Interesting... The "lesser of two evils" theory. That very mindset or "point" is what allowed Hitler to rise to power. He was able to convince the German citizens that this was the case and he was also able to convince Wall Street of the same thing. Whether German communism would have produced more carnage in Europe then Nazism is debatable.
And most Americans aren't even aware that Wall Street took a large role in the financial backing of Hitlers rise to power. We will never know if WW II could have been prevented if such US financial support did not exist for Hitlers embryonic NAZI party. US foreign policy, and the willingness of US power elites to financially back foreign entities while ignoring the political views and actions of those governments (lesser of two evils scenario) continues to haunt this country to this very day. Most recently Iraq (Saddam), Afghanistan (Bin Laden), North Korea (via Clinton's Sunshine Policy) and the biggest mistake of all IMHO... China.
I fear we will someday pay a huge price for ignoring what China says and does politically... just to keep the shelves at Wally World stocked with cheap goods.
WW III???? Time will tell...
US foreign policy, and the willingness of US power elites to financially back foreign entities while ignoring the political views and actions of those governments (lesser of two evils scenario) continues to haunt this country to this very day. Most recently Iraq (Saddam), Afghanistan (Bin Laden), North Korea (via Clinton's Sunshine Policy) and the biggest mistake of all IMHO... China.
I fear we will someday pay a huge price for ignoring what China says and does politically... just to keep the shelves at Wally World stocked with cheap goods.
This seems to be lost on most people...I listened to a fella one time on speaking of why the Jews didn't start leaving Germany when they knew things were turning against them...He stated "but the money is so good"...
That's what we have here in America...We know China has threatened to bomb Los Angeles and San Francisco with nuclear warheads but we continue to support China...Why??? "But the money is so good"...