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Much has been made of the "fact" that we "must" get the permission of France and Germany to protect ourselves......
Speaking of Germany, Thomas Sowell notes the parallels between post-World War I efforts to disarm that country and the Iraqi "disarmament" regime today:
..............Back in the 1930s, Germany's military forces were limited by a ban on conscription, by limitations on the number and kinds of weapons it could have, and by a requirement that it station no troops in its own industrialized Rhineland. These requirements were in the treaty of Versailles, which ended the First World War. . . .
Like Saddam Hussein today, Hitler at first pretended to go along with these restrictions, all the while clandestinely building up his military forces. However, this was clandestine only in the sense that the general public did not know about it. British intelligence was well aware of what he was doing and kept the Prime Minister informed.
When Hitler began openly violating the Versailles Treaty's restrictions, most notably by moving troops into the Rhineland, "France did nothing. It was the first of many nothings that France did in a series of crises that led up to World War II." ..........
As Sowell notes: "While history does not literally repeat itself, sometimes it comes very close."
The more things change, the more they remain the same!
Speaking of Germany, Thomas Sowell notes the parallels between post-World War I efforts to disarm that country and the Iraqi "disarmament" regime today:
..............Back in the 1930s, Germany's military forces were limited by a ban on conscription, by limitations on the number and kinds of weapons it could have, and by a requirement that it station no troops in its own industrialized Rhineland. These requirements were in the treaty of Versailles, which ended the First World War. . . .
Like Saddam Hussein today, Hitler at first pretended to go along with these restrictions, all the while clandestinely building up his military forces. However, this was clandestine only in the sense that the general public did not know about it. British intelligence was well aware of what he was doing and kept the Prime Minister informed.
When Hitler began openly violating the Versailles Treaty's restrictions, most notably by moving troops into the Rhineland, "France did nothing. It was the first of many nothings that France did in a series of crises that led up to World War II." ..........
As Sowell notes: "While history does not literally repeat itself, sometimes it comes very close."
The more things change, the more they remain the same!
