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Originally Posted by shrandell

Historians should review what happens when utilizing the "appeasement" approach. Specifically as WWII broke out and UK's Neville Chamberlain"s triumphant "agreement" of appeasement with Hitler. In the current vernacular "how is that working for you" Appeasement in WWII enabled the enemy to murder countless millions people, because they could. Appeasement simply delays the inevitable.

This is a very insightful piece. Those of us our age may be aware of this historic fact but our juniors are generally oblivious to what we think of as recent history. We have leaders who are in the same mode right now. One recent statement is: "ISIL is not Islamic." Another is: "The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam". I'm skating on thin ice but I think we need to understand the context of our current situation.