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Subject: Re: [Leica] BD's tilting at windmills WAS US Consumer Behavior
From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net>
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 13:19:01 -0800
References: <51E4C18C-50E2-11D7-828D-000393AC0E1A@johnbrownlow.com>

Johnny

Don't flatter Chamberlain, he never had any moral
fiber.

Jerry

Johnny Deadman wrote:

> True up to a point but Chamberlain was quite happy to duck out of
> treaties if it suited him. Hitler's methods of pre-emptive strikes
> (sound familiar?) against nations which were suppposedly threatening
> him, or mistreating German minorities, provided lots of wiggle room (as
> they were intended to). Unfortunately with Munich in tatters, wiggle
> room was the one thing Chamberlain didn't have and Hitler should have
> realized it. As it was, by some accounts at least, Hitler was deeply
> surprised by Chamberlain's sudden discovery of moral fiber.
>
> On Friday, March 7, 2003, at 03:50 PM, Jerry Lehrer wrote:
>
> >
> > Johnny
> >
> > Of course, before the war so many believed in Neville
> > Chamberlain's doctrine of  "Peace in our time".  No one
> > stood up to Hitler until they were attacked. Poland resisted
> > and France and GB reluctantly entered the war only because
> > they were linked by treaty to Poland. No other reason!
> >
> > Jerry
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>
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