Full color coffee stain on undecided ping.
LOL. I guess so.
Some very interesting things in the Gallup Poll.
1. People favored a peace conference. All well and good in principle, I suppose; try real diplomacy instead of instigating war. The problem was that at this time, Chamberlain’s sellout at Munich had set the bar too low for peace conferences. A peace conference is the place for very strong diplomacy, not a sellout. This is a very relevant lesson that needs to be applied today, and always.
2. 94% of those polled said Germany & Italy would start the the next war. I don’t know that I’ve EVER seen a Gallup poll with those numbers. It’s pretty clear at this time that everyone sees where the international problem lies. What bothers me is that today, you would not get the same numbers if the same question were asked of Iran. Worse, Gallup would not even ask the question. It’s not on their political agenda.
3. There is a nagging feeling among a significant portion of the American public that Britain and France botched the Treaty of Versailles. Despite the poll number that 94% believe Germany will be the aggressor in the next war, 40% believe she was unfairly treated by Britain and France by the post-WWI peace. I could characterize this feeling as “looks like the Krauts are going to start another war, but I can see where they are coming from since they’ve been treated like crap.”