Neville Chamberlain, displaying the Munich Treaty, signed with Adolph Hitler, on September 30, 1938.
We all know how well that little phase of voluntary, unilateral disarmament went over.
Posted on 04/06/2010 6:29:46 PM PDT by neverdem
So, Barack Obama, in pursuit of a world in which nuclear weapons are “obsolete,” just announced [1] that he is “revamping American nuclear strategy to substantially narrow the conditions” under which the United States would use such weapons. To set an “example” to other nations, the president also announced that the United States was renouncing the development of any new nuclear weapons.
What sort of “example” do you suppose this sets? To begin to comprehend what the president has in mind, contemplate these two declarations, just reported in The New York Times:
For the first time, the United States is explicitly committing not to use nuclear weapons against nonnuclear states that are in compliance with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, even if they attacked the United States with biological or chemical weapons or launched a crippling cyberattack.
Got that? A “crippling” cyberattack, an attack with biological or chemical weapons: go for it Ahmed, your country (assuming you have a country) has promised, cross your heart, not to develop or use nuclear weapons so you’re home (almost) free.
We infidels needn’t worry, though, because the president, though he said in one breath that the United States promised not to respond with nuclear weapons even if it suffered a crippling biological, chemical, or cyberattack, said in the next breath that any such threats...
Sounds more like stupidity than example.
Oh well, we’ll need a new whitehouse anyway.
Obumbler calls it Peace Through Cowardice.
Diabolic treason disguised as naivete.
bloggers and personal?
Neville was an Einstein compared to what we have now.. Our butts are in the gun sights now...
Neville was substantially brighter than our little affirmative-action baby is.
I have a tomato growing in the backyard smarter than “The Boy King”...
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As much as we deride Chamberlain for the “Peace in our time” dodge, history shows that he followed the only course that could promise any measure of success against the Nazis. Germany had superior forces and weapons in 1938. The British and their allies were apathetic or opposed to war. The Brits would have had to transport armies across nations unwilling to accomodate them and provision them in the field. Hitler could stay home.
Given these realities, Neville Chamberlain could only stall and pray that he could buy enough time to match Germany’s forces.
It is therefore unfair to compare him to Barack 0bama, because 0bama believes his own rhetoric. He thinks that although our system is superior in terms of strength, economy, governance, liberty, education, and innovation, we should kneel to cultures that are despicable in every modern measure.
It is an interesting paradox that stupidity of this depth is the product of higher education. Historians will puzzle over it in future generations.
Yeah, sure. Lets pretend that nukes are “obsolete” till one blows up on our soil.
Even if he demanded that England arm itself immediately, he would have had to get the rest of the government to agree to it. I’m not sure he could have done that. Even if England was willing, the rest of Europe was not. The desire of some people to bury their heads in the sand is remarkable, and the language they use to justify themselves is received as a call to honor instead of a plea for suicide. Sad realities, really.
Counterfactuals are a lot of fun to play with; however, they are neither here nor there, and the simple, blunt fact of the matter is, Neville Chamberlain was not simply making the best of a rotten hand of cards, he was a four-square accomplice in the asinine liberal disarmament movement that preceded WWII. There was, and is, no excuse for what he did.
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