Hello Andy
You have responded well and wisely so I shall respond to your post as best I can.
I would second the previous post, that being impressed by something doesn't equate to anything other than being impressed. If you interpret that differently then that's Ok, but you need to show how/why you interpret it (impressed) as being something more than just that.
Being impressed does not equate to anything other than being impressed. However, in the case of the Third Reich, Nazism was not all that impressed David Lloyd George.
Impress means to make someone feel admiration and respect. Nazism impressed Lloyd George so he therefore admired and respected Nazism.
You've also obfuscated your reply about how/why you view sympathy being the same as 'pro', other than you just do!
Then I must apologise. I should have illustrated how the shared factor in both sympathy for a cause and pro that cause is support for the cause. Whether or not you would define someone as a sympathiser or a pro, that someone is nevertheless a supporter.
Your the member making the claim about DLG, your the one who should be putting forth the strongest case & evidence to support it, yet in my humble opinion its seems to be based upon a liberal and minimal interpretation & connectivity of certain words, phrases and statements.
I started this topic because I wanted to know if any other members felt that David Lloyd George's reputation as a statesman should be diminished because of his views on Nazism. I presumed that his interaction with pre-war Germany was common knowledge on this forum.
I came into this thread knowing next to zilch about DLG interactions with pre-WW2 Germany, especially any 'support' for Nazism/Hitler. I'm not surprised by some of the general thoughts concerning Germany, Hitler, Communism or international anti-semitism, which were rife with certain circles of society in the 30's. However I've yet to see any real evidence to back up your claims. I couldn't give a fig if he was pro-Nazi, at least I've expanded my knowledge if he was but as yet you've failed to show in a concrete context that DLG was a pro-Nazi.
So far in this thread, no one has denied that David Lloyd George admired Adolf Hitler, sympathised with Nazi Germany and was strongly impressed by Nazism yet no one will accept this as pro-Nazism.
I
would like to know why...
I find your lack of faith disturbing.