Horatio Herbert Kitchener Quotes
I don't know what is to be done. This isn't war.
Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1850-1916, Kitchener of Khartoum, of the Vaal, and of Aspall, British General and Secretary of War, Statement to foreign minister Edward Grey when World War 1 became trench warfare where tens of thousands of men would be killed for a few hundred yards of territory
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While this was a common attitude for years before, the horrors of World War II produced a general revulsion to war and an awareness that war between two nations spills over to other states in the region and in an era of globalization, effects countries in other parts of the world. So there has been a tendency to use diplomacy endlessly, even after "things have gone too far". Historically, when things reached that point, the parties did fight it out, and when one was weakened sufficiently, negotiations and diplomacy could then be fruitful.
The Chancellor was referring to the United States George W. Bush proposal for war with Iraq.
Israel had again been attacked by Arab armies and at the same time the parties were in peace negotiations. Some argued that there should be a cease fire while negotiations were ongoing, but Rabin explained that if the two did not go on simultaneously and independently, neither might go well.
Although Great Britain had abolished slavery, British economic interests during the Civil War suffered because of the northern blockade of the South. Much political opinion in England was hostile to the blockade policies of the Union. Bright, a great admirer and supporter of the United Sates and the Union cause was concerned that the United States might drift into War with Great Britain. His letter to Senator Sumner was written with the understanding that it would be in shared with President Lincoln, and it was actually read at a cabinet meeting.
This was the week after he returned from his meeting with Hitler in Munich where he appeased the German Dictator. See {585941} for his famous naive statement.
Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC was an Irish-born senior British Army officer and colonial administrator. Kitchener won notoriety for his imperial campaigns, especially his scorched earth policy against the Boers, his expansion of Lord Roberts' internment camps during the Second Boer War and his central role in the early part of the First World War.
