Comments on: Advice for George Mitchell http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/01/29/advice-for-george-mitchell/ Conservative and Libertarian Intellectual Philosophy and Politics Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:00:58 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: sedonaman http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/01/29/advice-for-george-mitchell/comment-page-1/#comment-76271 sedonaman Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:38:45 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/?p=5296#comment-76271 “In 2003 and later in December 2008, Mitchell shared his vision for the Middle East conflict based on his Belfast experience: ‘There is no such thing as a conflict that can't be ended.’" And what kind of ego does it take to think <b><i>he</i></b> is the one who can end it? As Mark Styn says, “This is Neville again”. "...the settlement of the Czechoslovakian problem, which has now been achieved is, in my view, only the prelude to a larger settlement in which all Europe may find peace. This morning I had another talk with the German Chancellor, Herr Hitler, and here is the paper which bears his name upon it as well as mine" <i>(waves paper to the crowd - receiving loud cheers and ‘Hear Hears’). … [Later that day:]</i> "My good friends, this is the second time in our history that there has come back from Germany to Downing Street peace with honor. I believe it is peace for our time. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts. And now I recommend you to go home and sleep quietly in your beds." – Neville Chamberlain, 30 September 1938 “Madness, once unleashed, knows no bounds.” – Winston Churchill “Our enemies are worms; I saw them at Munich.” – Adolf Hitler, just before the invasion of Poland “Lord, if only I could have talked with Hitler, all this might have been avoided.” – Sen. William Borah, upon hearing that Hitler had invaded Poland “Everything would have worked fine if only Hitler had kept his promises.” – Neville Chamberlain “We are not fighting so that you will offer us something; we are fighting to eliminate you.” – Hussein Massawi, former leader of Hezb’allah. Patrick Brophy also observes a similarity: “Britain's 1930s leaders, afterwards known as ‘the guilty men,’ ‘the men of Munich,’ as Barnett points out, all came out of evangelical homes, out of schools where it was deemed more important to ‘play the game’ (play fair) than actually to win. These men, Barnett says, had the sweet-reasonable worldview of ‘a country parson or a maiden aunt.’ If I can just sit down with Hitler and be nice to him, reasoned Chamberlain, all will be well.” ‘The Collapse of American Power'.” http://www.nevadadailymail.com/story/1181379.html Will we be stuck with another "Peace of Paper"? The really sad part is that the Chamberlains and the Mitchells of the world never pay for their folly with their own blood. “In 2003 and later in December 2008, Mitchell shared his vision for the Middle East conflict based on his Belfast experience: ‘There is no such thing as a conflict that can't be ended.’"

And what kind of ego does it take to think he is the one who can end it?

As Mark Styn says, “This is Neville again”.

"…the settlement of the Czechoslovakian problem, which has now been achieved is, in my view, only the prelude to a larger settlement in which all Europe may find peace. This morning I had another talk with the German Chancellor, Herr Hitler, and here is the paper which bears his name upon it as well as mine" (waves paper to the crowd – receiving loud cheers and ‘Hear Hears’). … [Later that day:] "My good friends, this is the second time in our history that there has come back from Germany to Downing Street peace with honor. I believe it is peace for our time. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts. And now I recommend you to go home and sleep quietly in your beds." – Neville Chamberlain, 30 September 1938

“Madness, once unleashed, knows no bounds.” – Winston Churchill

“Our enemies are worms; I saw them at Munich.” – Adolf Hitler, just before the invasion of Poland

“Lord, if only I could have talked with Hitler, all this might have been avoided.” – Sen. William Borah, upon hearing that Hitler had invaded Poland

“Everything would have worked fine if only Hitler had kept his promises.” – Neville Chamberlain

“We are not fighting so that you will offer us something; we are fighting to eliminate you.” – Hussein Massawi, former leader of Hezb’allah.

Patrick Brophy also observes a similarity: “Britain's 1930s leaders, afterwards known as ‘the guilty men,’ ‘the men of Munich,’ as Barnett points out, all came out of evangelical homes, out of schools where it was deemed more important to ‘play the game’ (play fair) than actually to win. These men, Barnett says, had the sweet-reasonable worldview of ‘a country parson or a maiden aunt.’ If I can just sit down with Hitler and be nice to him, reasoned Chamberlain, all will be well.” ‘The Collapse of American Power'.”
http://www.nevadadailymail.com/story/1181379.html

Will we be stuck with another "Peace of Paper"? The really sad part is that the Chamberlains and the Mitchells of the world never pay for their folly with their own blood.

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