Appeasement Doesn't Work, Joint Chiefs Chairman Says

American Forces Press Service ^ | March 17, 2004 | By Jim Garamone

[Calpernia]

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The coalition has more than 150,000 troops on the ground in Iraq, and more than 20,000 coalition forces are in Afghanistan. But it is wrong to think of the war on terror as only a military operation, Myers said. Diplomacy, law enforcement and commercial activities, all must work together to defeat terrorism, he added, and every government has to bring teamwork to the fight. "Every element of every government has to pull together to eradicate this threat," Myers said.

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[Enduring Freedom]

GOING SPANISH is choosing death.

[Iberian]

To say "going spanish" is a terrible statement.

The 9/11 attacks ahppened here first. The Spaniards backed us.

[DannyTN]

"We (SPAIN) can't just park in our (SPANISH) corner of the world and hope this passes us(SPAIN) by, and maybe get to us (SPAIN) last," the chairman said. "That is not an attitude that has worked through history, and I don't think it will work (FOR SPAIN) now."

[JohnGalt]

Umm...appeasement worked just fine in defeating another dysfunctional state, the Soviet Union.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Good speeches from the administration the last few days - resolute, reassuring - adult.

[Redbob]

"...appeasement worked just fine in defeating another dysfunctional state, the Soviet Union."

Appeasement?
Is that how you describe our massive re-armament and refusal to sign any more restrictive treaties under Ronald Reagan?

Appeasement?
LOL!

[LiteKeeper]

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[JohnGalt]

'Appeasement is just another word for 'containment'. The United States government never ceased supplying the Soviets with food and materials, and except for a few skirmishes on the fringes, there was no real equivalent to the recent wars. Reagan's brilliance was his posturing, his rhetoric, and his embodiment of American confidence with which he brought down an Empire with barely a shot fired.

[brownsfan]

Umm...appeasement worked just fine in defeating another dysfunctional state, the Soviet Union.

You don't have a clue about history. The Soviets became strengthened BECAUSE of appeasement. The world gave the Soviets much after WWII. The Soviets were opened up because of someone who refused to appease, Reagan. President Reagan threatened to scale the arms race to a level the Soviets couldn't afford, and led to the collapse.

Please educate yourself on how things work. Appeasement doesn't work, nor will it ever. Human nature is consistent. Think back to your school days. Did you ever see someone appease a bully and not get bullied more?

[JohnGalt]

LOL

I think you are the one who needs to open a non-gubmint history book.


After Stalin got the United States to destroy her chief rivals in Germany and Japan, he then had his moles working on the a-bomb tell him how to build it. That was all before the post-WW2 years.

Reagan did force an arms race that he knew would expose the phoniness of Soviet superiority, but Reagan used force sparingly and even 'appeased' (using your parlance) certain elements of radical Islamic nationalists when he withdrew American forces from Lebanon after the Beruit bombing.

His brilliance was diplomacy and a continuation of the containment strategy aka appeasement.

[brownsfan]

I think you are the one who needs to open a non-gubmint history book.

After Stalin got the United States to destroy her chief rivals in Germany and Japan, he then had his moles working on the a-bomb tell him how to build it. That was all before the post-WW2 years.

Wow, obviously you are a conspiracy fan. And you don't allow facts to get in the way. This is quite instructive. If enough of people like you were gathered together, that could explain what happened in Spain.
You wouldn't be Spainish by any chance?

[Enduring Freedom]

"Going Spanish" is a terrible legacy for the Free World, but it is owned and earned by Spain for eternity.

You'll just have to deal with it, Spanish Fly.

[Enduring Freedom]

John Galt is a disgrace to brave and brilliant Ayn Rand, and he is no friend of Free Republic or the Free World.

John Galt is a disruptor who adopted the name of a capitalist hero in order to enter the kingdom through the back door like a snake.

[RetiredArmy]

No, 90% of the "Spanish" did not want to back the war in Iraq. Only the strong PM who just lost the election backed us. Not the "Spanish people."

[brownsfan]

John Galt is a disruptor who adopted the name of a capitalist hero in order to enter the kingdom through the back door like a snake.

I figured he was a troll... but the distrubing part is I think he believes the garbage he spews. And that's the danger of the left. As illogical and dangerous as they sound, they believe what they say, (some of them).

[Rocky Mountain High]

They raised the white flag after 3/11. "Going Spanish" is a harsh statement, but accurate in the face of today's War with Militant Islam.

[olde north church]

The voters of Spain have every right to choose capitulation with terrorists.
The new PM has every right to pull Spanish troops out of Iraq.
What he does not have is the right to come to America and campaign for Kerry.
Hasn't anybody mentioned to him that Hillary wants to be president in 2008?
I wouldn't share an airplane ride with him for all the pineapple in Hawaii.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

...if they could have killed 30,000 or 300,000...

Regardless of how the appeasing/wheezing liberals deflect the argument, the Administration has to reinforce the connection between September 11 and Iraq.

Three thousand dead Americans is the overriding truth of the past 36 months. And it happened because 1) Clinton slept, and 2) Islamofascists are evil.

If the President can't get this across to the country by November, we won't be celebrating in December.