James Avery’s blog

Letter to Coventry Evening Telegraph

Dear Sir,

Apparently 21st September is some Annual Peace Day, which you can tell is a tokenistic irrelevance when corporate sponsors such as Coke jump on board for the free ride. This whole sham is clearly the result of some or other king sized ego, rather than anything which is actually going to have concrete results.

It all sounds about as useful as the Geneva Convention on how to conduct a war. Co-incidentally, Switzerland is the only country in history to have successfully maintained a policy of neutrality and non-aggression, but they have done this through maintaining a strong army and defence force. When asked in a referendum if they wanted to get rid of their army, the Swiss people gave a resounding no.

We only know too well what happens when we believe Rugby educated prime ministers who promise peace in our time - and look what happened to Coventry as a result! It would have been far better if Mr Chamberlain had kept his ideas on the Rugby pitch, and not in the international arena.

It is time these do-gooders stopped pedalling such absolutely pointless drivel, and accepted that as long as there are jihadis, terrorists and aggressors, then some war will be necessary. How else will we keep populations in check, keep oil and water flowing, and keep the construction industry busy? And how do these people propose dealing with the massive unemployment and social problems that getting rid of armies would cause?

Yours Sincerely,

James Avery