We are on the verge of precisely such a situation now, were on the verge of such in the past with the Soviets.
Or perhaps the French before Hitler invaded. We are leaderless with no one willing to defend the prize.
Very different situation. We aren't bordering a nation with tanks threatening to pour across our borders.
Also, World War II is trotted out far too often as an example of why compromise and diplomacy are bad as 'less appeasement' would have stopped Hitler. This is true but no one seems to remember the lesson of the Great War when a little more compromise and diplomacy might have averted a pointless and senseless war.
"Surely he knows that DCP, The Nehor, Lamanite, and other key apologists..." -Scratch clarifying my status in apologetics "I admit it; I'm a petty, petty man." -Some Schmo