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Wouldn't really call it a sale considering that the Western powers never actually had control of Poland at any point.
The alternative would have been a brutal war with the USSR, given that the USSR had unilaterally asserted military and political control over Poland by the time negotiations began. Poland was also granted vast swathes of territory that had previously been part of Germany for centuries (approximately 1/4 of the pre-war territory of Germany, from which 12 million Germans were permanently expelled). So I'd have to argue they got a better deal than many other nationalities in the long run.
Might makes right, eh
Always has been.
Not at all?
Might makes it too costly in human lives and money. It has nothing to do with right or wrong.
Pretty much, yeah