So what if it is? Failure of what? Failure of the process of appeasement? Do they still think we should have let Germany overrun them? Maybe they do. When one fails one SHOULD admit it, and fix the problem.
That kind of irrational thinking by the French is beyond me. Translates "war is an acknowledgement of failure" to "let's just keep ourselves in a state of denial, that's called progress!"
We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive. --C. S. Lewis
Great quote from Mere Christianity, written to speak out onto the air waves during WWII.