NEED HELP PLZ, WILL GIVE BRAINLIEST! 30 POINTS UP FOR GRABS! The League of Nations, instead of recognizing the rights of Italy, dares talk of sanctions, but until there is proof of the contrary, I refuse to believe that the authentic people of France will join in supporting sanctions against Italy. Six hundred thousand dead whose devotion was so heroic that the enemy commander justly admired them – those fallen would now turn in their graves.

And until there is proof to the contrary, I refuse to believe that the authentic people of Britain will want to spill blood and send Europe into a catastrophe for the sake of a barbarian country, unworthy of ranking among civilized nations. Nevertheless, we cannot afford to overlook the possible developments of tomorrow.

To economic sanctions, we shall answer with our discipline, our spirit of sacrifice, our obedience. To military sanctions, we shall answer with military measures. To acts of war, we shall answer with acts of war.

–Benito Mussolini, 1935

What reason does Mussolini give to dismiss the idea of sanctions?

A. He declares that France and Britain are not willing to risk conflict to enforce sanctions.
B. He implies that sanctions would lead him to alter his plans.
C. He explains that imposing sanctions would violate the Treaty of Versailles.
D. He states that the League of Nations is not powerful enough to bring sanctions.