[CLUE-Talk] Sure its 'Not About Oil' was: Why Iraq? Why now?

[Jeffery Cann]

Zonker,

If we are going to debate pacifism and use WW2 as a means to do it, why then 
aren't we starting with the 1920s rather than 1939? 

It's fine to day:  Well, pacifists cannot explain how to deal with a Hitler."  
My question:  Why didn't the world 'deal with Hitler' before he rose to 
power?  Surely, there were indications before he rose to power that he was 
not interested in peace nor serving his fellow mankind.  If people were more 
interested in serving fellow humans, would they have allowed such a man to 
rise to power?

Frankly, I am not knowledgeable enough about the WWII topic to do more than 
speculate.  I suspect that few of us in this list are either.  Any history 
majors know working as Linux sysadmins?

Later,
Jeff