Well I am surprised those advocating the ABC short wave broadcasting
have not heard of the Chinese jamming stations.
At one time the Russians and Chinese had control stations setup that
could bring up jammers on any frequency and in whatever area needed.

It was a great game that went on for years but as far as I know is now less active.

The ABC has the same mentality as Chancellor Merkel !

Plenty of ABC reports expressing concern about the CCP.

Keep debate real please.

I have no idea as to any initiatives for peace.
Without a crystal ball or the supernatural, I think the title is inane.
What on earth does anyone, either here on OLO or for that matter, in the world, know what the true lay of the land is, or what is truly going on in parliaments of countries around the world.
I have never contemplated the unrealistic thought of world peace, because there are too many "sick" factions.
The strongest ones have been the Illuminati, which to date no one has challenged their existence.
In case some of you have not heard of them or are not familiar with them, they intend "ruling the world" via a thing called the "one world order".
Now I don't give toss what some crazy elite Jews think or want, but I can say this, it's not in their interest to have a world of peace, as they believe and fervently condone the "divide and rule" ethos.
No I can't see a world of peace and harmony, this is probably as good as it gets.
Another thing I believe needs clarification is; I also don't see a nuclear war any time soon, because one of (only one) the reasons a country attacks another is for it's financial worth and/or resources.
If an atomic war broke out, and if we looked like we were loosing the war, at the very moment of having lost, I for one would have all our natural resources and those things which the enemy fought for destroyed by atomic bombs, so that the old adage of, "if I can't have it, neither can anyone else", rendering their efforts and the country, a waste of time.
Somewhat akin to the arsenic pills the spies were presumed to carry in case of capture.
No I believe the next "war", will not be nuclear, oh maybe a little here and their to rattle the sabre, so to speak, but no, the next "war", will be one with chemicals or bacteria, so as to not harm the resources, but reduce or remove any opposition.

david f,

"England did produce the Spitfires in the interval which won the Battle of Britain."

In fact the first Spitfire wasn't produced until June 1940, almost two years after Munich. Chamberlain thought he had "peace in our time" and didn't in the slightest use the time to re-arm. Its just a claim constructed after the event to try to justify what was a monumental error.

"There was a coup planned against Hitler which was stopped because Chamberlain gave in"

As per my original point.

The article about the times Hitler could have been stopped missed 1936 when Hitler occupied the Rhineland. At the time, the German troops were under orders to retreat if the French reacted in any way. The French could have sent in the local constabulary to oppose the German moves and it would have been all over

mhaze,

Britain and France were more concerned with fighting the Great Depression than fighting Hitler so they foolishly turned a blind eye to his machinations.

Maybe we have a lesson to learn from the pre-WW2 experience of Britain and France because at the moment the West is not taking any real action against the Chinese who are starting to gobble up bits of territory and expand its military capacity.

Scott Morrison might look to be facing off against China but let's be real in recognizing that he is just another boofhead deputy sheriff of the US and is just going through the motions and seeing an opportunity to grab a share of the cashed up Chinese wanting to flee Hong Kong before the CCP closes the gate on them.

The interesting question at the moment is what has China got installed for us for giving sanctuary to dissident Chinese? Something really bad short of war I'm imagining.