How would DU react to the 1930s and Hitler?

[Algernon Moncrieff]

153. Most likely, I'd react the way we reacted

I'd wait until we were attacked, and then respond with extreme force. We did provide "covert" aid to both Britain and China.

Had Germany and Italy not declared war on us, it's an open question whether FDR could have gotten support for "Europe First." Granted, FDR knew about Nazi efforts to develop the atom bomb.

However, the better question was "what were we fighting for." Many would simply argue "capitalism" , given our expedient alliance with the USSR. I like to think that our liberation of France, Norway, Denmark, and BenNeLux was a defense of nation states that had representative, democratically elected governments, and allowed for the free and open practice of any religion -- or allowed one to opt out of religion. When I look at the Middle East, I see no such states. I see monarchies that engage in excesses that include, but are not limited to: slavery; oppression of women; religious persecution' and funding of terrorism. There are theocracies that have engages in violent suppression of non-believers. There are military dictatorships that have jailed and murdered their opposition. And there are non-state actors (read: terrorists) who engage in politics through bombings, shootings, kidnappings, and staged executions. There's nothing worthy of our support. There are no "good guys" here.

What is there? Oil. Wouldn't it be an easier, cheaper, and more moral choice to simply learn to live without the oil -- through more efficient use of our current resources and building of renewables?