Was watching a program on the OU the other night on the history of World War II. They analysed the reasoning and the desire for peace behind the policy of appeasement advocated by Neville Chamberlain. They evaluated the way in which Hitler played on that desire by making promises which (given other evidence detailing his plans) he had no intention of keeping. He used that extra time to consolidate and extend his control over more of the world. There was footage shown of protesters in Britain demonstrating to show their opposition to war. There was also footage of american politicians advocating an isolationist policy. It is not enough to have only one side have a desire to find peaceful solutions.

Let me be clear "I DO NOT WANT WAR", and I am certain that the politicians and the media are not telling us everything, but I cannot help remebering the quote "the only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing" and I worry that sometimes all the choices have bad consequences. And I wonder if a show of force soon is a lesser evil.