It's not unparalleled. We literally did the same thing in the months leading up to WW2[1] and we're doing it today with Crimea/Russia. It's appeasement. It's e

It's not unparalleled. We literally did the same thing in the months leading up to WW2[1] and we're doing it today with Crimea/Russia. It's appeasement. It's easier to do because it just delays the inevitable conflict, though history has shown multiple times that it always ends in bloody conflict.. In the case with China, we're plugging our ears and looking the other way while they prepare to stomp all over the South China sea and Taiwan. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeasement#Conduct_of_appeasement,_1937%E2%80%9339 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeasement#Conduct_of_appease...