People who are not familiar with European history may not recognize the name of Neville Chamberlain. He was the British Prime Minister who in 1938 signed the Munich Agreement which gave Hitler a region of Czechoslovakia with the promise that Hitler would not invade any more countries. Hitler ignored the agreement and invaded them anyway. This is the classic example of why appeasement does not work. It appears that history may be repeating itself. Our leaders want to give Putin a piece of Ukraine with the agreement that Russia would never attack Ukraine again. Based on Russia’s past history they can be counted on to not keep to the agreement. If that happens we can nominate our leaders not for the Nobel Peace Prize but for the “Neville Chamberlain Appeasement Medal.”
William Brandt
Oro Valley
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