Appeasement

The Silly Season In Politics

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

"Silly season" refers to late summer, when governments go on massive taxpayer-funded vacations all over the world. This year's season could produce a bumper crop of silly.

British House of Commons: Demanding Justice For Armenians, Not Just Genocide Recognition

Harut Sassounian | Posted 06.20.2009 | World


Harut Sassounian

This continuum of massacres, genocide and deportations highlights the existence of a long-term strategy implemented by successive Turkish regimes from the 1890's to more recent times.

Appeasment 2008: Another Republican National Security Failure

Larry Beinhart | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics


Larry Beinhart

"Chamberlain's deal with Hitler has become shorthand for naive, weak leadership." Newsweek, June 23, 2008 It was George Bush who raised the specte...

Seth Colter Walls

Another Appeaser? Conservative Hero Sarkozy To Meet With Syrian President

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics


Back in May, President Bush traveled to Israel's Knesset to deliver a speech that equated negotiations with modern terror-sponsoring states to World W...

"Appeasement" Israeli Style

Jamal Dajani | Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics


Jamal Dajani

On the surface, a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and a prisoner swap deal between Hezbollah and Israel provide a glimmer of hope for a period of tranquility between the conflicting parties.

Why Junior and McClone Won't Talk to Enemies

Philip Slater | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics


Philip Slater

Refusing to communicate simply hobbles your foreign policy. We never stopped talking to the Soviet Union during the Cold War -- if we hadn't, probably none of us would be alive to have this discussion.

What Would Buddha Do?

Jared Bernstein | Posted 06.02.2008 | Politics


Jared Bernstein

In Buddhism, the notion of balance is central. Over the Bush years, there has been a damaging drift toward absolutism. You're with us or against us, diplomacy is appeasement, tax cuts forever, the axis of evil, and markets always work best (and government, worst).

A Feel-Good Moment: Ed Rollins Hears "Death Knell" For GOP

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

John McCain "can't win" if he's seen as "the Bush third term" -- this, from a Republican?

McCain's Pastor Problem

Sarah Posner | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics


Sarah Posner

Bush, Cheney, and their band of neoconservative outlaws who led us into one catastrophic war and might lead us into another are pleased to have these faith-based cheerleaders on the sidelines.

Obama Responds To Bush, McCain Appeasement Attack

AP | MIKE GLOVER | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics


The AP reports on Obama's swift and forceful response to Bush and McCain's criticism of his foreign policy approach: Barack Obama laid into John McCa...