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We have seen this before. Appeasement and negotiations with an aggressor don’t work. We tried it in 1938. After meeting Hitler at the Munich Conference, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain returned to Great Britain on September 30 and read the following statement: “We, the German Führer and Chancellor, and the British Prime Minister, have had a further meeting today and are agreed in recognizing that the question of Anglo-German relations is of the first importance for our two countries and for Europe. We regard the agreement signed last night and the Anglo-German Naval Agreement as symbolic of the desire of our two peoples never to go to war with one another again. We are resolved that the method of consultation shall be the method adopted to deal with any other questions that may concern our two countries, and we are determined to continue our efforts to remove possible sources of difference, and thus to contribute to assure the peace of Europe.” Chamberlain read the above statement in front of 10 Downing Street and said: “My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honor. I believe it is peace for our time... Go home and get a nice quiet sleep.” One year later, Hitler started World War II.