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Dark_Falcon2/25/2009 4:55:13 pm PST

re: #468 buzzsawmonkey

Between the rightwing isolationists and the leftwing peaceniks who controlled the actual production of the plants that produced the war material, if Hitler had not invaded Russia it is unlikely that American industry would have gotten foursquare behind the war effort. We would have fought for a while, then—after “proportional response” sufficient to assuage domestic anger—would have probably cut a deal with the Japanese regarding spheres of influence in the Pacific, and would not have gotten into the European conflict at all.

Sorry I can’t agree with that. FDR had enough of a grasp on the left to keep them in check and he would have still wanted Japan beaten.