Cease-Fires As A Military Tactic

Hitler used a cease-fire with France to gain time to get his troops into position and rearm and resupply them while "negotiating" with everybody in sight, INCLUDING the French. German soldiers bathed in the Rhine River and waved to the French on the other side, who waved back. Then, when he was ready, he attacked, crushing the French in six weeks. Fortunately, we didn't have a ""Kofi Anan" to scream "cease-fire!" at every turn, with gullible "negotiators" listening. If we had given the Germans or the Japanese a "cease-fire" then, so they could resupply, rearm, and move more troops into position, we would all now be speaking either German or Japanese, whichever one "got" us in the "coin toss" after they won. The Japanese were working on their own nuclear bombs, and the Germans had the best warplanes going at the time. Hitler was working to perfect synthetic oils and other lubricants because his trucks and tanks were freezing up in the sub-zero Russian temperatures. So were their guns. If we had given them the time to complete development, we would be "goners." We would now be speaking German. Fortunately, we continued our "disproportionate" response to their attacks, and we won. We did not stop firing until neither could make war any more and their leaders were dead or surrendering unconditionally. That's the way to win wars. Kofi Anan wouldn't have liked that. "Talking" isn't going to get it done. It never has, and it never will. (Syndicated columnist professor Thomas Sowell, on Atlasphere, 7/28/06)