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September 03, 2005
An infamous anniversary
Today is the 66th anniversary of the invasion of Poland which sparked the second world war. That invasion saw the collapse of all the false hopes of the appeasers represented by Neville Chamberlain's infamous "piece of paper" and "Peace in our time!"
Once again, we live in a world in which great strife is the norm and unresolved conflicts and clashes of culture are threatening peace, yet we are also seeing the "democratic" nations cutting back on defence as never before - because the "appeasers" are once again in power and working their weazel philosophy.
On this day of all days we should remember that had the world stood firm against Hitler, Mussolini and the Japanese leadership from the end of the first great conflict, had they remained strong and maintained effective and powerful armed forces, Hitler and his chums could not have caused the havoc they did.
As the great Roman general Tacitus said; "Si vis pacem; para bellum!"
If you seek peace, prepare for war.
Posted by The Gray Monk at September 3, 2005 12:49 PM
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