"If we see that Germany is winning, we ought to help Russia, and if Russia is winning we ought to help Germany, and that way let them kill as many as possible"

"If we see that Germany is winning, we ought to help Russia, and if Russia is winning we ought to help Germany, and that way let them kill as many as possible" - Harry Truman Geopolitical realism has always involved turning on your allies as soon as they become the primary threat to your power; or even better to induce two rival competitors to fight each other[0] See Mearsheimer and political realism. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bait_and_bleed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bait_and_bleed