The Way of All Appeasement

Townhall.com ^ | July 23, 2015 | Victor Davis Hanson

[Kaslin]

The now-concluded Iran nuclear negotiations predictably reflect ancient truths of appeasement.

While members of the Obama administration are high-fiving each other over a deal with the Iranian theocracy, they should remember unchanging laws that will surely haunt the U.S. later on.

First, appeasement always brings short-term jubilation at the expense of long-term security. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain was a beloved peacemaker after the Munich Agreement of 1938 with Adolf Hitler but derided as a conceited fool and naif by May 1940.

A few years from now -- after Iran has used its negotiated breathing space to rearm, ratchet up its terrorist operations and eventually gain a bomb to blackmail its neighbors -- the current deal will be deeply regretted. Expect a Nobel Peace Prize for Secretary of State John Kerry now, followed by Chamberlain-like infamy later.

[Kaslin]

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[Arm_Bears]

The objective was a deal with Iran that Obama could wave around—Details be damned.

[Rummyfan]

While members of the Obama administration are high-fiving each other over a deal with the Iranian theocracy, they should remember unchanging laws that will surely haunt the U.S. later on.

We and out children are going to pay for this folly down the road. When the chickens come home to roost, if Obama is still alive, he'll blame the Republicans, George W Bush, the Israelis, and anyone else he can think of (maybe even Kerry!). Personally, I hope he gets an Iranian missile up his butt.

[Servant of the Cross]

VDH ping ...

[Sans-Culotte]

"They had a choice between war and dishonour. They chose dishonour; they shall have war".