Patrick Buchanan Sinks Below The Seattle Times

So, according to Patrick Buchanan, WWII could have been avoided if only we had appeased Hitler a little more.

Chamberlain's negotiated deal with Hitler averted a European war -- at the expense of the Czech nation. That was appeasement.

German tanks, however, did not roll into Poland until a year later, Sept. 1, 1939. Why did the tanks roll? Because Poland refused to negotiate over Danzig, a Baltic port of 350,000 that was 95 percent German and had been taken from Germany at the Paris peace conference of 1919, in violation of Wilson's 14 Points and his principle of self-determination.

Hitler had not wanted war with Poland. He had wanted an alliance with Poland in his anti-Comintern pact against Joseph Stalin.

But the Poles refused to negotiate. Why? Because they were a proud, defiant, heroic people and because Neville Chamberlain had insanely given an unsolicited war guarantee to Poland. If Hitler invaded, Chamberlain told the Poles, Britain would declare war on Germany.

This is bullshit! After the Munich conference, Hitler was furious because the groveling West had deprived him of his pretense for the war he was seeking. He didn't just want to unite Germans. He wanted "lebensraum" too.

Not even the Seattle Times was willing to suck up to Obama and Hitler this much.