David Cameron warns of 'appeasing Putin as we did Hitler'

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9. Perhaps we should split Ukraine with Putin like Hitler and Stalin did to Poland in 1939.

Many Ukrainians may not like it but that may be no more relevant than Polish attitudes in 1939. I know it's the 21st century now and things are different, but big and powerful countries have more 'rights' than smaller, weaker ones, don't they? And Russia would end up with eastern Ukraine just like it ended up with eastern Poland.

There is a lot to learn from history. We should never ignore it, but times change and situations are different. What never seems to change is human nature; the liberal desire to make people's lives better and the conservative desire for more power.