Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site fisher.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!astrovax!fisher!david From: david@fisher.UUCP (David Rubin) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Re: Reagan's re-election Message-ID: <412@fisher.UUCP> Date: Mon, 19-Nov-84 09:06:33 EST Article-I.D.: fisher.412 Posted: Mon Nov 19 09:06:33 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Nov-84 02:57:31 EST References: <6166@mcvax.UUCP> <3171@ucbvax.ARPA> <47@uwvax.UUCP> <106@talcott.UUCP> <5765@brl-tgr.ARPA> Organization: Princeton Univ. Statistics Lines: 13 To say that it was "Neville Chamberlainism" that caused World War ONE is a gross distortion of history. World War One was fought over an issue that was only critical to one of the principals--the Austrians-- and important to only one other--the Russians. After all, it was not a pacifist who stated that the Balkans were not worth the bones of a single Pommeranian Grenadier! (Ans: Bismarck) WWI and WWII do NOT teach us the same diplomatic lesson, but rather the danger of BOTH extremes. Promoting Radical Centrism, David Rubin