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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:30 PM Original message |
Poll question: Has history been unfair to Neville Chamberlain? |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. Interestingly, he served as Prime Minister for the first 8-months of WWII |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Actually he resigned on May 10, 1940 |
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thucythucy (182 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
32. Chamberlain left office |
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thucythucy (182 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 06:04 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Sorry for the redundant post |
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thucythucy (182 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. Chamberlain left office because |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. He wasn't the first person fooled by Hitler |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's hard to say without knowing the feeling of the time before it all started. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Let history books be your guide. |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 03:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. The buchery of WW1 was still fresh in everyone's minds... |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
4. Other - hindsight is 20/20 |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 03:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. I think people now forget how salient the memory of WWI was back then |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. And the men who fought then were still young enough |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. Other...he was weak and ineffective...nt |
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CanonRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
6. Neville Chamberlain reincarnated as Harry Reid? |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. I don't doubt that Chamberlain acted out of conviction. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 04:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. You're talking about Gaddafi, right? |
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Cobalt-60 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
8. encourage is better than embolden |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. Other ... Our top story tonight ... Chamberlain, FDR, and Reagan are STILL DEAD. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 03:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. + 1 brazillion....nt |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Nah. They're zombies. And Elvis is a vampire. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
13. Is that you, Prescott? |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
16. Other. Facts: |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. The USSR had its own problems, no need to assume another's guilt. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 04:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. However... |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Hard for Churchill to form an alliance with USSR as that nation invaded Poland w/Germany |
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thucythucy (182 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 05:44 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Churchill was NOT |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 06:12 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Hitler miscalculated by thinking GB & France would not defend Poland |
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thucythucy (182 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 08:22 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. All true |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. I was thinking about this the other day |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 05:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I heard that. I almost thre something at my teepee. :). Nt |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 04:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. That's not entirely true |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. But Stalin actually did try to ally with the US and GB prior |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 05:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. And thank you so very much for an intelligent discussion |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. Hey thanks! |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
20. No. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
23. Nope |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
28. There was no stomach for another costly war with Germany at the time. |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Alas, it wasn't a real choice. |
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thucythucy (182 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 06:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Neither was there any stomach |
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