That is all pretty well true, although hindsight is 20/20 vision of course. Chamberlain didn't have much to do with conquering India as far as I am aware, but he did allow Hitler more time and did try to play down the significance of Hitler's actions to justify not going to war. his intentions however *were* noble and the decisions were made in light of intelligence at the time. Of course if he had gone into the war earlier we could be arguing the toss over whether bloodshed could have been avoided by further diplomatic means.
I am prod to be English, and even though I have more left wing views than any politician at that time I also feel very proud of what Neville Chamberlain did at that time, going against the advice of his cabinet and holding out to try and avoid taking his country into another war. how easy it would have been to go with the flow, but he didn't, he stood for what he believed in. I wasn't accusing you of bringing politics into it Daniel, just pointing out that Mike was right; when we talk politics we will never agree... Anyway, that's my lot on this, I'm fed up with OT posts so shouldn't be contributing!!! Regards, /\/\ick... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Daniel J. Matyola Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 1:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: "Neutral" countries (was: Re: December PUG) As I recall, he made some rather disparaging remarks about fighting for people who lived so far away and had names that were so hard to pronounce, meaning the Czechs and Slovaks. Notice that these factors never deterred Britain from conquering far-away countries like India. He also claimed to deliver "peace with honor" and "peace in our time." What he did was embolden Hitler to invade Poland. Politics was injected into this forum by the complaint that some PDML's actually had the nerve to photograph their country's flag for the PUG, at the time their country was suffering the effects of a great tragedy. Mick Maguire wrote: > Well Daniel, you have now managed to insult an Englishman too (i.e. me)! It > is well documented that Neville Chamberlain did not want to go to war > because he did not want to subject the country to another war so soon after > WWI. He desperately tried to avoid going to war by using every diplomatic > means possible in the hope that lives could be saved. He was a man of *very* > strong morals and the killing that war would have entailed was more than > his conscience could bear.Perhaps this thread is a good example of why > politics (as Mike J pointed out), is not a good subject for the PDML. > > Regards, > /\/\ick... > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Daniel J. Matyola > Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 12:03 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: OT: "Neutral" countries (was: Re: December PUG) > > WWII was, IMHO, caused largely by Neville Chamberlain and others who > felt it was better to appease Hitler than go to war over an > insignificant country like Czechoslovakia, which was one of the first > democracies in Eastern Europe. I fear that the same feelings of > "anything is better than war" and "it's not our problem, since it does > not (yet) directly affect our country" encourages aggressors and > terrorists and, in the long run, makes war not only inevitable, but more > desstructive than if action had been taken earlier. > > Gianfranco Irlanda wrote: > > The war, you should know better than me, is a matter of money > > > and power. > > It is NOT a matter of moral or ethics or even religion. Everyone > > that states that is a liar. > > Trace the money, and you'll see who is interested in wars and > > who is not. > > -- > Daniel J. Matyola mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Stanley, Powers & Matyola mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Suite203, 1170 US Highway 22 East http://danmatyola.com > Bridgewater, NJ 08807 (908)725-3322 fax: (908)707-0399 > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . -- Daniel J. Matyola mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Stanley, Powers & Matyola mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Suite203, 1170 US Highway 22 East http://danmatyola.com Bridgewater, NJ 08807 (908)725-3322 fax: (908)707-0399 - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
