Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 Now we realize that an isolationist policy is wrong. Johnny Deadman wrote: > Gee, thanks, BD. And where exactly was the US in this conflict until > Dec 7 1941? > > Probably best not to try taking the moral high ground on this > particular issue, I think. > > Foreign policy is always driven by national interest, not morality or > ethics, although that is how it is always dressed up. Even though WWII > was as near to a just war as you will ever find, the British decision > to go to war was only taken when it became manifestly apparent that > Hitler's ambitions were continental if not global and that he wasn't > going to be negotiated out of them. > > It may be that in some moral and ethical frameworks (not mine, I hasten > to add) it is right for the US to go to war with Iraq shortly. Even if > that is so, it is quite irrelevant because I assure you that is not the > reason it is happening. Nor was it the reason the US went to war in > 1941. Realpolitik rules. > > To expect gratitude for acting in your own self-interest is a bit much. > A soviet Europe, accepting for a moment the naive hypothetical that > that's what would have happened without the American front moving to > meet the Russian front, would have been a disaster for America. The > windmills are neither here nor there. > > On Friday, March 7, 2003, at 02:10 PM, bdcolen wrote: > > > [so-and-so's comment makes me] wish that we had allowed the Soviets to > > swallow up little Holland > > along with the entire European continent - assuming that we had > > bothered > > to rescue you and your windmills from the Nazis. > > -- > John Brownlow > > http://www.pinkheadedbug.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html