[Culturechat] Neville Chamberlain & Vox Populi

[WesTexas@aol.com]

Neville Chamberlain is an excellent example of a leader following a course of 
action-- that was popular at the time--that resulted in disastrous 
consequences.  

Churchill said that the Western Allies could have had either their honor or 
peace.  After Munich, Churchill said that the Allies would have neither their 
honor nor peace.  

In my opinion, world oil production has peaked, or will peak very 
shortly--and then start a decline that we will never recover from.  Countries 
like Iraq with significant reserves will become increasingly powerful as oil 
prices climb even further.   I think that Bush's nightmare scenario is an 
ever more powerful Saddam Hussein--with the cash flow to buy all the weapons 
he wants--who would inevitably gain control of the Middle East.  Imagine 
Hitler with nuclear weapons AND with control of the Western World's oil 
supply.   Remember that Hussein has already used weapons of mass destruction 
on adjoining countries and on his own people.  

J. Brown