, it undoubtedly caused WWII to be far worse than it might have.
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