1. The US presidency - stays out of jail AND further enriches himself and his family.
2. The chance to go all lebensraum on Canada, Greenland, Panama and Gaza (see above)
Vladimir gets:
1. Ukraine
2. NATO killed
3. Weakened federal US
4. 1,2 & 3 facilitate European lebensraum…
That’s the deal that’s been made….oh and Xi takes Taiwan, Tibet etc. Maduro; the Essequibo, Musk gets Mars (if his rockets stop blowing up)…basically all authoritarians everywhere can take whatever they want because we’re post Pax Americana...Inordinato Russia maybe?
We were not a member of an organization like NATO, we did not promise to help France if attacked like we did Ukraine when Clinton signed to take away their Nuclear weapons. Most Americans thought
we did enough after World War l. FDR did fine with lend-lease, a draft and huge defense spending.😉
USA were not ready to join earlier. When it did it was quite well prepared and Japanese attack and Hitler's declaration of war removed final political obstacles. US quickly achieved such level of power projection that weeks after it joined it was capable of striking targets in Romania.
Even if it joined with army equipment of 2 sticks it didnt change anything because neither Japan nor Germany had capability to seriously threaten their power base they would just get ready faster in the meanwhile helping more
That is simply not true. Unprepared USA would experience huge losses - notice how poorly their army conducted initial part of the campaign in Tunisia - and that could mean dropping support for fighting in the war and return to isolationism.
Still joining wouldn't mean that they would be conducting the same things
US mainland wasnt threatened they were the only country that could comfortably join completly unprepared focus on minor tasks while preparing
Not true. That is entirely different situation. FDR managed to gradually steer USA to support Europe against Nazi Germany which allowed joining the war by expanding 'aggressive neutrality' in the Atlantic. And won the elections in 1940, which was crucial.
Unlike in Canada there were quite many people who believed that USA had no interest in this war.
Poorly prepared US armed forces would experience huge losses with all consequences to support for taking part in the entire war. Including lack of post-war support, so no Marshall Plan for example.
My grandfather only thanks to hiding his officer rank and bribery avoided Katyn, still was a slave labourer in the Third Reich only to land in a stalinist prison after the war.
Nothing exceptional when it comes to suffering during that time.
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1. The US presidency - stays out of jail AND further enriches himself and his family.
2. The chance to go all lebensraum on Canada, Greenland, Panama and Gaza (see above)
Vladimir gets:
1. Ukraine
2. NATO killed
3. Weakened federal US
4. 1,2 & 3 facilitate European lebensraum…
That’s the deal that’s been made….oh and Xi takes Taiwan, Tibet etc. Maduro; the Essequibo, Musk gets Mars (if his rockets stop blowing up)…basically all authoritarians everywhere can take whatever they want because we’re post Pax Americana...Inordinato Russia maybe?
we did enough after World War l. FDR did fine with lend-lease, a draft and huge defense spending.😉
The US missed out on about half of the world wars.
US mainland wasnt threatened they were the only country that could comfortably join completly unprepared focus on minor tasks while preparing
Poorly prepared US armed forces would experience huge losses with all consequences to support for taking part in the entire war. Including lack of post-war support, so no Marshall Plan for example.
My grandfather only thanks to hiding his officer rank and bribery avoided Katyn, still was a slave labourer in the Third Reich only to land in a stalinist prison after the war.
Nothing exceptional when it comes to suffering during that time.