frank theriault wrote: > On 10/18/07, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Bob, >> >> It's an all too common opinion in post-Trudeau Canada. >> >> It's also not shared by all Canadians. > > The sad thing is that war ~isn't~ a "last resort" these days > (competent actors or no)... > > cheers, > frank > > ps: what's Trudeau got to do with it? > > -f > >
As an aside, the history of WW2 would be a lot different if the British and French governments hadn't used violence as a last resort. There's a lot of evidence to indicate that a robust response to either the Remilitarization of the Rhineland or the Occupation of the Sudetenland would have resulted in a quick coup removing Hitler. It's certain that most of the tanks that rolled into Poland in September 1939 were Czech, the Weremacht was in many ways an empty shell until the takeover of Czechoslovakia gave the Germans access to the Czech's stockpiles of armor and equipment. Violence is the last resort of the incompetent only because the competent resort to it sooner. Of course, it is far too often used as a first or second resort, which is tragic. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
