Edited sentence: "  Matthews dismissed James as "pathetic," going on to draw a distinction between appeasing one's adversaries (by giving them something) and simply talking to them.Although claiming to reiterate what Bush said, he eventually admitted " he did not know" what appeasement meant, or who Neville Chamberlain was, leading Mathews to state:  "if you don't know what appeasement is about then don't talk about it.Bush implied that there was a connection between British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's policy of appeasement towards Hitler and the policies of leading Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama, in reference to Obama's expressed willingness to meet with the leaders of American adversaries in the Middle East.Bush on May 15, 2008 during a speech to the Knesset in Israel.James was challenged by Matthews to explain exactly what Chamberlain did, which he was unable to do, instead repeating, "It's the same thing" during five minutes of repeated questioning.On May 15, 2008, James appeared on Hardball alongside Mark Green of Air America Radio to debate host Chris Matthews in support of the remarks made by President of the United States George W.The episode continued on for about 10 minutes