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2006-02-16 International-UN-NGOs

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Posted by anonymous5089 2006-02-16 13:10|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 He assumes that most sober Westerners will do almost anything to avoid military confrontation to stop a potential threat even though, unlike Hitler, Ahmadinejad not only promises to liquidate the Jews but reveals his method in advance by seeking nuclear weapons.

The writer should read Read "Mein Kampf". Not only did Hitler discuss the destruction of the jews, but also the invasion of Russia.

Unfortunately, Mr. Ahmadinejad is right about Europeans doing anything to avoid military confrontation. The entire point of European society is easy living. The cost of arming and the act of fighting would reduce the quality of their lifestyle.

Posted by DoDo 2006-02-16 17:28|| 2006-02-16 17:28|| Front Page Top

#2 Of course, the cost of not doing it will be having no lifestyle at all.

Posted by Secret Master 2006-02-16 17:36|| 2006-02-16 17:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Today, the 50-year Cold War is over, and Europe is at last free of burdensome military expenditure and the threat of global annihilation.

Sorry VDH, Western Europe well before the 80s achieved equality in both combined GDP and population to the US and the US still carried the defense burden for Europe. They're welfare queens when it comes to defense and it isn't something new. They rationalized that their drafts made up for real military power and the American expense and cost [like the willingness to trade New York for Berlin if push came to shove]. They sleepwalked through the affair, with the exception of the Brits. There were and are still military welfare queens. Its just that while Washington has the guts to kick layabouts out of free room and board around New Orleans, it doesn't have the guts to tell kill NATO.

Posted by Elmart Flearong5634 2006-02-16 18:37|| 2006-02-16 18:37|| Front Page Top

#4 One other piece of the 1930's appeasement puzzle that should be remembered is the Soviet Union - much of the West regarded Stalin as a greater threat than Hitler, and (sort of) mistakenly thought that a stronger Germany would provide a valuable 'buffer' against Soviet expansion.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2006-02-16 18:39|| 2006-02-16 18:39|| Front Page Top

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