Bill Sloman <***@ieee.org> wrote:
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Post by Bill SlomanIt's not any kind of exact repeat. Chamberlain was a serious politician
and Trump isn't.
It's not an exact repeat but the fundamentals are similar and the result
will be similar.
This is the similarity:
A ruthless dictator has been allowed to get away with annexing one
region, now he is invading another country; it will go on and on until
someone has the guts to stand up to him. Appeasement and hoping he will
honour any kind of agreement simply doesn't work.
Post by Bill SlomanThere's no evidence that Chamberlain liked Hitler, and
Britain was not prepared for any kind of war with Germany in 1938.
Trump seems to like Putin, and seems to think that he can trust him.
I'm not sure that is true. Trump has no concept of trust and he only
appears to like someone for what they can do for him, while they can do
it.
Post by Bill SlomanChamberlain took his alliances seriously, and eventually went to war
with Hitler. Trump clearly couldn't can't care less about the Ukraine,
probably because Zelensky didn't give Trump what he wanted back in 2019
when his effort to extort a fake prosecution of the Biden's backfired
with a bid for the impeachment of Trump.
This is the difference:
Chamberlain was an educated, thruthful and honorable man with absolute
integrity, sacrificing his own personal career for the good of his
country and behaving correctly in the face of lies, deceit and
aggression. He may have appeared naive to some people but he bought
Europe the time to start re-arming.
Trump is an ignorant thug with no concept of honour or integrity. He
puts himself above everything else and is behaving disgracefully using
the same tactics of deceit, lies and aggression as Putin. As an ally,
he could have given Europe notice that they would have needed to re-arm
but he has withdrawn support at a moment's notice, giving Putin the best
possible chance of overpowering Ukraine and then spreading his poison to
the next European country. Trump is no longer behaving like an ally, he
is behaving like a pawn of Putin and an enemy of Europe.
Putin seems to be delighted at this but may come ito regret it in the
longer term if Trump starts to get 'awkward'. The Americans have a fine
tradition of disposing of their presidents but this may be the first
time a Russian has saved them the bother.
Post by Bill SlomanPost by Liz TuddenhamIt will happen again and we had better prepare for it while
we still have a little time left.
Trump does seem to be perfectly capable of screwing up on a large scale,
but the beginning of WW2 probably isn't an example of his style of
incompetence. His mishandling of the US response to the Covid-19
pandemic may be a more relevant example
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Post by Liz Tuddenham"This morning I had another talk with the German Chancellor, Herr
Hitler, and here is the paper which bears his name upon it as well as
mine" ... "peace with honour. I believe it is peace for our time".
Neville Chamberlain - 30 September 1938
Trump doesn't do honour. I doubt if he knows what the word means.
"Peace at all costs" appears to be his motto - as long as the cost in
territory and lives falls on someone else.
Post by Bill SlomanPost by Liz Tuddenham"This morning the British Ambassador in Berlin handed the German
Government a final Note stating that unless we heard from them by 11
O'clock that they were prepared at once to withdraw their troops from
Poland a state of war would exist between us. I have to tell you now
that no such undertaking has been received and that consequently this
country is at war with Germany."
Neville Chamberlain - 3 September 1939
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