[funsec] How much security does $1 trillion buy?

[Drsolly]

On Wed, 1 Aug 2007, Brian Loe wrote:

> On 8/1/07, Drsolly <drsollyp at 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.

Once again? I hope you're keeping count of those.

> 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...

Read my previous post on this.