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Mainly yes. WW2 is the only US war where I can identify some objectives that decent people can support. However, US war aims in WW2 were based on expanding US i
by tehjoker 5y ago
Mainly yes. WW2 is the only US war where I can identify some objectives that decent people can support. However, US war aims in WW2 were based on expanding US influence around the world. I think if you look in retrospect, the results of post-war planning are obvious. The US is the world hegemon after we turned on our Soviet ally, whom collapsed decades later leaving us a monopole.
US business interests were very friendly to the Nazis, providing manufacturing knowledge, financing, and equipment for chemicals, tanks, and advanced computing equipment. Without IBM computing equipment, the holocaust would have been logistically impossible. They have never been brought to justice and are name brands today including what is now Monsanto, IBM, Ford, General Motors, and Chemours.
After the war, the United States helped the former Nazis escape on the "rat line", seeding them inside US industries, around Europe (including NATO command), and South America. Nazis and their ideological descendents were used for US covert operations around the world to counter the communists and latin american governments that were a bit too independent.
We live in this world now.
- refurb 5y agoI think you need to take a break from the internet for a while. Too many conspiracy theories at once will fry your brain.
- tehjoker 5y agoLook it up. I am fairly sure everything I said you can find on Wikipedia or even ordinary history websites. IBM: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2001/04/hitlers-willing-business-partners/303146/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2001/04/hitlers... Monsanto's Merger with IG Farben's Descendant: https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/bayer-monsanto-merger-cant-erase-nazi-chemists-past/ https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/bayer-monsanto-merger-c... https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/09/27/monsanto-bayer-and-two-wars/ https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/09/27/monsanto-bayer-and-t... Ford & GM deny responsibility for German subsidiaries: https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/daily/nov98/nazicars30.htm https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/daily/nov98/n... DuPont Chemical: https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-researcher-dupont-helped-nazi-germany-out-of-ideology-1.7186636 https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-researcher-dupont-h... Ratlines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratlines_(World_War_II_aftermath) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratlines_(World_War_II_afterma... Example of a NATO officer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Heusinger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Heusinger Klaus Barbie: https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/02/26/how-real-nazis-came-to-the-americas-the-recruitment-of-klaus-barbie/ https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/02/26/how-real-nazis-came-...
- tomcam 5y agoWhich parts are untrue?
- mafuy 5y agoI thought it was common knowledge that the US (esp. industry) for years collaborated with Nazi Germany? Near the time they entered the war, the US propaganda machine worked hard to erase the fact. They were successful, especially after winning the war. This is not meant as calling-out the US in particular. The nazis and soviets had large scale propaganda, too. It goes without saying that the latter still do, just like the US. There is an abundance of examples, but one that I personally really like is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_for_Death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_for_Death . When I first saw it, I was certain it was fake.