Re: How much security does $1 trillion buy?

["Brian Loe" <knobdy () gmail com>]

On 8/1/07, Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:

> > Question: If England had went to war with Germany when Churchill FIRST
> > called for it, way before England was attacked and just after Poland
> > was invaded, would you complain about the costs of that war?
>
> Your grasp of history is breathtaking.  That's exactly when we did go to
> war against Germany - a couple of days after the invasion of Poland.  I
> thought everyone knew that. Evidently there's at least one American who
> doesn't.

You are correct that I mispoke. However, I once again prove my ability
to admit a mistake.

You might consult your memory, however, and note that the just of what
I was saying is true.
> From Wikipedia:
Soon, though, his attention was drawn to the rise of Adolf Hitler and
the dangers of Germany's rearmament. For a time, he was a lone voice
calling on Britain to strengthen itself to counter the belligerence of
Germany.[25] Churchill was a fierce critic of Neville Chamberlain's
appeasement of Hitler, leading the wing of the Conservative Party that
opposed the Munich Agreement which Chamberlain famously declared to
mean "peace in our time".[26]

Had they acted sooner...


> > Did it
> > cost more to go to war later rather than sooner? Hard to say, but just
> > in lives lost and and the damage done to London I would have to
> > believe Churchill was trying to save some money...
>
> Since yout assumption about when England went to war is historically
> incorrect, your question doesn't arise.

But it does arise, if you had gone to war earlier...?

> If you want to be taken seriously as an analyst of events, you have to get
> those events correct.

I don't mind misspeaking every once in awhile. Everyone does it. I
would only be concerned with someone who misspeaks regularly and never
admits it. Only thing worse is one who snipes with BS and runs away,
never to respond to the BS again.
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