Zizek on Haider

[David Dorkin]

"They were reluctant to confront Germany even when it was weak and could
have been stopped, in 1935,when it had only about seven or ten divisions.
They had wind that the German generals were wavering, that there was a 
very serious conspiracy afoot. British intelligence heard from the Abwehr,
the German secret intelligence. The Abwehr tried to feed London secret 
information on the Nazi buildup. Chamberlain was not interested. He failed
to respond to all overtures from the anti-Nazi Germans, even high-placed 
ones who commanded divisions of troops, even conservative ones... They
actively encouraged Hitler's policy. On Czechoslovakia, Chamberlain himself
threatened Czechoslovakia if the Czechs failed to accept Munich. He
threatened to freeze their assets. He would deny them all materials 
if they decided to stand up alone against Germany, and he handed over 
all Czech assets in England to Adolf Hitler when Hitler took over all
of Czechoslovakia."

Brad De Long wrote:
> Well, Chamberlain and Daladier declared war on it in September
> 1939--late I agree, but better late than never. Don't they get
> brownie points for being willing to take on the beast