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THE FOLLIES OF APPEASEMENT
Making Sense by Michael Reagan
Haven’t we’ve learned yet that appeasement doesn’t work?
I’m not talking about when the weak-kneed leaders of Britain and France went to Munich in 1938 and essentially gave Czechoslovakia to Hitler to buy a brief period of peace before Europe and the rest of the world went to war.
I’m talking about our more recent dealings with Russian, Iran and North Korea.
We’re in the trouble we’re in with North Korea today because of our continual policy of appeasing the thugs who rule that oppressed and starving Communist paradise.
Most people don’t remember, but we started appeasing North Korea’s dictators in the 1990s when Jimmy Carter was out office and still felt he needed to play global peacemaker.
Carter went to North Korea behind the back of the sitting president, Bill Clinton, and sat down to negotiate a deal to stop them from building nuclear weapons.
He promised North Korea leaders two nuclear reactors and $5 billion in aid if they’d agree to the no-nukes deal and Clinton, not wanting to embarrass a former Democrat president, approved the deal.
Of course it took North Korea about 24 hours to break their promises.
They’ve been working on their nukes ever since, and our presidents have been appeasing them ever since – when they’re not busy appeasing Iran’s religious thugs or Russia’s virtual dictator, Vladimir Putin.
Remember Iran and its nuclear program? Remember how President Obama and everyone on the left fell over each trying to appease the ayatollahs?
How’s that been working out?
Obama basically told the Iranians “We don’t want you to have nuclear weapons today, but it’ll be OK for you to have them 20 years from now – when I’m out of office and it’ll be some other sucker’s problem.â€
Now we have Iran and North Korea helping each other perfect their nuclear weapons programs.
And let’s not forget how well our policy of appeasement worked with Russia.
In 2009 President Obama pleased Putin by scrapping the Bush administration’s proposed missile defense system in Poland. In 2014, the Russia army invaded Ukraine and Russia was becoming the regime in Syria’s best friend and military benefactor.
Now we’re at a boiling point with North Korea and it makes for a very, very, very scary world.
You hope and pray we have the right people in office to make the right decisions and not go off the rails.
People are always praising my father for winning the Cold War without firing a shot or blowing up the world.
But he was able to defeat the Evil Empire with diplomacy because when he was dealing the Soviets the word “appeasement†was never in his vocabulary.
His way of describing his negotiating policy vis-a-vis the USSR and its nuclear arsenal was – “We win, they lose.â€
I’m fearful, as many people are, by what might happen if we learn that the North Koreans truly have developed miniaturized nuclear weapons that could ride on their primitive ICBMs.
But I’m also concerned that we’ll just appease them again and we’ll find ourselves in this same scary spot next week or next year.
What we need to do is follow my father’s example and get “appeasement†out of our vocabulary.
While we practice smart diplomacy, we need to start putting anti-missile defense systems in areas the Russians or Chinese don’t like, like in South Korea – and too bad if it makes them nervous or mad.
As for President Trump, he needs to get off building a border wall and start building a homeland missile defense system that will protect us from the rogue powers our appeasers have turned into world powers.
Aces fall to Murray State in final exhibition
In its final match before the start of the regular season, the University of Evansville women’s soccer team dropped a 5-0 exhibition to Murray State University on Friday afternoon in Murray, Kentucky.
In the early going, the Purple Aces withstood consistent pressure from the Racers as freshman goalkeeper Michaela Till made three saves in the first half-hour of play.
The Racers found their breakthrough in the 33rd minute as Miyah Watford had her shot blocked, gathered the ball and slipped the ball into the back of the net.
Murray State found its second goal just shy of two minutes later when Rebecca Kubin mirrored Watford’s shot, gathered the rebound and scored to provide the Racers a 2-0 lead at the half.
In the second half, the Racers added three more goals in the 50th, 58th, and 72nd minutes.
In the contest, Murray State outshot the Aces, 24-1. Till spent just over 72 minutes between the posts, recording six saves, before sophomore goalkeeper Julie Rabe came on for the final 18 minutes.
The Aces are back in action on Friday, August 18 as they open the regular season against Southeast Missouri State at 7 p.m. at Arad McCutchan Stadium.
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VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES
Below are the felony cases to be filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office today.
Jeremy Michael Glover: Domestic battery (Level 6 Felony)
Rachel Jeanine Lile: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony)
Cameron Paul Lara: Intimidation (Level 6 Felony), Attempt Domestic battery (Level 6 Felony)
Michael Cleveland Keller: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony), Possession of marijuana (Class B misdemeanor), Possession of paraphernalia (Class C misdemeanor)
Zachary Kane Robb: Operating a vehicle while intoxicated (Level 6 Felony)
Freedom sweep series against Evansville
Jordan Kraus threw a complete game, helping the Florence Freedom sweep the Evansville Otters 3-0 in front of 1,685 at Bosse Field Thursday.
Evansville was swept for the third time this season with Schaumburg owning the other two sweeps of the Otters. Evansville has now been held scoreless in the last 20 innings and the Otters have lost six in a row at Bosse Field.
Kraus was dominant in a shutout performance for Florence as he picked up a league-tying ninth win to go along with eight strikeouts.
Florence broke through in the top of the third when Austin Wobrock began the inning with a leadoff single and scored on an RBI double by Garrett Vail. Vail would later score on a Taylor Oldham RBI ground out, giving Florence a 2-0 advantage.
Wobrock also hit an RBI single in the fourth to give the Freedom a 3-0 lead.
Evansville’s Luc Rennie surrendered three runs off six hits with a pair walks in a losing effort. Rennie finished with five strikeouts in six innings on the mound.
The Otters are back at Bosse Field on Friday to begin a weekend series against the Southern Illinois Miners with first pitch scheduled for 6:35 p.m.
Friday is St. Vincent’s Night and the first 500 kids 12 and under will receive bicycle helmets and St. Vincent will also deliver the ceremonial first pitch ball from helicopter before the game.
The first 811 fans will get free popcorn, courtesy of Indiana 811. Fans are also encouraged to stay in their seats after the game to enjoy postgame fireworks.
Fans can listen live to the game on 91.5 FM WUEV and watch on the Otters Digital Network. Preston Leinenbach (play-by-play) and Bill McKeon (analysis) will provide coverage.
Tickets for Friday are still available by going to evansvilleotters.com or calling 812-435-8686.
Women’s Soccer wraps up exhibition slate at Murray State
As the regular season quickly approaches, the University of Evansville women’s soccer team will conclude its exhibition schedule with a road match at Murray State on Friday afternoon at 3 p.m. in Murray, Kentucky.
UE opened exhibition play on Wednesday evening with a 1-0 victory over SIU Edwardsville. In the exhibition opener, the Aces got off to a quick start with a goal by freshman Taran McMillan, assisted by junior Sara Osinski, just 1:23 into the game. The Aces held firm defensively as freshman goalkeeper Michaela Till was strong in goal, making seven saves in a full 90 minutes of action.
Murray State enters the exhibition after amassing an 8-5-4 record in 2016. Regular season co-champions in 2016 after compiling a 7-0-3 Ohio Valley Conference mark, the Racers were selected by head coaches and sports information directors as the favorites in the OVC in 2017.
Following the Murray State exhibition, the Aces return home to open the regular season on Friday, August 18 against Southeast Missouri State at 7 p.m. at Arad McCutchan Stadium.