Appeasement: The European Sickness
Europe is in the grip of a uniquely virulent and pernicious disease that threatens the wellbeing of its peoples and of the world: not Coronavirus, but appeasement. Anglo-French foreign policy in the 1930s was also dominated by appeasement -- of Nazi Germany -- a policy that failed to prevent one of the greatest catastrophes that ever engulfed civilisation and that led to the deaths of millions.
Now, Britain and France seek to appease
the three powers that most threaten the world today: Iran, China and Russia. As
permanent members of the UN Security Council, last week both Britain and France
genuflected to their arch-enemies by refusing to support their greatest ally,
the United States, in its resolution to extend the UN arms embargo on Iran. The
US resolution was of course opposed by China and Russia, both of which intend
to sell advanced conventional weapons to Iran as soon as the embargo runs out
in October.