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Doug Helland br> Lakewood, Washington /p> p> One of the best right-on articles I've seen. Keep up the great work. br> -- Dan Foree br> Phoenix, Arizona /p> p> Appeasement may be the most misused and abused word in the arena of political discussion today. Chris Matthews exposed Kevin James, a right wing talk show host from L.A., by asking him to define appeasement and to distinguish between appeasement and negotiation. All James could do was huff and puff and offer up a tautology as his final answer. I must confess that I have wondered if our president would have deported himself any better had he been occupying Mr. James' chair. A few questions: (1) When Eisenhower met with Khrushchev to discuss the nuclear arms race, was he negotiating or appeasing? When Nixon went to China and met with Mao Zedong, was he laying the groundwork for bringing China, a rogue state at the time with nuclear weapons, into the world community or was he appeasing a terrorist nation? President Reagan had friendly relations with Gorbachev. Does this make Reagan an appeaser? Republicans opposed Clinton's foreign policy in the Balkans. Appeasement? As usual, Mr. Lord writes an entirely one-sided account. My criticism is not primarily with what Mr. Lord reports, only with his lack of balance. br> -- Mike Roush br> P.S. This blind hog denizen of DailyKOS would like to acknowledge Mr. Shreve for his temporary recantation. While It is flattering to be judged "absolutely, 100% right," this is not an accurate assessment. My judgment, couched in hyperbole, was a mere approximation of reality. It obviously ignored the countless Americans who work for no level of government and own or work for companies that execute no government contracts. In other words, they have no direct, personal interest in pork. Betrayed by the President and the GOP for the past nearly eight years and having no well financed K-Street lobby to advocate their interest, these people effectively have no real voice in the current process. Little wonder that as I drive through the Carolinas, I see Ron Paul signs in abundance. While he is getting no more oxygen from the MSM than Ron Paul, it will be instructive to see how well Bob Barr does this November. /p>

One has to wonder what level of atrocity will have to befall America before Democrats: a) recognize evil per se, and: b) realize that evil cannot be accommodated or appeased. The execution of 3,000 Americans on Sept. 11th was apparently insufficient.

p>Would a nuke do it? The bet here is even a mushroom cloud over an American city would only temporarily interrupt Democrats from once again wringing their collective hands and asking, "Why do they hate us?"

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