It's October 1st, 1938. Dorothy Thompson makes a speech that makes me think. Is it really fair what Germany is doing in Czechoslovakia? I don't think so. It appears that because of the short time period it took to make decisions, the inequality of those decisions, and the execution of the decisions.
First of all, the conference lasted four hours. The Treaty of Versailles took three years to be decided on. The decisions of the conference will change lives. People's lives all over Chekoslovakia will change drastically depending on the verdict. The fact that it took merely four hours to decide to evacuate parts of Chekoslovakia shows that the deciders did not have enough time to think about all of the consequences of their decisions. In the Treaty of Versailles, there was plenty of time to think about what would happen if each alternate decision was made, and the leaders chose what appeared to be the best option. Four hours seems hardly enough time to come up with one plan for the nations.
In the Treaty of Versailles, no one nation got all the benefits and no one nation got all the detriments. In the Munich conference, it sounds like Germany gets everything, while Czechoslovakia loses it all. Not exactly my idea of fair. I believe that the Czechoslovakian people should have a say in what happens to them.
What happens to the Czechoslovakian people when they are forced to evacuate? Where do they go? They are forced to emigrate. They must pick up their things and leave or face the German Army. These people did not do anything wrong, so why do they deserve to face the German Army?
I disagree with the outcome of the Munich Conference. People should be able to decide what happens to them, and not be forced to leave their homes. (The alternative being confronted by the German Army.)
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