"Never Again"

It depends on what you call peace. In the late '30s some nations appeased Hitler to buy time to re-arm for a war they knew they would have to fight eventually. Obama is buying time to finish wrecking the U.S. so it can't and won't fight eventually.

From the land that gave the world Intel, Microsoft and Amazon you get an Obama-Care roll out with a dysfunctional website at the cost of $1 billion.

I'm sure the "Obama-Nation(tm) Defense-Care" roll out will be equally as stunning...imagine what they can achieve this time with a $1 trillion!

Cheers

Hans Rupprecht, Commander in Chief

1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group “True North”

Indeed. Not to disagree with you, very much. I suppose that some
of the "appeasers" thought that they were buying time for rearmament,
and rearmament was taking place. Even Neville Chamberlain encouraged
it - he wasn't a complete fool nor a pacifist. Unfortunately, the pause
also gave time for Nazi Germany to build up its armaments further.
Even so, the German General Staff thought itself ill-prepared for war
in 1939 and wanted two more years.

My own conclusion has been that on balance war in 1935 or 1937 would
have been less cataclysmic than the actual events; but it is hard
to say for sure. The brilliant plan devised by von Manstein and von
Rundstedt shattered the powerful French forces in a matter of weeks,
and its success could not and was not anticipated (even by the Germans).

As for the Filth who is US President, he has indeed been working hard
to dismantle US military effectiveness. Public statements from the
chiefs of the US Army indicate that only two brigades are combat-ready;
officially one-third of US air assets were disabled from the sequester
(I have heard higher figures, more like 100%),
and may be back to full functionality now; and the
decapitation of the US military has been noted several times in this
blog. I had a strong impression at the time that the Filth was
considering intervention in Syria that senior military people thought
that they lacked the ability to intervene; the air assets
moved to Jordan have not been heard from since. Were they trucked in,
one wonders?

No. War is evil, and it is often the lesser evil, as George Orwell wrote.
The evils which an unjust government can inflict on its people are
often worse than any evil which war can cause, for which we can see
the history of China under Japanese occupation (horrifying) and under
Chairman Mao (more horrifying).

There are lots of very stupid Israelis and their
Prime Minister is one of them. Unfortunately, stupid Israelis are
likely to be dead Israelis, within three or four years. As John
Bolton said, Israel should have attacked Iran two or three years
ago.

Do Obama and Kerry have a functioning brain between them? The Iranian mullahs hate Saudi Arabia and want to control Mecca

Unfinished business from 1300 years ago - succession through Mahommad's family or tribe, etc.

Peace is NOT always preferable to war. Sometimes war becomes necessary; slavery and mass murder suck.

You clearly are not a student of history or humanity nor life itself.

On the contrary I have studied history extensively and not just believed the crap on the news.

It is the US that has been the aggressor in Iran.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/19/politics/cia-iran-1953-coup/index.html

http://www.rferl.org/content/iran-coup-mossadegh-cia-60th-anniversary/25076552.html

The Iranians have now elected a more moderate president and there is a chance for peace.

Lies. Mossadegh was a corrupt incompetent dictator and America had a side-role in his ouster.

The Iranians have now elected a more moderate president and there is a chance for peace.

LOL

Yes Kevin. If that helps you sleep better at night, you just keep on believing that. All that history studying must have been too hard on you.Peace is good. Hitler made peace with Stalin too. That worked out well.

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/230972/German-Soviet-Nonaggression-Pact

Lots of people study history. Not all of them learn.

The ruling council of Iran selected a candidate for President who has loyally and adeptly played the role of "moderate" for the purpose of dissembling in negotiations with the West.

One of the basic rules for deception operations in strategy is that if you want an enemy to believe something, make it appear to be what he wants. It works especially well on people who think they are cleverer than they actually are.

And the Kriegsmarine thought they would be equipped to challenge the Royal Navy for control of the high seas not before 1948. To get his generals to carry out the reoccupation of the Rhineland he had to promise they were to back down if the British and French moved against them. People thought they needed time to rearm against Hitler, but you are right, the balance could have been more favourable to our side earlier. There was a tendency to assume Hitler was understating Germany's military strength because conventionally nations wanted to be stronger than others thought them if it came to war, so they overestimated Germany's strength to compensate when he was actually bluffing with less than he had.

Oh my. I would rather think that Netanyahu is stupid than believe that this once-brave man,
a real hero, has lost his nerve. Now he is seeing things clearly; but did he not understand
Obama et al. two and three years ago?!? Did he not notice that Obama's eminence grise,
Valerie Jarrett, was born in Iran and that Persian was one of her childhood languages?

"Canada needs nukes and we need them now."

A nuclear attack on us is like a attack on the USA as most of what we have is owned by US interests anyway. Furthermore we don't have a Army, Navy or Air force worth talking about so any attack on our soil is likely to be a missile failure in either distance or direction. Refineries or the oil sands in Alberta would be the only lucrative target and since China is a major stakeholder now that also seems unlikely. Iran can't reach us and the USA can have us whenever they feel like it, so that only leaves N Korea. I think we're still good for awhile and the danger we face is from the progressives within. Nukes won't save us from them.

I certainly agree with you about the progressives within!

It is an interesting idea that China might protect us! Apart from Chinese economic
interests, there are a lot of Chinese in Canada. Well, we were a happy backwater
of the UK until they jettisoned us to enter the European Union, at which point we
rejiggered ourselves to be a backwater of the US, and that was working (Chretien
aside) until the Americans went crazy; so a second rejiggering to become a backwater
of China somewhat makes sense.

" big enough to surround Israel."

Israel with under 7 million jews is already surrounded by 125 million Arabs. Obama obviously does not cheer for the underdog. He would if Israel was Muslim like he is.

He wants Iran to develop nukes first. That way this Pontious Pilot can wash his hands of any fallout so to speak. Plus lets face it Israel beats 125 million Muslims every time.