"Peace" and it's BS

Dorothy Thompson could not have said it better in her 1938 broadcast, "Peace: And the Crisis Begins:" The Munich Conference does not open the door for peace, but instead for terror, injustice, and dictatorship. Not only does the Munich Conference grant power to Germany, but it also portrays France and Britain as wimpy appeasers. Here is why.

Czechoslovakia (CZ) is already inhabited with a significant percentage of non-Germans. After having been occupied by Germany, one cannot expect German Nazis to naturally cooperate with Czechs, and vice versa. International intrusion is one thing, but racial and cultural factors come in to play. The important separation in ethnicity and language between Nazis and Czechs triggers initial tension, hostility, and violence, as we have studied in the cases of African colonization. Can Nazis expect Czechs to cooperate? No. In addition, Nazis and Czechs do not necessarily share political ideas. This circumstance will force the Nazis to enfore their political policies, most likely causing retaliation on the Czechs' behalves. Therefore, the barrier of racial tension and political dysfunction will be a internationally costly factor in Germany's occupation of CZ, making the Munich Conference the enabler for a pointless (and harmful) annexation that will harm both German and CZ.

Aside from Germany's reputation, France, Britain, and Italy display themselves as weak, contradictory, and ineffective world powers. By enabling Germany to annex parts of CZ, they are essentially conceding the Germany's will to expand and become more powerful. In other words, they have let Germany tweak the Treaty of Versailles, the very document that they (France and Britain) established themselves. Instead of halting (or at least minimizing) Germany's expansionist campaign, they officially opened the door for Germany to rise back to a worldwide military, political, and economic caliber. Isn't this scenario the exact one that the Treaty of Versailles aimed to prevent? The answer is yes, and although Germany is technically the one breaking the treaty, France and Britain (the nations who helped create the Treaty of Versailles) are accountable to letting Germany back into the game.

The logic of the Munich Conference is obviously flawed. Some may argue its legitimacy, but luckily there exists one historical event to prove its flaws: World War II.