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The generous way of putting it is that we were not ready for this. The less generous way is to say: How was it possible to return to the politics of appeasement of the 1930s?

Paddy Ashdown
Way, Return, Comeback
"Farewell, Sarajevo" by Ed Vulliamy, www.theguardian.com. November 1, 2005.
The generous way of putting it is that we were not ready for this. The less generous way is to say: How was it possible to return to the politics of appeasement of the 1930s?