Russia have been for years declaring Ukrainian territory as Russian and when invading the much disputed Crimea I can’t remember a peep from you about that or other attempts to take over Donbass
Hitler had armed himself to the hilt and was preparing for a conquest of Europe - he also operated in an era where certain other nations had dictators with equal dubious intent
We have no formal treaty or legal obligation to Ukraine
NATO didn’t then exist - there was not a huge committed military alliance of nations who are signed up to protect each other
Hitler didn’t have nuclear weapons
The US had zero interest in Hitler - they have most certainly a huge interest in Mr Putin
Putin and his army is weak and has no capacity for a European invasion
China in economic strategic and political terms was non existent then and most certainly isn’t now
I think you are sitting in the 1930’s the only threat to global peace is if we actively defend a non NATO country which would open up a huge can of worms and potential dangers
So some similarities and some differences, which is hardly surprising considering the events are over 80 years apart. He didn't say they were the same.
So on your comments:
Nazi Germany had been declaring parts of Czechoslovakia were German and indeed they contained a majority of ethnic Germans.
We are now also living in an era of very dubious dictators, including in the region of the conflict.
What was the treaty obligation we had to act in relation to Czechoslovakia?
I accept Nato and nuclear weapons points.
