who is it?
ted cruz.
"If you go to the 1940s, Nazi Germany. Look, we saw in Britain, Neville Chamberlain, who told the British people, 'Accept the Nazis. Yes, they'll dominate the continent of Europe but that's not our problem. Let's appease them. Why? Because it can't be done. We can't possibly stand against them.'"
as soon as they start talking nazis, you know they know nothing else. folks deploy nazi germany to proclaim a star wars view of history. the goodies against the evil empire. who are the goodies? americans, of course. "we saved your ass."
of course, folks often forget that the derided nevcham had the balls to declare war on germany in 1939 - while america was doing what? oh yes. not declaring war on nazi germany. maybe look in the mirror, guys. isolationism was not a courageous response to something characterised by hindsight experts as the evil empire. let's sit this one out. ;-)
what actually happened was that the british and french avoided war with germany for as long as possible, but took the trouble to draw a line in the sand over poland. when hitler ignored that line, britain and france declared war. after world war i, of course non-sociopaths were keen to avoid world war ii. as john lennon might have put it if he were alive in 1939, they gave peace a chance. "peace in our time" made chamberlain look a fool. but most folks prefer a leader who wants peace and strives to get it. in the end, he simply ran out of choices.
churchill arrived in downing street in 1940. not sure how chamberlain can be accused of appeasing hitler in the 1940s as he died in the year he resigned as pm. appeasement was a 1930s thing. doh.
a nicer view of american engagement was that it took the president some time to win over the american people in the cause of freedom. gradual process in a country which, like the british and french, wanted to avoid another war if possible. but fortunately for the russians and the british (plus empire, dominions, colonies etc), he got there in the end. with a little prodding.
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