[KC Burke]

While I imagine you have read it in the past, here is a pre-war speech of Churchill dealing with appeasment. The issue was letting the years go by not dealing with defense, but the words apply to all appeasment. Might be helpful in citing a real Churchill warning...its one of my favorites.The Years the Locusts Hath Eaten

[KC Burke]

One of the great paragraphs from the speech I linked above:

The First Lord of the Admiralty in his speech the other night went even farther. He said, 'We are always reviewing the position. Everything, he assured us is entirely fluid. I am sure that that is true. Anyone can see what the position is. The Government simply cannot make up their minds, or they cannot get the Prime Minister to make up his mind. So they go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent. So we go on preparing more months and years - precious, perhaps vital to the greatness of Britain - for the locusts to eat. They will say to me, 'A Minister of Supply is not necessary, for all is going well.' I deny it. 'The position is satisfactory.' It is not true. 'All is proceeding according to plan.' We know what that means.