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Originally Posted by Del Boy That Churchill sure played good chess ! | I used to play in a chess club. One day one of the younger members brought in another board game in which there were three sides. We spent some time attempting to work out the best strategy, of course it is was for two weaker sides to gang up on the stronger opponent. However as your strong opponent gets stuffed, at what point do you switch sides and how do you allow for bloody mindedness and principle? I except WW2 was a bit like that with a lot of complicated politics thrown in. Hitler was hoping until his last days that the Soviets and the West would start fighting one another, in fact Patton wanted to didn't he?
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Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country. Herman Goering
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