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Originally Posted by Zeld2.0
But the entire appeasement argument is getting foolish here - given the state of Europe and the countries involved in 1939 compared to today, 2004, and how the countries in the world involved actually stacked up, the appeasement argument doesn't work when these other factors come in.
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i'm unsure of what you mean. are you saying that appeasing al-qaida would be stupid? maybe you're saying it's the best course of action? are you saying conceding to bin laden is not analogous in meaningful ways to conceding to hitler? in what way is the geopolitical structure is different now from what it was then?
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