I think you're taking what I said a long way into what I'm not saying.

The parallel with Chamberlain is the attempt, in a public speech, to dismiss as insignificant, because too far away, unacceptable acts carried out within the sphere of inter-connection and influence of the leader in question's country.

I don't expect Hollande to go to war. I expect him to know what is happening in a closely neighbouring region and its inevitable effects within his own country, and to adjust policies and public discourse accordingly.

And, by the way, though the neocons are in favour of marching to war in a whole heap of places, the one military intervention they're not going to support is one against Israel...