EVERY noun enjoys its 15 minutes of fame. Some get more fame than they deserve. In America's foreign-policy debate one that has been bandied about too much lately is “appeasement”. When he spoke to Israel's parliament on May 15th, George Bush blasted those who sought “the false comfort of appeasement” by negotiating with terrorists and radicals in the Middle East. Barack Obama assumed the barb was aimed at him. He in turn accused Mr Bush and John McCain, the Republican candidate, of “hypocrisy and fear mongering”.

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