THE Neville Chamberlain appeasement bug seems to have infected the Democratic Party in around 2009.

Since the infamous Obama reset for Russia led by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Vladimir Putin has noted that the Democrats will always appease him.

With Joe Biden in charge, Putin demonstrates no hesitation to march into two Ukrainian territories and make them part of Mother Russia.

The Biden amateurs (largely the same as the Obama amateurs), should have been prepared to announce major punitive sanctions immediately as soon as the Russians moved.

They only had months to watch as 100,000 plus Russian troops massed on the border.

Instead, they are still scurrying around trying to figure out what to say, no doubt relying on the valuable lessons learned from the frantic, chaotic Afghanistan retreat disaster.

You can bet the Chinese are watching carefully and taking notes.

Appeasement has never been an effective strategy in dealing with tyrants. Usually, bad things happen.

MIKE FRY

Moorland Crescent, Upton