In what I would call a fruitful coincidence, Netflix released a movie about the making of the Munich agreement last week. I’m part of the way through it. If it says anything significant, I will let you know.
Having said that, Geneva cannot be Munich, for the following reasons:
- NATO has no treaty obligations to Ukraine;
- While Czechoslovakia had strong defenses along the German border, Ukraine is essentially defenseless; and
- Hitler didn’t have nuclear weapons.
Biden, unlike Chamberlain, is in no position to make any commitments to defend Ukraine. All he can do is pile on the pain if Putin decides to invade.