You have to make the appeaser really really want to do some appeasing and to give you much shinier presents than he would if you just ‘caved in’ immediately upon his taking office. I mean it took Salome’s dance of the seven veils to get John’s head on a platter, the Iranians and talibani are looking for some heads on a platter, so they will be quite patient while Mr. Obama acts like the ‘persistent’ suitor.