Editing Appeasement (section)

==== Iran ====
{{see also|Criticism of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action}}
In May 2008, U.S. President George W. Bush cautioned against "the false comfort of appeasement" when dealing with [[Iran]] and 
[[Iranian President]] [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]].<ref>Thomas, E. (23 June 2008). "The Mythology of Munich", ''Newsweek'', Vol. 151, issue 25, pp. 22–26.</ref> Opponents of President [[Barack Obama]] later criticized the [[Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action]] as an act of appeasement with Iran.<ref>{{cite web|last=Loyola|first=Mario|date=12 January 2020|title=Obama Should Never Have Appeased Iran|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/01/obama-should-never-have-appeased-iran/604744/|access-date=18 October 2020|website=[[The Atlantic]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Picard|first=Joe|date=25 August 2015|title=Appeasing Iran?|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/251828-appeasing-iran|access-date=18 October 2020|website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref> U.S. Secretary of State [[Mike Pompeo]] later stated that the [[Foreign policy of the first Donald Trump administration|first Trump administration's foreign policy]] was "trying to correct for what was the Obama administration's appeasement of Iran."<ref name="Pompeo blames" />