The Rhienland, 1936
Had France acted preemptively (with cause; violation of the Versailles treaty provision demilitarizing the Rhineland) millions of deaths, and adverse consequences that resound to this day might have been avoided.
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/Rhineland_1936.htm
Short-sighted wins elections at the price of the future.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
