What so often motivated Europe’s appeasers, Winston Churchill understood, was cowardice and dishonor.
“Each one hopes that if he feeds the crocodile enough, the crocodile will eat him last,” he said of the political elites who thought the best way to confront the threat posed by Nazi Germany was to avoid confronting it. “All of them hope that the storm will pass before their turn comes to be devoured.”
What would Churchill say of the European elites today who imagine that the best way to confront the threat posed by Hezbollah, one of the world’s deadliest and most fanatic terror networks, is likewise to avoid any confrontation?
FULL ARTICLE:
Trying to appease Hezbollah will not keep Europe safe - Opinion - The Boston Globe
No comments:
Post a Comment
Feel free to comment but keep it civil or your comment will be exiled to the voids of cyberspace.