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When Fox Likens Obama To Neville Chamberlain, They’re Really Calling For War With Iran

Posted by Brian and Ellen -19pc on April 03, 2015 · Flag

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The Washington Post’s Paul Waldman explains what’s up with all those “Neville Chamberlain” analogies Fox News and the conservatives are throwing at President Obama over the Iran nuclear negotiations.

On Wednesday, Fox’s Neil Cavuto spoke with New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind about the Iran talks. Hikind is Fox’s favorite kind of Democrat: one who has nothing good to say about Obama.

Hikind, who looked and sounded angry throughout the interview, said, “The president is desperate for some kind of accomplishment. …All of his (foreign) policies going back to the very beginning have fallen, one after the other.”

Cavuto asked, “You think he’s going to be a modern day Neville Chamberlain?”

”That’s exactly the point," Hikind said. "That’s what I’m afraid of: 1938, Chamberlain returns from Hitler and says peace in our time. God forbid, we could have the same thing with President Obama.”

Hikind was just one of many Chamberlain evokers seen on Fox lately. As Waldman noted, it’s just as big elsewhere in the right wing.  He wrote on April 1, before the framework of a deal was announced:

If you believe that the negotiations with Iran are the equivalent of those in Munich in 1938, what you’re basically saying is that war with Iran is inevitable, so we might as well get started on it right away. After all, it isn’t as though, had Chamberlain left Munich without an agreement, Hitler would have retired and gone back to painting. The whole point of the “appeasement” argument is that the enemy cannot be appeased from his expansionist aims, and the only choice is to wage war.

…Some might protest that, No, what the hawks advocate is a “better deal” on Iran’s nuclear program. But that’s a ridiculous canard. Let’s be clear about one thing: this agreement (which, we need to stress, nobody outside of the administration actually knows the details of) might indeed be a bad deal. That’s possible. But the alternative is walking away without an agreement, in which case Iran would have no reason at all not to go ahead and pursue nuclear weapons.

…(I)f you’re going to advocate war with Iran, you should at least have the courage to admit that’s what you’re after. Any time you hear the words “appeasement,” “Chamberlain,” or “Munich” in the coming days and weeks — and you will — know that war is exactly what’s being promoted.

You can watch that happen below, from the April 1 Your World.

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David Grant commented 2015-04-04 19:03:35 -0400 · Flag
I think I saw this guy on one of Max Blumenthal’s videos in the Feeling the Hate Series. In this one, he was part of a pro-Israel rally in midtown Manhatten and the people were saying all kinds of crazy like “Obama is an enemy of Israel” and that he is a “secret Muslim”. It is hard to take this crap seriously except that there are a lot of people who do. These warmongers are just itching for a war and will find any excuse to start one. The only good news is that all polls show that Americans are a bit war weary and are leary of going to war again after the disasterous results in Iraq and Afghanistan. In Canada, we have these loons but there aren’t are prevalent as the US.
mj - the same one commented 2015-04-04 18:08:56 -0400 · Flag
Oh, Kneel and Dov . . .

In case the two of you forgot, the ME nation with the largest nuclear arsenal is . . . Israel.

Wonder why nobody ever advocates an attack on them . . .

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doors17 commented 2015-04-03 19:27:23 -0400 · Flag
John Bolton must be heartbroken.

On this Good Friday, please allow me to quote the Bible…

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
scooter commented 2015-04-03 18:53:24 -0400 · Flag
The Neocons will not be satisfied until full scale nuclear Armageddon is achieved and the entire planet is a smoking radioactive wasteland.
elemental fraction commented 2015-04-03 18:04:07 -0400 · Flag
most fox news viewers think Neville Chamberlain was a pro basketball player
Steve St John commented 2015-04-03 17:04:49 -0400 · Flag
I suspect Fox is VERY disappointed that the US reached a deal with Iran.
radpat_USA commented 2015-04-03 15:19:03 -0400 · Flag
Any bets most of Fox’s targeted audience had no idea who Neville Chamberlain was until this loon brought the name up?
truman commented 2015-04-03 13:19:07 -0400 · Flag
The GOPiggies have not invaded a Muslim country in over a decade. They must be getting antsy to throw away another trillion dollars and kill or maim thousands of US military personnel.
Joseph West commented 2015-04-03 12:40:25 -0400 · Flag
Perhaps Mr Hikind should be reminded that Chamberlain is also the one who caused the British to go to war against Germany in the first place.

What Mr Hikind probably doesn’t realize (or chooses to ignore) is that following Munich, Chamberlain is the one who set up the defense pact with Poland which ensured British retaliation against Germany if Hitler attacked Poland. Chamberlain also continued arming Britain very shortly after returning from Munich.

Oh. And Chamberlain was a Conservative—not a liberal (granted, British conservatism tends to be a bit to the left of US conservatism).
Richard Santalone commented 2015-04-03 11:44:16 -0400 · Flag
Hey Dov Hikind — if (heaven forbid) war DOES break out, are YOU willing to send YOUR MILITARY AGED LOVED ONES over to Iran? Somehow, I’m getting a gut feeling your answer is going to be A RESOUNDING NO!

’Nuff said.
doors17 commented 2015-04-03 10:46:02 -0400 · Flag
Fox News: All we are saying…is give war a chance.

Apologies To John Lennon
NewsHounds posted about When Fox Likens Obama To Neville Chamberlain, They’re Really Calling For War With Iran on NewsHounds' Facebook page 2015-04-03 09:00:11 -0400
They should at least admit what they're up to.








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