Originally Posted by
SASless
Appeasement is the greater danger....as the British should well know after that grand pronouncement of "Peace" by that Chamberlin fellow.
You also should acknowledge the Oil and Scrap Metal embargo actions took place AFTER Japan invaded China.
Trouble is that since 1938/39 "Appeasement - avoidance of" has become a slogan rolled out whenever people don't want to compromise and has led to some serious disasters
Think Suez, Iran in the 50's, Vietnam, Afghanistan (every 10 years), 2 Iraq wars, the ongoing Israeli/Palestine issue, Indo-China War in '62 - the list is very very long
You can't convince me all of these would have turned to a bigger disaster if people had compromised - or even in most cases just not bothered to fight