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Author: troublegum

Apr 2nd 2012 at 5:48:54 AM

Not at all, it's pretty much the point of it.

I know what you mean about the Allies and the break up coming after the war. Certainly the UK didn't share exactly the same goals with the US. But, I don't think you should focus too much on the ''Mortal'' Enemies aspect of EnemyMine. Remember that EnemyMine can be invoked by a WorthyOpponent as well. Or really, anyone who is opposed in some way to the hero.

Stalinist Russia was not too far away from being an enemy power from the perspectives of the UK and the US. The Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, for example, made them ''very'' suspicious of Stalinist Russia. Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia were signing treaties to each others benefit as late as January 1941, only months before Hitler broke the pact and invaded.

Hell, you could argue that Hitler and Stalin actually illustrate the trope even better. Their ideologies are almost diametrically opposed but they work together then to achieve mutually beneficial goals where you would think a more natural response would be for them to go to war with each other and then Hitler promptly throws the 10 year non-aggression pact to the winds because he thinks he can get what he wants better without Stalin.