Posted on 10/24/2020 11:56:55 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
During the final presidential debate Thursday night, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden claimed that the United States "had a good relationship with Hitler before he in fact invaded Europe."
Biden appeared to be attempting to make a larger point about President Trump's working relationship with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un, though in context it left many observers scratching their heads.
Biden appeared to be attempting to make a larger point about President Trump's working relationship with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un, though in context it left many observers scratching their heads.
Though public sentiment in pre-WWII America was strongly opposed to any entanglement in European affairs, particularly following the bloodbath of World War I, there was an overriding antipathy for Hitler and his Nazi party within the United States.
In September 1939, as Hitler began his assault across Europe, U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt told the American people, "This nation will remain a neutral nation, but I cannot ask that every American remain neutral in thought as well." It was a thinly veiled acknowledgement of widespread national disdain for Germany and its leader.
Given these, and several other fairly well-established historical facts demonstrating America's consistent hostility towards Hitler's regime, it is not immediately clear, barring a clumsy attempt at humor, what "good relationship" the former vice president was referring to.
Most of his base has no idea who Hitler was
Of course they do, silly, it's Trump!
Both Joseph and John Kennedy were admirers of Schticklegruber until our entrance into WWII dampened it.
Japan wanted no part of the Soviet Union after Zhukov kicked their ass in 1939.
Gee, that’s interesting.
Now wasn’t Ireland the place that not only remained neutral in the war, but allowed Nazi ships and u-boats docking and refueling on their shores?
God Forbid SloJoe would criticize the sacred emerald homeland.
> My grandparents told me that people of German descent living in Pittsburgh suddenly began telling people they were really Hungarian. Such was the times. <
Ha! And I had Hungarian relatives in the US who told people they were Greek!
(They said that because Hungary was an ally of Germany in WW 2.)
Germany was attacked by a virus from within, and it metastasized all over Europe. There was a belief that National Socialism would be a “kinder, gentler” sort of socialism than the more militant and less forgiving form as original postulated by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. The fact is, socialism in ANY form never delivers on its promises, and inevitably decays into a military command-and-control regimented society, with the oligarchy firmly entrenched and not subject to permitting succession as the existing leaders age and become incapable of continued authority. The great future promised to the multitude never materializes, and eventually, unless the regime goes to war against its neighbors and expropriates their wealth, they simply run out of money.
Many, if not most, German-Americans loathed Hitler. Eisenhower, [Eisenhauer] anyone? My late father-in-law was German-American, as was his father, and neither of them had any use for or the least regard for the Nazis.
If the bombing of Dresden was a good relationship, I’d hate to see a bad one.
In fact the Irish PM, Eamon de Valera, expressed his condolences over Hitler's death to the German government.
“ Good relation with Hitler? Tell that to the boys who died on the beaches, and in the villages, and on the bombing runs. Hitler was loathed by Americans of all stripes, of all socio-economic backgrounds, Republicans and Democrats alike.”
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Well, depends where you want to pin the discussion; keep in mind that in the 30’s communication was till primitive and lots of Americans didn’t understand the full scope of Nazis Fascism. So, many Americans admired the way Hitler made Germany prosperous during the Depression. Btw, a couple of American notables that were pro Nazis during the early years were Henry Ford and Charles Lindbergh. Another notable who financially contributed to the Nazis party was a young John F Kennedy.
Hungary went back and forth during the war, until the Germans basically engineered a coup in 1944. Up to that point, Jews in Hungary were safe, but by 1944, helped by the likes of Soros, they made up for lost time.
“...had a good relationship with Hitler before he in fact invaded Europe.”
Lol.
I hope Joe keeps on campaigning.
The Chilling History of How Hollywood Helped Hitler
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-hollywood-helped-hitler-595684
Just as how now they help the CCP!
Many movies in the 1930’s outright ridiculed or criticized Hitler.
They exiled Charlie Chaplin for it.
Right, Joe. Then the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor.
“had a good relationship with Hitler before he in fact invaded Europe.”
Joe, he’s gone. Hitler isn’t around anymore, we took care of him. Poor Joe just doesn’t get it
Prior to Hitler’s declaration of war on the US on 11 Dec 1941, the US Navy was engaged in active warfare against U-boats on the high seas. The destroyer USS Reuben James was sunk, with a large loss of life, and the Greer was heavily damaged.
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