Why the West should support Ukraine but not appropriate the war
In discussions about war and peace in Europe the charged word ‘appeasement’ is never far away. The debate on Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine is no exception. The use of the term is obviously meant to conjure up the image of British Prime Minister Chamberlain returning from Munich in 1938 and brandishing a document signed by Hitler that promised ‘peace for our time’. Having been allowed to annex parts of Czechoslovakia, Germany would violate the agreement within a year by invading Poland. The anti-appeasers’ message is clear: never make concessions to tyrants’ demands because they are not to be trusted.
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