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"Meanwhile the Liberals had been elected. Traditionally opposed to war and foreign adventure, they were confident that good intentions could keep the peace."
Barbara W. Tuchman ~ The Guns of August (p.46)
It's interesting that over 100 years later, this brief reference to England in 1905 by Tuchman would still hold relevance in our modern era. World War I was the war to end all wars, yet only 30 years later Chamberlain would declare "Peace in our time" after being hoodwinked by Hitler. The folly of good intentions would continue throughout the 20th century with useful idiots proclaiming that all that is necessary was to "imagine" peace or to give peace a chance.
The truth of course is that it takes only one party to break a peace and initiate hostilities and typical aggressors will play on the good intentions of those who wish against all reason that peace is attainable if only they give in a little more or pretend the danger is not real. George Orwell has a few interesting thoughts on the subject:
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
“The notion that you can somehow defeat violence by submitting to it is simply a flight from fact. . . . [I]t is only possible to people who have money and guns between themselves and reality.”
Good intentions are fine, but as long as there are dangerous aggressors willing to commit violence, we will need Orwell's rough men on our side.
