They were Yet, Chamberlain had in fact directly stated that he was willing to fight over much more prevalent debacles in society or only be willing to fight over much greater issues facing the countries, which includes fighting in order to stop a country that was utilizing merciless and ruthless force in a valiant attempt to try and take over the world gradually. However,Chamberlain additionally directly states that he does in fact almost always prefers diplomacy as well as Chamberlain primarily favoring appeasement.