I watched Ted Kennedy and his ilk turn cartwheels in order to appease Russia. I never could have imagined that they would find a home in a wing of the conservative movement.
It is not appeasement to simply keep promises made and agreements signed. NATO and the US promised to not encroach toward Russian borders. Russia no longer has the USSR or the Warsaw Pact as its defense. It wanted assurances that NATO (its longtime enemy) would not move closer to its borders. That is not appeasment. That is integrity. Keeping promises. Making your word mean something.
Then we also take this newly open country, Russia and reward their move toward capitalism and free trade by controlling them with sanctions. That is plain stupid. How long did we work to help move them in a freer direction?
Gotta go.