Exactly. False lessons drawn both from Munich and from Cuba. It’s not about whether to “appease” or “not appease”. It’s about understanding your opponent’s moti

Exactly. False lessons drawn both from Munich and from Cuba. It’s not about whether to “appease” or “not appease”. It’s about understanding your opponent’s motives and allowing him to save face. Kennedy and McNamara knew that, because they both had experienced death and destruction firsthand in WW2. Our generation, on the other hand, only knows flame wars on Reddit. Hence the convenient, black and white rhetoric.