I realize that class is over, but in case any of you are reading the blog, you might want to check this article out.  On the NYT website, one of the lead articles reads "In a speech to the Israeli Parliament, President Bush said that talking to 'terrorists and radicals' was no different than appeasing the Nazis."  This has so many parallels to what we've discussed throughout the semester.  Given that we concluded our class with a discussion of Reagan's presidency who said the same thing about people who doubted his plans to build $5 billion worth of weapons, I think this article is particularly appropriate.