[aculeus]

Chamberlain was un-manned precisely because he was bound by the contradictions of the EMPIRE he was defending.

Ah yes, those wonderful British colonies, Czechoslovakia and Poland. How can I forget?

[LaBelleDameSansMerci]

While Chamberlain was referring to Checkoslovakia as a "far away land about which we know little", and handing it over to Hitler, British toops were STATIONED IN SINGAPORE guarding the interests of the Empire.