This article is a bit too black and white.
If u look at the anti partisan operations carried out by the Germans where they used all the ruthless methods known to man they just helped to recruit more partisans.
The soviets carried out anti Insurgency ops throughout the 50s, 60s and 70s, 80s well into the 21st century against various ethnic groups who resented Russian. Soviet Dominance, partly the reason the Soviet Union collapsed. If you use purely military tactics to defeat an Insurgency you will defeat that rising or group but then you will be fighting the same war again in the next 10 20 30 years. If the local populace do have legitimate grievances as was the situation in North Ireland dealing with those grievances is not appeasement. Tony
His point was not in general about North Ireland, it was about a specific accord a few years ago. What do you say about the specifics of Barone's example in North Ireland. Is it true that the appeased according to the recent accord he cited have not been and are demanding still more? Yes, or No?