Tommy Maaltman on appeasement.

Today, Kim Jong-il of North Korea, the small Asian country with the starving populace, large army with 1.5 million soldiers armed with antiquated traditional weapons, and oh yeah, a nuclear arsenal that would make Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad weep with envy bombed the South Korean Island Yeonpyeong. And CCO O'bama's response could best be described as appeasement. Yes the almighty U S of A is making concessions to this world weakling. Maaltmen, I implore you to read Barbara Tuchman's book entitled The Guns of August describing how appeasement by the great powers in 1914 ended in a smoldering Europe leaving 9 million dead by 1918. And what did history teach us. Apparently nothing when Neville (Mr. Appeasement) Chamberlain signed the Munich Agreement in 1938 giving Adolph Hitler the green light to unleash world havoc by starting WWII resulting in the Holocaust, the first and only use so far of nuclear bombs and the death of 70 million people. Maaltmen, after reading The Guns of August, please read Bloodlands Europe between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder. Do they teach history at Columbia University and Harvard Law School? Frankly, I'm concerned. There will be no compromise in my single malt Scotch whisky selection tonight. I will not be appeased. I'm pouring a dram of Rarest of Rare, 29 year old Inveleven 45.5 %, with a cowardly yellow color, grapefruit, pear, and tobacco pipe smoky nose, rich and sweet taste, and a melon, pear and pepper spice finish. Sleep well tonight my children. Slainte, Tommy Maaltman