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Appeasement Won't Stop Saddam,Any More Than Hitler
London Telegraph ^
| September 2, 2002
| Opinion/Editorial Staff
Posted on 09/01/2002 9:11:37 PM PDT by Lady In Blue
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FYI and Discussion.
To: Big Steve; deport; blackie; Deb; Wait4Truth; Miss Marple
Tomorrow is the 63rd anniversary of the start of World War 11.This Opinion is right on,IMHO.
To: Lady In Blue
Most of that generation is already dead; most of the rest will be within five years. Those of us who grew up in the shadow of their war and benefited so much from their willingness to fight should listen to them and treasure their memories. It may be that their experience could help us decide when to confront evil, and how, though it won't make it easy. It is rarely that. It seems that the Euro-PEEONS have forgotten the lessons of WW2. We remember. My wife's family escaped Germany first, then Hungary during WW2. They came here in 1951.
We cannot appease murdering tyrants. Hussein is our generation's Adolf Hitler.
The sooner we recognize that - and deal with the problem accordingly - the better. For us, and for the rest of the world.
If not us, who? If not now, when?
To: Lady In Blue
Germany from the early 1920s and Iraq from the early 1990s did all they could to rearm and make secret preparations to continue the fight. Both ever more aggressively breached the restrictions the international community imposed on them, whether by secretly building submarines or playing games with UN weapons inspectors. Both could have been stopped earlier by more resolute action, the one by Britain and France, the other by Bill Clinton. Both Saddam and Hitler demonstrated a fondness for chemical weapons and saw Jews as part of the problem. Finally, THE DAMN' TRUTH!!!!!!
To: usconservative
I couldn't agree with you more! If nothing else,I hope that the Europeans will stop and remember.This opinion piece, in my opinion is right on target.It ought to be food for thought.
To: usconservative
It's right on the money! And it needs to be repeated often!
To: Lady In Blue
Very good article Lady, it seem that those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. The problem is, they drag those of us who haven't forgotten right along with them.
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To: mathtac
Welcome to Free Republic.You need to add,Saddam's story more than likely ends as Hitler's did-"in history's unmarked grave of discarded lies".
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posted on
09/01/2002 10:44:13 PM PDT
by
John W
To: mathtac
Re:
"Hussein is a threat to Israel, non other. " 1) The 8 year Iran/Iraq war costing 1 million souls.
2) Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
3) Iraqi attack of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during it's liberation (Kafji).
He's purged his border to the east, he's purged his border to the south, and he's purged his border to the west, all in the span of some 20 years. He's a threat to everyone, including the inosent people of Iraq he opresses by his stupid, stupid decisions.
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posted on
09/01/2002 10:50:13 PM PDT
by
ChadGore
To: mathtac
Furthermore, I look at this situation a lot like the
cuban missle crisis. In that situation we had a dictator seeking to get arms of mass destruction (Fidel) and the USA interveined to prevent that from happeneing.
Did Cuba do anything to us? No. Did they even fire a shot? No. Did Fidel and his band of fellow communists take a single millitary action against this great nation? No. But we took pre-emtive action by denying a dictator from getting his hands on weapons of mass destruction, to secure the stability of all nations, and countless lives were saved.
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09/01/2002 10:59:33 PM PDT
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ChadGore
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To: Lady In Blue
Bump
To: mathtac
Let's for a minute follow your premise, and leave Israel to stand alone against the entire Arab world. The minute we did that, there would be a war. Either Israel would be destroyed, or they would drive the Arabs back and probably take Jordan as a future buffer zone.If Israel won, they would have more territory, a larger role in the Middle East, the Arabs would still hate them and plot for their demise, and they would also be OUR enemies, for deserting them in a time of peril.
So, abandoning Israel is NOT the solution to the problem, except in the wishful minds of those who want Israel to go away.
To: Lady In Blue
"When, following the German invasion of Czechoslovakia, Chamberlain reported to Parliament that Hitler had invited him to discussions in Munich, he was wildly cheered. On his return, with his famous proclamation of "peace with honour", he was a national hero, criticised by only a few well-known dissenters such as Churchill and Duff Cooper. Those now stigmatised as "appeasers" in fact represented the greater part of informed, conventional thinking. Their equivalents now are those in the media who think that George W Bush is stupid, and mock his inarticulacy. They would also have mocked Churchill." Stop the attacks on our Freedoms by the wacko, extreme left-wing, lunatic fringe, liberal's and their toadies in the media !!
Freedom Is Worth Fighting For !!
Molon Labe !!
FMCDH !!
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posted on
09/02/2002 9:33:51 AM PDT
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blackie
To: Lady In Blue
Right On!Tose Who Fail To Learn From History Are Condemned To Repeat IT!!The Appeaser Feeds The Crocodile In The Hope That He Will Be The Last To Be Eaten!!!
To: McGavin999
You're so right,McGavin999! I wonder what kind of programs,discussions are going on now in Europe,especially in England?
To: John W
EXACTLY!
To: efnwriter
Thanks for your bump!
To: blackie
ALRIGHT! Don't hold anything back,blackie! Just tell us what you think! hehehe!
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