Thread: Response to the Law and Order Select committee

Originally Posted by JWB

This is called "Appeasement", which means to try to conciliate or placate a potential aggressor by making concessions, at the sacrifice of ones principles.
Exponents of appeasement are known as "Nevilles" after its most famous practitioner.
History has shown appeasement to be an unsuccessful strategy in dealing with bullies.

Actually as most historians will agree "Nevilles" or a "chamberlain" is a misinterpretation of what happened, Great Britain was in no position to go to war with Germany in 1938, having let its armed forces run down, the following two years enabled Great Britain to rebuild its forces and prepare for war.