PrintOctober 25, 2008
Europe's Sorry Lesson
Seventy years ago last month the democracies of Europe were given their last chance, after four years of missed opportunities, to stop the territorial ambitions of Hitler and the Nazis. The political and intellectual elites of Europe, convinced of their unique powers of persuasion and sincerity, negotiated an Agreement with Hitler giving him virtually everything he asked for in Czechoslovakia and declared it "peace in our time". Fortified with the reality that they would not be restrained militarily, the Nazis quickly broke that Agreement and within a year marched into Poland. Thus, began World War ll and the death of nearly 70 million men, women and children.It evolved that you, the American People, ultimately defeated the Axis Powers. This was a war you never asked for, tried to avoid and had it thrust upon you by the feckless efforts of others at appeasement and compromise with those who for years made clear their intentions and...(Read Full Article)
