tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post6149388944619745689..comments2024-03-28T00:01:43.037-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: DB: "Salon Editors: We Should Have Let the Axis Win"Grimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-65007445315092178592016-06-04T23:28:03.230-04:002016-06-04T23:28:03.230-04:00Whether the world would have been a better place o...Whether the world would have been a better place or not, I dunno. Conterfactuals can be totally weird. But they are sometimes a useful tool for thinking about things. <br /><br /><br /><br /> Eric Blairnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-63687794006975572782016-06-04T22:38:01.353-04:002016-06-04T22:38:01.353-04:00Yeah, I've read quite serious articles arguing...Yeah, I've read quite serious articles arguing that the world would have been a better place if Germany had won the first world war. No Hitler, no WWII, no Holocaust.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-64064724405880331782016-06-04T14:46:56.368-04:002016-06-04T14:46:56.368-04:00There was a definite case for staying out of the 1...There was a definite case for staying out of the 1st World War, and a totally strict neutrality (not selling anything to any of the belligerents) most likely would have ended the war by 1916, maybe even 1915, as the Allies would have been broke. As it was, the allies needed American money, American materiel, and finally American soldiers to win it. Eric Blairnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-54199451408558916872016-06-04T12:05:24.418-04:002016-06-04T12:05:24.418-04:00Another example of their satire: Pentagon kills de...Another example of their satire: <a href="http://www.duffelblog.com/2016/06/pentagon-kills-reporter-toddler-falls-press-pool/#ixzz4AcwLpilm" rel="nofollow">Pentagon kills defense reporter after toddler falls into press enclosure</a>.Gringonoreply@blogger.com