There are no straw men in my post 111. Post 111 is merely a bunch of insults delivered against your intelligence for your mulish refusal to think for yourself, really think, think hard and think deeply. You attempt to redeem your claim to lofty intelligence with this statement: "he claim was that *England* was stupid to declare war on Germany over Poland, since Germany was an overwhelming force and it was reckless for England to do so
I presume "he" in this ignorant statement refers to Buchanan. If you read his article from start to finish, you won't find the words you put in his mouth in it. No one says England was stupid to declare war against Germany. All of what Pat writes about happened before England declared war, and before the BEF got its ass handed to it and had to evacuate from Dunkirk. Pat merely says that England's unconditional guarantees to Poland was reckless, and worthless, and Poland's reliance on it was so. As it turns out, that part was right, as the referenced BEF asskicking so aptly demonstrated.
One of lessons of war is that you don't threaten war unless you are prepared to carry it out, and you don't intentionally go to war until you have the forces required to prevail. Anything less is murderously silly.