Sometimes a simple 'yes' is enough

Noting that Rick Perry has oddly accused President Obama of "appeasement" in the conduct of American foreign policy in the Middle East, Salon's Joan Walsh asked, "Is the Texas governor too ignorant to know the term is associated with placating and not fighting Adolf Hitler?" Although she takes an entire blog post to explore the empty corridors of Perry's mind, the short answer is: Yes. The rest, as they say, is just noise.