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I am quite familiar with the Russo-German Non-Aggression Treaty. Although I agree that, as an American, Eastern Europe was of no concern to our strategic interests; as a Jew of Eastern European extraction, it concerned me greatly. The Poles were just as happy (if not more so) to ship my family off to "work camps" as the Germans were.

I despise Communism (and FDR) as much as Fascism, BUT...I would have never been born if America did not ally with the Communists and ultimately, liberate the camps. I am unable to be objective on this issue.

I believe we have strayed just a wee bit off topic :^) Thanks, Burkeman1, for a spirited debate. I am sure there is much that we agree on, if not this issue.

Most likely. More than you know. Indeed! Hope to joust or just talk with you again. But for reading. Let me recommend "The Illusion of Victory- America in World War One" by Thomas Fleming. Might show you how us "hyphenates" were treated by our federal government during WWI. Germans, Irish, and Jews were targeted since (ironically) many Jews in America came from Germany or the German Polish frontier. Lynchings of German Americans and the forced closure of their German lanquage newspapers all over this country effectively killed the German American sub group! Almost no one says they are "German American" anymore even though they were a quarter of the population at the time of the revolution!

Wilson was a sick racist who hated the Irish, Germans, Jews, Italians, Blacks, and every other group that wasn't English, Welsch, Scotch, or Scotch Irish.