Appeasement danger
The difference between diplomacy and appeasement can be a fine line when dealing with potential enemy nations or terrorists.
The British learned the hard way when, on Sept. 30, 1938, Britain's Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, bowing to Adolf Hitler's deception, had departed with a mutual smile and a handshake -- and a signed agreement, allowing Germany certain concessions but not war with Britain. The British public was already feeling the distant drumbeat of another war. They sighed with relief and roared with approval at the news -- but not for long.
Soon thereafter, the Nazis marched across parts of Europe with little resistance. Then German bombs fell over London. But, as Hitler had feared, the British fought back (the rest is history.)
Winston Churchill described the folly of appeasement as "feeding the crocodile in the hope you'll be the last one eaten."
J.B. SELVIDGE
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