Wednesday, February 09, 2005

The "Appeasement" Slur

I'm sick and tired of hearing folks like Joey bemoan "appeasement."
Apparently, if someone is pursuing a policy we don't like, we should never negotiate, never consider their point of view, never do anything but force them to submit to us by any means necessary.
(And of course, everyone else must always appease us).

No, I'm not saying that we don't sometimes have to stand up to other countries.
But can't we consider the issue based on the merits of particular cases, rather than based on universal slogans like "appeasement never works?"

That is all.

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