Word: aggressors
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Madison, Wis., Norwegian Ambassador to the U.S. Wilhelm Morgenstierne spoke bluntly: "Peace can always be had-by individuals and nations-by giving in on every point until one is stripped of everything except peace-the peace of the grave. . . . We shall of course stand up against any future aggressor, from wherever he might come. We shall fight with everything we have. . . . Once more we shall prefer to die on our feet rather than live on our knees...
...Hitler had once said: "Our enemies are little worms-I saw them in Munich." There was a parallel in the situation today. "But the odds are not yet on Russia or war," said Forrestal, "the odds are still on the U.S. and peace. . . . For once in world history an aggressor will be forewarned of our determination backed up by our strength...
...Regional organization" and "automatic" aid against any aggressor were, clearly, part of what Western Europe expected of a Western Union...
...cannot long survive as a mere citadel of self-indulging privilege, surrounded by massed human misery." But he proposed as a parallel to continuing U.S. aid "some sort of a customs and monetary union . . . [and] sufficient political unity so that these states will present a solid front to any aggressor...
...Urge the countries of Europe to form an economic union; promise them flatly to go to war to protect them from an aggressor...