Monday, November 05, 2007

Lisbon Treaty must become the modern day Munich!

Chamberlain at Munich became noted as the high point of Nazi appeasement. In fact the terms were so abhorrent to the nation at large that in reality Munich marked the turning point from which resistance to the Nazi evil could commence. The terms of the reborn Constitutional Treaty are practically irrelevant when considering the means by which it is being foisted upon once sovereign and democratic European nation states. Can secretive powers capable of such deception later be relied upon for one moment to adhere to the terms the Treaty contains? It seems inconceivable that they will, when expediency is so clearly the main driving force. A German Foreign Office view of the Munich Agreement and the immediately following decision by Britain to rearm may be read from the transcripts of the Nuremberg Nazi War Crimes trial from which comes the following quote, linked here:

Q. What was the foreign political reaction to the Munich Agreement?

A. The Munich Agreement is well known. Its contents were the following: Germany and England should never again wage war; the naval agreement on the ratio of 100 to 35 was to be permanent and, in important matters, consultations were to be resorted to. Through this agreement the atmosphere between Germany and England was undoubtedly cleared up to a certain degree. It was to be expected that the success of this pact would bring about a final understanding. The disappointment was very great when, a few days after Munich, rearmament at any cost was announced in England. Then England started on a policy of alliance and close relationship with France. In November, 1938, trade policy measures were taken against Germany, and in December, 1938, the British Colonial Secretary made a speech, which negatived any revision of the colonial question. Contact with the United States of America was also established. Our reports of that period, as I remember them, showed an increased, I should like to say, "stiffening" of the English attitude towards Germany, and the impression was created in Germany of a policy which practically aimed at her encirclement.

LET DEFEAT OF THE LISBON TREATY DRIVE A DEMOCRATIC RESTORATION WITHIN THE EU!

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