I’ve always found it amusing how the Left ping-ponged about the war:
1. Hitler begins Germany’s quest for “Lebensraum”: “War now! The “right wing” (LOL) Nazi menace must be stopped! Germany learned nothing from WWI — we must teach them another painful lesson! It’s up to us to save the world!”
2. Hitler and Stalin team up: “No! Wait ! Stay out of it! Avoid foreign entanglements! Shed no American blood! This is Europe’s problem, not ours!”
3. Hitler and Stalin break off their engagement, leaving Mother Russia (and kindly old Uncle Joe) vulnerable to Hitler’s megalomania: “War is necessary! We must pay any price and suffer any amount of losses in order to save Russia, er I mean stop Hitler! It’s up to us to save the world and make it safe for Communism!”
(Oops, wait, scratch that last one....)
2. Hitler and Stalin team up: “No! Wait ! Stay out of it! Avoid foreign entanglements! Shed no American blood! This is Europe’s problem, not ours!”
Pravda at the time, referred to it as the “European Imperialist War”.