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Neville Chamberlain taught us where Trump's appeasement of Putin could lead

JL;DR SUMMARY Terrence Petty draws historical parallels between Neville Chamberlain's appeasement of Adolf Hitler in 1938, which ultimately led to World War II, and the current U.S. administration's tactics with Russia under President Trump. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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UkraineTrumpVladimir PutinAppeasementPutinNeville ChamberlainMunich AgreementJd VanceEuropean SecurityChamberlain

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Munich, Bavaria, Germany
"On Sept. 30, 1938, within Adolf Hitlers private study in Munich, the Nazi leader and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed a document the infamous Munich Agreement that doomed Czechoslovakia and ultimately led to war across Europe."
Ukraine
"Another East European country Ukraine was essentially thrown under the bus, this time by U.S. Vice President JD Vance."
Berlin, Germany
"Our government had that very day, at the latest at 3 p.m., to send its representative to Berlin in order to fix the details for the evacuation."
Bavaria, Germany
"Appeasement was in the air on that September day in 1938, and once again at the annual Munich Security Conference last month, at least for the American side."
Kyiv, Ukraine
"Americas European allies and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had hoped for signs from Vance that Trump wasnt going to go it alone with Putin."
Germany
"He alluded to a firewall among German mainstream political parties under which they eschew working with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD)."
Saudi Arabia
"Most recently, Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia and proposed a 30-day cease-fire, which was accepted by Zelenskyy."
Moscow, Russian Federation
"But talks that lie ahead will be a test of whether Trump will essentially let Putin, his soulmate in Moscow, call the shots."
France
"France which possesses an atomic arsenal has offered it as a nuclear umbrella for its European allies."
Israel
"the Forward has removed its paywall and invested additional resources to report on the ground from Israel and around the U.S."

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