Earlier this month, President Bush compared some Democrats’ (presumably Obama) strategy toward foreign diplomacy to those who appeased Hitler. His favored approach, it would seem, is to shun opposing leaders (such as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad) and he staunchly objects to any open diplomacy that recognizes organizations (like Hamas) as legitimate. However, an article today suggests that President Bush’s stance is not as stead-fast as he projects, specifically over Sudan.
I object to the labeling of such open diplomacy, even with criminal organizations and ruthless dictators, as “appeasement” but under such logic, Bush has appeased Sudan. I think his appeasement has had much more dire consequences than opening talks with Hamas. Maybe ol’ Jimmy Carter is on to something…
