Actually the policy of appeasement was carried out by Neville
Chamberlain, then PM of Great Britain. It was related to Germany's
demands to claim the Sudatenland which included Austria,
Czechoslovakia etc. Chamberlain rationalized Germany's invasion of
Czechoslovakia as a legitimate reclaiming of territory so as to avoid
conflict with a burdgeoning military power (arguably at that time
morepowerful than the UK). The policy of appeasement ended when UK
'drew a line in the sand at the Polish border and Germany ignored the
threat. UK then declared war on Germany. France never sought
appeasement rather they built and garrisoned the Maginot line between
them and Germany after WWI. It was totally ineffective. With regard
to Iraq, it was a country created by UK and France when they divided
up the middle East after WWI. In fact if you look at the modern
frontiers of the middle East, all are creations of European and later
US meddling.
In a message dated 2/8/2003 7:37:51 AM Central Standard Time,
wliles@xxxxxxxxx writes:
Oh of course, that explains why he was armed almost entirely with Soviet
tanks, rifles, rockets, and uniforms, and Soviet and French aircraft
Doesn't really explain it, but it may explain in part why Russia,
China and France want to give the inspectors more time (gives him
more time also). I seem to recall that was the approach France took
with Hitler or was it just appeasement? Maybe a combination of the
two. Didn't work then, doubt that it will work now. Did they learn
from their mistakes? If not, history has a way of repeating itself.
To all that use, love, worship and enjoy Olympus cameras, camera
equipment and photography, I apologize for putting my two cents
worth into this OT conversation. I think I'll take a little time
this morning and offer several choice pieces of Olympus equipment
for sale to the list and also ask a pertinent question or two to
give us all a chance to shift gears (not in our SUVs) and get back
on topic. Macro Zuikoheads and wannabes might want to stay tuned.
Now its off to get my nice hot cup of decaffeinated brew. Ugh, but
that is what this Adkins diet and my spousal unit allows. She is
trying to get me down from a 28mm to a 50mm size. She claims she
just wants my life to be telephoto in length. Oh well, that
wonderful cup of "little joe" or perhaps "no joe" awaits me. Bill
Barber
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