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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Xenophobia, anger and fear does that to people.
It's less accurate to say that the US is "buddy-buddy" with Fascists as it is to say that it's willing to pull of an Enemy Mine against more immediate threats. The US was willing to work with the Soviets against the Nazis, then with various regimes against the Soviets when they became the more immediate threat.
edited 29th Mar '16 10:11:46 PM by Protagonist506
Leviticus 19:34Probably not, the US government and most of the population was always sympathetic to the British, French and the rest of Western Europe. FDR was looking for an excuse to enter the war on the Allied side, and no one within the American political mainstream was advocating for anything other than pro-Allied action or isolation.
Plus, its likely that the Soviets could have defeated the Third Reich on their own, albeit with even greater bloodshed.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.Basically, the US couldn't care less if the Nazis and the Soviets fought each other to the last man. Once the Nazis started fighting Western Europe, the US started caring and were just looking for a reason to smack the Axis into oblivion. Naturally, that meant that the Soviets, by virtue of also fighting the Nazis, were our allies. Once the Nazis were eliminated, the US and the Soviets immediately began the Cold War against each other.
edited 29th Mar '16 11:03:49 PM by GameGuruGG
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Which would have certainly caused a famine in Europe, at the very least. If not an outright Soviet victory. There was a reason that Truman (and basically everyone who was sane, so everyone apart from Patton and Churchill) thought that Operation Unthinkable was, well Unthinkable,
It heavily depends on the point of divergence here. Operation: Unthinkable is too late for the Allies to legitimately sweep Europe and conquer the USSR. On the other hand, if the point of divergence is Britain starting to send support to the USSR in 1940 or before the USA uses both of its atom bombs, the proposed scenario becomes a lot more possible.
@Nick The Swing: Unlikely, as a scenario where Hitler is less of a threat to America's national interest than Russia is unlikely. It would require Russia to start attacking US allies, and Hitler to not do so. Stalin, while perhaps even eviller than Hitler, had no quarrel with US allies. Hitler very much did.
Also, Hitler was working with Japan, who was a US enemy that was also earning the ire of the US.
Leviticus 19:34She probably realized that refusing to debate Sanders because of his tone is bad optics.
edited 29th Mar '16 11:25:40 PM by Demonic_Braeburn
Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.So, uh... Arizona's Secretary of State confirmed that there was, indeed, electoral fraud in the State
, citing someone in her own office who fell victim to one of those mysterious "party switches".
A lot of people in Arizona are calling for a complete revote because of this, and if it's as widespread as it appears... I can't really blame them. Maricopa County, at the very least, should get a redo. And you know you dun goofed when a local news station
actually namedrops Epic Fail for the situation.
edited 30th Mar '16 2:38:37 AM by ironballs16
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"So with both Trump and Cruz going back on the nominee pledge I think we've got at least one third party run coming, Kasich hasn't balked on it fully but has said that answering the question was a mistake. Still shit be real and it's looking like things are going to get real messy.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyrani.e. if Preibius or any of the other GOP establishment country club guys do anything funny to fuck Trump over, he's basically saying he'll take a plurality of the party and burn down the Tent.
Thing is the Republican elites may not care about the White House, they may just be trying to play damage control on down-ticket races at this point. They'd have to think that Trump can win the White House, which indicators are he can't, so why take the down-ticket damage for a chance that won't work?
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranRepublican elites have fixated on reclaiming the White House as their ticket to "reverse the damage" of Barack Obama's presidency. To lose would be a serious blow to their notion of legitimacy at a national level.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"In addition, politics revolve around the White House. Presidents are always elected on promises that are more properly Congress's job and majorities/successes/work there arevery underrated. The stunning incompetence of Congressional Republicans despite their majority status does enforce that pattern as well.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman![]()
Yes... This is a very important election for them to win the Presidency on as if they lose the Presidency and Senate to the Democrats, they lose the Supreme Court as well. If everything goes badly for the Republicans as it appears right now, the Republicans will only have the House.
