Have We Learned From The Past?

In his book What’s Left?: How Liberals Lost Their Way Nick Cohen, the British author raises the question of the way European liberalism treats Islamic Terrorism.

Beyond the contortions and betrayals of liberal and leftish thinking lies a simple emotion that I don’t believe Americans take account of: an insidious fear that has produced the ideal conditions for appeasement. Radical Islam does worry Europeans but we are trying to prevent an explosion by going along with Islamist victimhood. We blame ourselves for the Islamist rage, in the hope that our admission of guilt will pacify our enemies. We are scared, but not scared enough to take a stand.

Marc Schulman recommends this book in his excellent blog and treat the issue of Appeasement, as what it is a way for world leaders and citizens to cover their eyes so they won’t have to cope with the reality of aggression.

If one reads his post about the history of Appeasement in the context of the free hand Hitler was given when he could have been stopped much sooner the realization that the same mistake is done all over again is very clear