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To: Solon who wrote (5785)	3/10/2003 3:44:05 PM
From: Original Mad Dog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7689

Still...even an imperfect process is preferable to outright aggression. That statement wasn't true in 1935 and it's not true now. It depends on the nature of the imperfection in the process. An imperfect process -- if the imperfection is an utter lack of will to enforce resolutions against dangerous weapons being developed by violent, ambitious dictators with no regard for humanity or individual rights -- emboldens those who would wreak such havoc. Those that seriously believe that America is a troublemaker that is out to project naked aggression for no good reason view history through a prism that apparently causes blindness.

To: Solon who wrote (5785)	3/10/2003 8:02:06 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7689

even an imperfect process is preferable to outright aggression. Is it? Suppose France had crossed the German border to enforce the Versailles Treaty in 1935. You could, if you wished, call that "outright aggression". Or you could call it enforcement of a treaty Germany signed. Now Hitler was fairly new in 1935. Had he been called at that point, his gov't may very well have been overthrown. Would that be bad? Your presumption is that inaction is ALWAYS preferable to action as long as hot air is being exhaled. Let me give you another counterexample: Washington, DC, December 1941. While US diplomats were talking to Japanese diplomats, Japanese carriers were sailing for the Hawaiian Islands. And a nation that had no wish for war, that was strongly isolationist, was about to be strongly jerked into the worst conflict yet. Tell me again about how good talk is. I keep forgetting.