Appeasement is denial just as surely as ignoring debts was

Trouble is brewing and may soon boil over.

Appeasement of Iran and North Korea is getting close to running its course. The mad dog element of both regime's appears to be getting out of control and grows more bold with each show of respect act of appeasement by the west.

Some of the press speculate that the vapour trail of Los Angeles last week was a Chinese ICBM launch, but it has to be considered that it was a North Korean launch as a final warning to stand clear before they start assaults on South Korea.

Just as when politicians let the debt mountain get out of hand there will still be a price to pay - with interest. And that price is getting bigger with each day appeasement continues.

This can't be ducked, but it can be made worse by appeasement.

The problem is that the US is crippled by having Obama as President, and the enemies of the west know this all too well.

Further: I realise this can sound like warmongering - it isn't meant to be. But if your enemies discover you won't defend yourself when pushed you should expect a lot of shoving.

Of course any prelonged conflict in Korea will be an almighty mess - for details see Max Hasting's book on Korea, from the UK point of view a forgotten war. Given current military commitments the UK could probably only contribute the odd submarine and ship and a squadron of- saved at the last minute probably after talking to the American's - Tornado strike aircraft.

A link between Brown's statements ? Appeasement and weakness ?

Item 1: PM Demands Iraq hostages release

Item2: Iraq to be given control of Basra

The calls for appeasment make negotiation less effective

War with Iran is in no one's interests say Anne Applebaum in today's Daily Telegraph.

Man in a Shed thinks her argument is flawed and dangerous - see it here.

In short she thinks the military option is impossible/impractical anyway. ( If so why get so worked up ? - but I think she's missing some rather obvious points ).

As I've said war with Iran would be a great disaster - especially for the people who loss there lives in such a calamity ( and there will most likely be thousands, maybe tens of thousands ). But a nuclear arms race in the middle east will end in the death of millions.

The point to stop all this is now - and EU appeasement just won't do it. A united front, sanctions, and the credible threat of force might.

I've posted a comment below:

Anne,
Unfortunately this sort of argument weakens the negotiating hand of the US and EU. Which perversely makes war more likely.
The Iranians are very vulnerable (despite your repeating the nuclear facilities are hidden / underground line). Just ask Serbia ... Can they protect all their bridges, power stations, oil refineries, government offices, airports, airbases, navy etc. The answer is no. In 30 days the US can knock Iran back 20 years.

Such an attack would be bad for Iran and everyone else as it undermines Iran's development of a stable and responsible system of government (as well as leading to the deaths of many human beings). But equally it cannot be ruled out, and would achieve its objectives. I suspect the Iranian's know this - and are going to negotiate.