• diprount_tomato@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        After Germany declared war on them? They didn’t defeat them out of good will, in fact, I’d say America and South Africa were the closest things to Nazi Germany outside of the Reich

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          1 year ago

          Is it good to beat the shit out of the school bully after he picks a fight with you so he learns to stop picking fights with people? I would say so.

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              1 year ago

              There’s a difference between being a good country and being a global force for good. In helping to defeat the Nazis, the U.S. was a global force for good regardless of what else they did, had done or will do. The same with Stalinist Russia.

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                1 year ago

                And then they took all the top scientists from Germany and Japan, who were guilty of crimes against humanity, and made them high ups in the American government