Nuanced appeasement is what passes for diplomacy nowadays

Appeasement 1930's style:

1936: Rhineland

1938: Austria and Czechoslovakia 

1939: Poland 

World War 2

Appeasement since Obama's election. Diplomatic nuances in the new millennium from a sample of the failure to support democrats:

2009:

Iran's Green Movement - failure to support democratic revolution in any way

Honduras - support for re-instatement of communist dictator whose term of office expired, Czech Republic and Poland - withdrawal of missile defence

Afghanistan, Taliban, Al Qaeda & jihadis everywhere - declaration of US/NATO retreat.

Iraq - US retreat & abandon country to Iranian control

2010:

Costa Rica - Nicaragua invades Calero Island of US ally Costa Rica. No response

2011:

China - Dalai Lama, East China Sea, abandonment of Philippines and Taiwan

Libya – US & NATO help Al Qaeda aligned jihadis overthrow dictator Gadaffi  but ignore murderous Benghazi terrorist attack on US embassy.

All on-going:

Syria – no US action re chemical weapon red line or murdering by Iran, Hezbollah & Russia’s proxy Assad,

Iran - nuclear weapon program, lift sanctions & bless weapon program

North Korea - nuclear weapon program, no action, continue feeding   

Egypt - support of Muslim Brotherhood  

Turkey - support of Muslim Brotherhood

Israel - support for ethnic cleansing of Jews & support for a terrorist directing and financing Holocaust denier “president” with no power whose term of office expired several years ago.

2014: Ukraine - Russia invades Crimea.