They also had a genocidal dictator in charge of 1/3 of the worlds population held in a totalitarian dystopia whose core tenant was the abolition of the United S

They also had a genocidal dictator in charge of 1/3 of the worlds population held in a totalitarian dystopia whose core tenant was the abolition of the United States and the way of life it represented. I will agree that not considering long term consequences was a problem, but it's not like they were doing it just for funsies.