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[–] village604@adultswim.fan 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

We've always been doing an evil playthrough.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Sometimes america does something right. Normally someone else is doing something way worse though. Holocaust stopping is good points in my book.

[–] TrollTrollrolllol@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

I think it was Churchill who said the Americans will do the right thing after they've exhausted all other options.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

We basically only did it to stop the great depression, though, not for altruistic reasons.

[–] Triasha@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

It was a power grab. The US intervened softly to stop the growth of the third Reich into a hegemon, funding Britain, France, and the Soviet Union.

When Japan hit Pearl harbor Roosevelt was forced to war and honestly he and his team were probably itching to get in there are flex American power to shape events directly. Truman finished things out trying to box in the soviets once it was clear the allies were gonna win.