Appeasement

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak; and that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws. -John Adams, 2nd US president (1735-1826)


Appeasement is a word used to describe Neville Chamberlain's treaty with Hitler in 1938. The war lovers use this term to describe the horror that awaits the United States if the U. S. negotiates with "terrorists" countries like Iran and Syria. The war lovers seem to say that negotiations can only be done between friends.

What would have happened if Woodrow Wilson and the allies would have "appeased" the Germans before World War One?

The world gone mad would not have killed ten million young men. There would not have been a cause for Hitler to take power.

What would have happened if Abraham Lincoln would have "appeased" the southern states who wanted independence?

There would have been no war that killed 2% of the population, mostly young men. And slavery would have ended as it did in other countries.

What would have happened if the United States had "appeased" the North Vietnamese and let them unite their country, as later happened?

There would have been 58,000 less United States young men killed and thousands less maimed. There would not have been 3.4 million Vietnamese killed.

What would have happened if the United States, in the finally days of World War Two, had "appeased" the Japanese and let them keep their Emperor, (as they did in the finally surrender) before dropping weapons of mass destruction?

There would have been thousands fewer innocent women and children killed by the WMD dropped by the United States on Nagasaki and Hiroshima.

What would have happened if President Kennedy did not "appease" the Russians by removing U. S. missiles from Turkey during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

We can only imagine the horror if President Kennedy did not negotiate with the enemy. Maybe it is time we realize the horror that awaits us if we refuse to negotiate with our enemies.

Bilbo Baggins