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[Chaerophon]

Pete,

Before spouting your nonsense, read the history of the intra war period. Of how the people who wanted peace at any price gave us WW II.

Right, and overly zealous (vindictive, really) reparations on the part of allied countries had nothing to do with it. Inaction was a dire mistake that stalled our reaction to WWII and weakened our position as we entered into it. It did not start it. If we had reacted sooner to Germany's vigorous military program and responded to their attacks on neighbours rather than "giving" them Czechoslovakia, we certainly could have helped our cause in the war. However, the processes that actually led to the German desire for conflict and the initiation of WWII were set in motion years earlier at the conclusion of the First World War; a horrifying affair that, to contradict your "revisionism", as Occhi would classify it, left a lot of people praying that never again would they have to send their sons into combat. God forbid that emotion should taint their judgement.

By the way, I have chosen to pretty much ignore your statements addressing Roland further down the thread, but, for the record, if you'd like an example of your ignorance, I'd be more than happy to provide one for you in private. A few days ago, it seems that idiocy was rampant and that its source was none other than an exalted "old hand" who claims to partake in a good deal of correcting. If you have anything further to say, perhaps you could address it to me in PM rather than attempting to publicly backstab me once the evidence has been erased.