Jurisprudence 101 day 1, lesson 1.

A tort lawsuit CAN be ended by a settlement between the parties. How it this possible?

The state exists and can enforce the settlement made by the parties that ends the lawsuit.

How about a war?

Could that be ended by a treaty?

Would the treaty be like a settlement in a lawsuit?

No, a war cannot be ended that way.
A war can ONLY end by unconditional surrender — one party surrenders to the other party.

How come a treaty agreement cannot end a war?

There is NOBODY to enforce the treaty.

There is no state to which all nations are subject.

There is no World Power.

So, was the Treaty of Versailles bound to fail?

Yes, if one party tried to force the other party to comply with that treaty it was bound to give rise to a second war.

Did anybody know in 1915 that no world global power existed?

No, they did not know. They had no knowledge. They were largely Marxists, and they thought there was some world global power that could and would enforce the Treaty of Versailles.

In fact, two years later, in 1917 said Marxists designated themselves as the World Global power. They imagined Global Communism as the world state that would have jurisdiction over all existing nations.

Was World War II inevitable?

Yes, it was.

Does this mean that the basic case made by htlr was true and correct?

Yes, it was historically valid, and jurisprudentially valid.

The idea that some power existed that could possibly enforce the Treaty of Versailles was absurd.

The idea that some bunch of scallawags could make Germany pay the nations that lost assets in World War I was totally silly and ridiculous.

So htlr’s position was valid — is that what you are saying?

Yes, from the perspective of enforcement htrl was right. Nobody could make Germany pay anything to anybody based on World War I.

Wars are not tort suits. Treaties are not legally enforceable settlements.

You can repudiate, but you cannot compel compliance with a war ending treaty.

If you repudiate, you go right back to war.

So, is that what happened?

Yes, that’s exactly what happened.

Did nobody have a library card, or any knowledge?

htlr apparently did. He must have read a book.

Is that why his speeches were so convincing?

Yes, and his gestures.