If Appeasement Works, Why The Fear?

Luxor Air Banned From Flying in France

Now I'd certainly be concerned if a MD-83 (which is actually a fairly small airplane - holds about 140 people and flies relatively short range routes) came flying over downtown Orlando at 660 feet. But then again, America has stood up to the terrorists and called their bluff. The terrorists want to make us pay for not caving.

But France has, true to their history, all but surrendered. They have paid the Dane-geld. If the precepts of Chamberlain, and not Churchill, were correct what does France have to fear?

Actually, quite a bit. And I think that the French government realizes it, too. That's why they have taken such a drastic action against Luxor Air instead of conducting a proper and just investigation of the flight crew. The fear is real - and so is the failure of appeasement.