Yeah, with allies like the west it was a very tough decision to make. They probably should have fought, but again. If your "western allies" dump you once, why not twice and if beaten the whole nation gets killed.
Good to see some discussion of how the present can come to influence our evaluation, or re-evaluation of our past.
It's hard to be critical of the Czechs for choosing to stay alive instead of making a futile resistance against a much more powerful army. It's true Czechoslovakia, at the time, was no slouch as far as military and industrial capacity goes, but they knew full well fighting alone would only mean heavy casualties on their side. In all likeliehood, the Czechs saw what the Serbs refused to see: their resistance would only benefit the other powers such as the Soviet Union and the United States, and not the people of Czechoslovakia or Serbia, especially those who died in the onslaught.
Perhaps the Czechs could argue they were only being good Americans, because as you might care to recall, German aggression and expansionism did not at all concern the United States at the time, so why should it have bothered any Czech?
If you look at the map of Europe today, there is no longer any state called Czechoslovakia. Instead there is a Czech Republic and Slovakia, exactly as in Hitler's time. The dissolution of the once multi-ethnic state is now seen as "democratic" because it was carried out with the blessing of the United States, like the dissolution of Yugoslavia, another country carved up by German aggression.
The experience of the last 64 years in Europe, has inspired a certain breed of genetic mutant to come to power in the once independent states now preparing themselves for dissolution into a "European Union": what we should call the Blair-Havel. The Blair-Havel is immediately distinguishable by its political behavior; travelling the world, hand raised in salute to Washington, preferably with a champagne glass in hand (although hardly necessary) while vocalizing the most fawning platitudes in tribute to the new Reich. The Blair-Havel watches the Emperor closely, pleading for the opportunity to refill his glass, build up his ego, or merely amuse his press corps by getting down on one's knees and panting like a dog.