Saturday, January 31, 2015

On the Sudetenland Germans

They tried for the better part of two decades for self-determination (we're in favor of that, correct?), and in each instance they were bitch-slapped and halted by the Czechs, Slovaks, and Hungarians. Finally, they were granted it in 1938 and overwhelmingly opted to reunite with Germany (Hitler himself hadn't even mentioned the Sudetenland much until 1937). AND it was a decision that was ultimately accepted by countries in the West (only years after the fact was the deal seen as unfair and Chamberlain an appeaser). I mean, I know that the victors get to write the history and all but for folks to try and paint this slice of history as some sort of naked aggression, WHEN IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT THE PEOPLE WANTED, is a stretch even for us American propagandists.

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