With Friends Like These
Foreign Affairs has always been a messy business. In 1839 Germany and England signed the Treaty of London, guaranteeing Belgium neutrality. But on August 4, 1914, after having declared war on Russia and France, Germany invaded Belgium. England retaliated by declaring war on Germany. In a classic bit of wounded self-righteousness the German Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg declared, "just for a scrap of paper, Great Britain is going to make war on a kindred nation."
posted by John M Crowther @ 6:46 AM
2 Comments:
A classic case of re-writing the rules to suit yourself... how very politic! (grin)
Jeremy remains incorrigible! LOL
Ah, Now that is what I call the righteousness of self-justification.
Jeremy, Jeremy, Jeremy, you are even giving me grey hair. (grin) Love this one, each one tops the last. A great feat!
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