Here you go again Derek, not only a briliant designer of gliders for
training (I am sure the design teams of all major glider manufacturers
are kicking them selves for not thinking of those 10 points first.) but
now you reveal an exceptional grasp of history.

Derek Copeland wrote:
At 04:24 12 January 2006, Gk wrote:

- You're also known for selling your allies to, for
instance Stalin,


I assume that you are refering to Poland, Czechoslovakia
and the other Eastern European countries that got stuck
on the Russian side of the Iron Curtain after WW2.
I should point out that we (the British) declared war
on Hitler's Germany in support of Poland and that Winston
Churchill did his best to get it returned to being
an independent country at the end of the war.

And perhaps you are conveniently forgetting the fact that Neville
Chamberlain agreed to allow Hitler to occupy the 'Sudetenland' despite a
previous treaty with Czechoslovakia, foolishly declaring that he just
obtained 100 years of peace for Europe.

Unfortunately
it had been over-run by the Soviet Army, possession
is nine points of the law, and they weren't prepared
to give it up. Also the Yanks didn't want to support
any further war as they had achieved their objective
of defeating the Axis powers, so that was that - fait
accompli to Josph Stalin!

Wow, what a briliant analysis of a complex situatiation - in less then
100 words. Historians who wrote books on the topic must be furious for
wasting all that time.


What this proves is that wars very often don't give
the desired results, even if you win them. George W.
Bush's invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, far from
defeating terrorism, has only stoked up even more hatred
of the West and more terrorism.

So are you suggesting that that there already was a lot of hatred? If
so, then a bit more may be of no consequence.

Haven't the USA learned
any lessons from Korea, Vietnam and Gulf War 1?

Or perhaps they have learnt from the situation in 1938 when an evil
force was allowed to expand, tens of millions died.

Paul