Whatever 'aid' you provided was paid for in hard cash. Whatever was 'lent' via Lend-Lease was reciprocated by leasing you bases for your military-at our expense.
You're welcome, by the way.
The destroyers? Ancient WW1 era four-pipers scheduled for scrap. Nevertheless they did come in useful as convoy escorts-and they were not a gift but were in exchange for land rights in British territories as a part of the Lend-Lease agreement. You forget that the Atlantic convoys involved one or two British ships and sailors, as well as many from our former Commonwealth territories.
Don't confuse business deals (Lend-Lease), with altruism. Roosevelt came to realise that Nazi Germany was an existential threat to America and acted in the interests of his country.All which were still quite useful ships, which was the entire point of handing them over to you in the first place. But again, to a fan of William Blum the fact that America provided so much help must burn like a vampire in sunlight
It's not a question of Germany invading the US; it was never Hitler's intention-beyond some poorly thought-out fantasies. His focus was to the East. The Third Reich had other means of hurting the US.
Yawn. Let me know when another superpower steps up, or another country has troops stationed inside of the borders of the United States, or another country launches a declared military attack against us... otherwise everyone is is just little dogs yapping in the next yard over while the United States poops on their lawn and eats out of their food bowl.
Russia? Lawl. Will all the economic power of Texas. With fewer guns. Ha ha. Good one!
Germany’s Far Right Reunified, Too, Making It Much Stronger
Thirty years after Germany came back together, the former East has become the stronghold of a once-marginalized movement that now sits in Parliament.
“Reunification was a huge boost for the far right,” said Ingo Hasselbach, a former neo-Nazi. “The neo-Nazis were the first ones to be reunified. We laid the foundation for a party like the AfD. There are things we used to say that have become mainstream today.”Credit...Laetitia Vancon for The New York Times
By Katrin Bennhold
BERLIN — They called him the “Führer of Berlin.”
- Oct. 3, 2020
Ingo Hasselbach had been a clandestine neo-Nazi in communist East Berlin, but the fall of the Berlin Wall brought him out of the shadows. He connected with western extremists in the unified city, organized far-right workshops, fought street battles with leftists and celebrated Hitler’s birthday. He dreamed of a far-right party in the parliament of a reunified Germany.
Today, the far-right party Alternative for Germany, known by its German initials, AfD, is the main opposition in Parliament. Its leaders march side by side with far-right extremists in street protests. And its power base is the former communist East.
“Reunification was a huge boost for the far right,” said Mr. Hasselbach, who left the neo-Nazi scene years ago and now helps others to do the same. “The neo-Nazis were the first ones to be reunified. We laid the foundation for a party like the AfD. There are things we used to say that have become mainstream today.”
