Well, lets see. Appeasement didn't work with Japan, it didn't work with Germany, it didn't work with Italy, and it didn't work with the Soviet Union. What makes you think that it will work with Red China, North Korea, Iran, Venezuela, and the Muslim Terrorist Fanatics!!!!!

WWIII is happening right now and everybody is back at a 1930's Pre WWII mindset of kissing the enemey's ass instead of kicking the enemy's ass.

People never want to believe the worst until it is so painfully obvious only the truly deaf dumb and blind are able to remain in denial.

Originally Posted by 5.56X45mm

Well, lets see. Appeasement didn't work with Japan, it didn't work with Germany, it didn't work with Italy, and it didn't work with the Soviet Union. What makes you think that it will work with Red China, North Korea, Iran, Venezuela, and the Muslim Terrorist Fanatics!!!!!

WWIII is happening right now and everybody is back at a 1930's Pre WWII mindset of kissing the enemey's ass instead of kicking the enemy's ass.

World War III without a Draft, with less than one percent of the US Population under Arms in the Military, with the US Military failing to meet manpower numbers, and all done on the cheap.
Doesn't sound good for the Home Team.

Originally Posted by Gator

Which begs the question... why go into Iraq in the first place, if a NATO Defense Mission was in a different country after the United States of America was attacked?

Without the backing, and pushing publicly from the Prime Minister of England, I believe the United States would not have gone into Iraq, so in my opinion Iraq is just as much Englands problem now as it is ours in America.

Well, there is the famous Pottery Barn principle (you break it, you own it). There is also another principle: "chaos to the King's enemies". The Iraqis are not our friends.

My view is that we are in a war with many fronts, and the troops and equipment are needed in the fighting elsewhere. There are limits to Britain's military power - it needs to focus on what it needs to do to win and bring the global conflict to an end.