[OT] Nothing Learned From History

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If, in 1937, Franklin D. Roosevelt would have invaded Germany, captured
Hitler, neutralized the Nazi party, and dismantled the standing
military, thus saving europe from the ravages of war, genocide, and
crimes against humanity, then the United States would have been
condemned in shame by the world as an imperialist nation of pre-emptive
aggressors, and FDR would have been cast out of office in the subsequent
election.

And rightfully so, just as someone who killed Hitler
during the 1920's would rightfully be condemned as a
murderer, even though he was preventing the same things.

In 1937 Hitler hadn't done anything worse than many
other local tinpot dictators throughout history, ones
who who didn't become threats to the world. You don't
go around invading countries and causing the deaths
of huge numbers of people just because one of those
dictators MIGHT one day become such a threat, any more
than you go around murdering every disgruntled anti-Semitic
housepainter because one of them might become another
Hitler.

If FDR had specific information from the future as
to what Hitler would eventually do, he'd need to show
that info to defend his actions; I don't recall George
W. Bush showing any history books from the year 2050.
If FDR didn't have such specific info and he attacked
and conquered Germany in 1937, he WOULD be an imperialist
aggressor, just one who happened to guess right.