Appeasement is an ideology that historically hasn’t had much success in deterring acts of aggression from groups with extreme philosophical views about religion and government. In fact, there are three periods that come to mind immediately which are punctuated by the failure of appeasement and the eventual realization that to stop the encroachment, declaring war was to become inevitable. We tried using this policy during World War II and failed to dissuade the Kamikaze fighter pilots from Japan nor Nazi ethnic cleansing and conquest. Today it has yet to dampen the continuing Muslim Jihad in Israel.

One would have thought that most people in the world had learned the lesson that was to be had from the above precedents but perhaps the moral has been lost on generations of people brought up in a world edging toward moral secularism, global citizenry, and the "me first” mentality.

World War II took care of the Nazi Threat and Japanese Imperialism; however, Israel and the rest of the world have not proven able to eradicate terrorism through a sustained limited response to specific acts of infitadah. By qualifying their response, the problem has only grown bigger.

Hitler began as a pimple on the face of Germany, and most Europeans figured he would eventually go away. He was dismissed as a serious threat to power and only rose to a position of leadership because the vote for a ruler inside Germany was so fractured that he was elected into office by a very small minority of people sympathetic toward his views. But once he gained power, it wasn’t long before he eliminated his opponents, established an army, and invaded land that he believed rightfully belonged to Germany. European leaders believed that they could satisfy Hitler's hunger to increase the size of "the fatherland" by allowing him to bite off just one little piece. Unfortunately, one little bite led to another, and another, and another. He also elevated the tradition of blaming the Jew for all of their economic woes to a new high; making them and others not fitting the Aryan profile the convenient scapegoat for problems resulting from the huge debt incurred for having to pay reparations for the damages of W.W. I.

The lessons to be learned here are that what starts out small, like a little, hardly recognizable cancerous growth, can become a full-blown malignancy before you know it. The second lesson is that when a country is leveled, no matter what the reason, it must receive help in rebuilding, or discouragement and anger will fester until there is a renewed insurgence of trouble. We rebuilt Japan and they became one of our best allies. When we leave leveled countries to fend on their own, they are left without the resources to develop an economically viable system of commerce or sustain a government immune to domestic strife and imbalance.

Today there is a group of people hostile to the United States who in the name of the Islamic religion calls for our demise, yet a vocal minority in this country (oblivious to the impending danger) believes that being sympathetic to our enemy’s cause can resolve the potential for violence. I liken that scenario to any victim of assault who begged the perpetrator not to murder them and isn’t alive to tell the tale. The personalities of extremists who would kill innocent civilians to make a political point are warped and are not based in reality. There is no compassion for humanity or love for their brethren.

Although our President has proven his strength in the face of this imminent danger, I am worried his administration hasn’t recognized another detractor for what it is by unwittingly awarding funding in support of the International Baccalaureate program whose mission is to create a global society.

Global values derived from Socialist principles serve to undermine the ability of our public school system to foster civic pride in American society and in our common heritage. The program will help to indoctrinate a legion of U.S. Citizens, devoid of an understanding of the Judeo/Christian principles recognized as the foundation of our great strength and civilization. Global values (Socialist in origin) will, like Islam, work to eliminate our Capitalist society and Democratic form of government.

I am bewildered that we can find funding for a program which will ultimately undermine the President’s goal to eliminate those who threaten our way of life. There has been a breach in our security. How was this allowed to happen? It walked onto the Senate floor between Teddy Kennedy and Hillary Clinton. It’s no wonder Zell Miller would like to see the 17th Amendment repealed!

Nancy Salvato is a middle school teacher in Illinois and an independent contractor for Prism Educational Consulting. She is the Educational Liaison to IL Sen. Ray Soden and she works with national and local organizations furthering the cause of Civic Education. She is a columnist for American Daily, The Common Voice, GOP-USA, OpinionEditorials and The New Media Journal.us. Her writing has been recognized by the US Secretary of Education. She has been published in The Washington Times, The Washington Dispatch, Iconoclast, Free Republic Network & Townhall.com., as well as other nationally and internationally published media outlets.