'Old Media' And Its Power To Sap The Nation's Resolve

By John Reiniers - December 27th, 2006 - Hernando Florida Today

Neville Chamberlain, after cutting a deal with Adolph Hitler and selling out the Sudetenland, returned home to England and pronounced "peace in our time" Of course, Hitler lied and the result was World War II.

Bill Clinton did likewise and announced an end to nuclear proliferation. We all now know better.

The question arises why the Democrats are insisting the Bush administration talk to Kim Jong directly when it failed before.

Do Democrats just want talking points?

The world cannot afford to make the same mistakes today that it made in the runnup to World War II. This time nuclear war will be the result. The "cold war" was won because the Soviet was ruled by sane leaders with self interest, not idealogues. Neither the conservatives in America or the Communists in Russia were idealogues, even though the democrats constantly insisted that the "conservatives" were such idiots.

However there is little chance that either North Korea or Iran's leaders are sane. The old nuclear clock of the cold war needs to be reactivated. We are closer than we have ever been to seeing nuclear bombs exploding in America. The one thing that is true though is that standard Democrat appeasement is not the answer. That only increases the risk.