Churchill wouldn’t have been fool enough to trust them. Unfortunately most pols are more like Neville Chamberlain or John Kerry than Churchill or Teddy Roosevelt. Or Donald Trump. Weak, craven fools and cowards are the norm.
The treaty was negotiated by Margret Thatcher.
You’re too generous. They’re corrupt, and merely posing as weak, craven or foolish. They’re just fine with what’s going on in Hong Kong, and hoping to do the same one day with their dissidents, or at least get paid well for their studious indifference.
Forward the Genocide Olympics!
Churchill and Trump both understood the need to secure agreements with guarantees. FDR, and then Truman, unfortunately did not, and rejected his warnings. They trusted Stalin, and the world paid the price with an iron curtain that took 50 years to rust. It remains to be seen how long this one will take, and what the world will look like by then. I can only hope that Trump can destroy it before it solidifies, without the need for more endless proxy wars. He is the only good bet at this juncture. Foe is...well, a foe.