12/07/2008
On Pearl Harbor Day, a Brief history lesson: Lefties and War
Many Americans often lament the lack of a united front against our enemies that we had as a nation in World War II… geez, even Hollywood and the “Media” were on board! What is forgotten is this unity did not occur at first… communists in the West from 1939-41, were at best lukewarm, and at worst hostile to British/French resistance to Germany. This was a result of the 1939 non-aggression pact signed by Germany and the U.S.S.R. which gave Hitler the green light to attack Poland, an invasion later joined by the Ruskies. This pact also prompted the Soviets to attack Finland.
All changed on June 22, 1941, when Hitler betrayed the non-aggression pact at attacked the Soviet Union. When their precious “worker’s paradise” was in danger of collapse, the world's Lefties/Commies joined the war effort, thus we were “united”. President Roosevelt , along with many in his administration, also had a soft spot for the “great socialist experiment”, and were ever more anxious, to involve the U.S. in the war. Conveniently Japan accommodated on December 7, 1941, and World War II , the great liberal war, was in full fury!
Now I am the first to realize Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and Imperial Japan’s evil desires for the world had to be defeated, BUT… the irony is, four years and 55+ million dead later, the U.S.S.R. was free of all serious totalitarian competitors. AND… for the next 45 or so years they would threaten world peace and freedom, and somehow… manage to seduce most of the West’s egotistic “intellectuals”. These “intellectuals”… now in the “wilderness” grab hold desperately for any replacement to their lost Commie "blanket"… and thus support all things anti-American, anti-freedom and anti-Christian, including Islamo-Fascism, which ironically (like Communism) upon gaining power, will destroy them first! Go figure… I think Lenin called them useful idiots.
While not likely, this "unity" could occur again... say Iran and/or Al-Qaeda attacks North Korea or Cuba... maybe Venezuela (I think China's getting too capitalist to qualify)... the lefties might again join the war effort. Hell, even Jimmah Carter or the New York Times might wanna fight!
All changed on June 22, 1941, when Hitler betrayed the non-aggression pact at attacked the Soviet Union. When their precious “worker’s paradise” was in danger of collapse, the world's Lefties/Commies joined the war effort, thus we were “united”. President Roosevelt , along with many in his administration, also had a soft spot for the “great socialist experiment”, and were ever more anxious, to involve the U.S. in the war. Conveniently Japan accommodated on December 7, 1941, and World War II , the great liberal war, was in full fury!
Now I am the first to realize Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and Imperial Japan’s evil desires for the world had to be defeated, BUT… the irony is, four years and 55+ million dead later, the U.S.S.R. was free of all serious totalitarian competitors. AND… for the next 45 or so years they would threaten world peace and freedom, and somehow… manage to seduce most of the West’s egotistic “intellectuals”. These “intellectuals”… now in the “wilderness” grab hold desperately for any replacement to their lost Commie "blanket"… and thus support all things anti-American, anti-freedom and anti-Christian, including Islamo-Fascism, which ironically (like Communism) upon gaining power, will destroy them first! Go figure… I think Lenin called them useful idiots.
While not likely, this "unity" could occur again... say Iran and/or Al-Qaeda attacks North Korea or Cuba... maybe Venezuela (I think China's getting too capitalist to qualify)... the lefties might again join the war effort. Hell, even Jimmah Carter or the New York Times might wanna fight!
