Pat Buchanan On Antiwar Radio Part 2 of 5

Pat Buchanan, political analyst, columnist and author of Churchill, Hitler and the Unnecessary War: How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World, discusses the British politicians' colossal blunders that led them into World War I and II and the collapse of their empire, the consequences of American intervention in WWI and imposition of the Versailles Treaty, Hitler's motive to regain the lands lost in the east and willingness to forsake former German provinces in the west out of his desire to avoid war with England and France, what really happened at Munich, the folly of the British war guarantee to Poland during their dispute with Hitler over Danzig and the real lessons of the second World War.

Pat Buchanan is an American politician, author, syndicated columnist and broadcaster. Buchanan was a senior adviser to American presidents, Nixon, Ford and Reagan, and was an original host on CNN's Crossfire. He sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1992 and 1996. He ran on the Reform Party ticket in the 2000 presidential election. He co-founded The American Conservative magazine and launched a foundation named The American Cause. He has been published in Human Events, National Review, The Nation and Rolling Stone. His new book is called Churchill, Hitler, and The Unnecessary War: How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World.

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[RedShirtArmy]

Great stuff from Pat. He's bolder and even more blunt and revealing today than in years gone by. Stay strong Pat.

[NationalCause]

Debunked by establishment historians who never take a different look at anything no doubt. The man (Taylor) had his opinions and other diplomatic historians have theirs. The book is still valuable in that it approached the issue from a fresh angle. My curiosity in reading it and appreciation of the work is a far cry from me being an "apologist" for Nazi Germany. Everyone would be better served if people took a deep breath and calmed down before talking about this issue in particular.

[FreeVonHelton]

"He was a liar."

 No, you're a liar, Pat. (:

[american1476]

@mach3b You probably think the extremist Germans are more of a threat than the extremist Muslims or others I personally believe that it takes extremist Germans to defeat them....this will be a worldwide war and choose your allies wisely when a nationalist Germany rises again to save itself and Europe you'll be crying Nazis....

[american1476]

Hitler should have never joined the Japanese his alliance with non whites did him in

[UserUK201]

Go fuck yourself.

[UserUK201]

This is utter nonsense.

[jy768]

shut up idiot.

[byron84]

There is little question that Hitler wanted to avoid world war. He repeatedly made peace overtures to Poland's military dictatorship. He had, as even the British believed, a legitimate claim to Danzig and the Polish Corridor, and was willing to re-integrate those territories to the Reich while still allowing the Poles a degree of autonomy and thus an outlet to the Baltic. Britain's guarantee to Poland is seen by Buchanan as a blunder, whereas it appears to some as a deliberate invitation to war.

[Chainedorlo]

That's false, if you had read Buchanan's book, or have some knowledge on years prior to the war. Hitler signed with Pilsudksi a non-aggression pact between the two countries. Also, the Germans after World War 1(I believe) had a plan to create a Polish state. Read the book, it won't hurt. It's pretty cheap on Amazon too.

[Chainedorlo]

Thanks to that guarantee, the Polish brusquely turned down meetings on discussing the Danzig issue.

[NationalCause]

No, both guarantees were defensive. Germany promised to aid Austria if Russia mobilized to help Serbia. Austria threw all prudence out the window and decided on war, knowing Germany would come to its aid. The effect was much the same for Poland. They had much less reason to fear and less reason to negotiate (in their minds) than if Britain had not made that war guarantee.