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What about the precedent of the previous, say, five or six centuries of European history? All of that is, in part, the story of "other countries' own interests.
by sverige 10y ago
What about the precedent of the previous, say, five or six centuries of European history? All of that is, in part, the story of "other countries' own interests."
History has rightly judged Neville Chamberlain as an abysmal failure in dealing with German interests. I'm happy that Britain has given Merkel and her cronies the finger.
- bmer 10y agoNeville Chamberlain <--> Adolf Hitler David Cameron <--> Angela Merkel According to your comment, Angela Merkel is about as evil and reckless as Adolf Hitler. Okay. I am not taking this seriously.
- sverige 10y agoYou've missed the point, which was about the UK being at the mercy of other countries' interests. My argument was simply that that is always a factor as long as we don't have one world government (and maybe even then - read all the comments about Scotland for a small picture of that.) There was no comparison of Hitler and Merkel implied. Britain and Germany are both far bigger than any of their past or present leaders.
- dang 10y agoWe detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11966803 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11966803 and marked it off-topic.