History: on appeasement
History has this to say on appeasement: bad idea.
In 1938, Britain and France forced Czechoslovakia to give up Sudentenland to Nazi Germany hoping this would satisfy Adolf Hitler and prevent further conflict. With WWII breaking out months later, we obviously know how successful that was.
And yet we find ourselves in a world where countries, wilfully or otherwise, seem to have forgotten the lessons of the past. Because now, the word “appeasement” hangs over the Ukraine-Russia war. It’s ironic that the US, a country that one fought against oppression in WWII, is now the one proposing appeasement.
What a strange time to live in.