I look at the political atmosphere and I cannot help but notice the similarities between now, and 1938.
Now I know what you are going to say, it is a VERY different world. The United States isnt into Isolationism anymore and is extremely pro-active in world affairs. Fine. One might also say that the jews now have an army, navy, airforce and over 300 nukes. Fine. Well as much as we have evolved, so has the enemy.
In the world of 1938, the world appeased the Nazis in every possible way to avoid war. The world gave them Czechoslovakia, allowed them to rebuild their army, navy and airforce...and the people who thought that by allowing them to pursue their visions, "peace in our time" would be reached. We all know how that went. The Axis powers went on to start World War 2 and came very close to having Nukes before they were stopped, after causing over 70 millions deaths world wide.
So here we are in 2009. Kim jong Il, the leader of North Korea, successfully sent a rocket to space, and Obama got so upset, he told him that it wasnt the right thing to do. Wow. North Korea, the biggest supporter of arms and technology to countries like Syria and Iran, has now proven to our enemies that they can do whatever they want to pursue their dreams of obliterating Israel and causing holocaust #2 and the world will most likely do nothing as they head toward that goal.
How about in 2006 when North Korea set off their first low level nuclear bomb. The world did nothing either!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea%E2%80%93United_States_relations#2006_nuclear_test
In the 1930s, the Nazis SLOWLY built up their army, in clear violation of their surrender terms from World War 1. They saw that the world did nothing, then built up their Navy, the world did nothing again, then the airforce while the world did nothing other than complain to the toothless League of Nations (the precursor to the even more toothless United Nations).
See the similarities?
How about the little known fact, that in 1935, the Persian muslims wanted to show their solidarity with the Nazis so much that they changed the name of their land from PERSIA to IRAN, which literally means, LAND OF THE ARYANS. Amazing right? Its like a piece of the Nazis are still left over and we are stuck dealing with them.
On 21 March 1935, the ruler of the country, Reza Shah Pahlavi, issued a decree asking foreign delegates to use the term "Iran" in formal correspondence.
Members of the Persian intelligentsia were not happy with this decree, seeing a pro-Nazi motive behind it. After Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, the Nazi Economics minister, commented on the Aryan origin of Persians, Reza Shah's ambassador in Germany encouraged him to issue the above-mentioned decree, asking all foreign delegates to use the word "Iran" as used by Iranians inside the Iran (meaning "Land of the Aryans") instead of "Persia" in formal correspondence.
So the question is, what is next in this era of Nuclear Appeasement?
Do we stand around and do nothing?
In 1994 we almost went to war with North Korea when Kim Il Sung first started this nonsense until we backed off last minute because of the fear of 50,000 American casualties in invading North Korea. So we agreed to give them aid, and what has been accomplished since then? North Korea has been building themselves up even more, supplying Iran and Syria with nuclear technology, and we are standing around, letting this happen!
My grandmother, who is still alive, lived in Berlin in the 20s and 30s. A jew living in Berlin during the 1930s. She says that the world back then never imagined Hitler would go to war with the world or exterminate the jews of Europe. They figured he was just all talk. She goes on to say that Iran is Germany all over again, but with different suits. The world once again does nothing but appease our enemies with concessions (aid to North Korea) and toothless UN sanctions.
War is terrible, but sometimes the cost of nuclear appeasement is even more terrible. Unfortunatley its human nature to do nothing until something happens. Sooner or later, the world is going to have to wake up, or be woken up, its as simple as that. Quoting the leader of Poland "Its either Israel is going to have to attack Iran, or Iran is going to attack Israel, there is no middle ground".
