The Neville Chamberlain doctrine?

At Right Wing News, John Hawkins aptly characterizes the idea of the United States 'engaging' Syria and Iran as "replacing the Bush Doctrine with the Neville Chamberlain Doctrine." For those who have forgotten, Chamberlain was the British Prime Minister, who in 1938 promised 'peace in our time' after attempting to appease Adolph Hitler YMS"H by giving him Czechosolovakia. It should be obvious to