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Entry: The Good War Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/the_good_war#20486 Post contents: <<What would the world would be like with the Vatican in the power of the Nazi Empire?>> Why do people have this idea that the "Nazi Empire" would have been at all permanent? The longest lasting mutli-ethnic state in modern Europe has been the Austria-Hungary Empire, held together by the force of personalities of the Hapsburg Family. Adolph Hitler was no Hapsburg. He wasn't even a Bonaparte. He was a wacky disillusioned Bavarian kid, who "made it big" with a lot of help from a lot of witting and unwitting people. So much of historical review ends up being "what if?" That's nonsense. History is what actually happened, not what might have been. That's called FANTASY. So, historically, the USofA entered The Great War, Part II on the side of the British, the French, and the Soviet Union. The War managed to destroy Traditional Society even more than it had been already; some places in Europe have managed to "hang on" a little better than others, but, overall, Europe is now a Liberal Playground (as America has always been). On the other hand, the Soviet Union collapsed. One of the greatest victories for Conservatism in the history of the world; the problem is that Russia today is still a bastion of Liberalism - abortion, alcoholism, bastard children, etc. The Russians are headed in the right direction (as opposed to the Americans and Western Europe), but have a long way to go to get back their culture. Americans are headed, and have been since the very beginning, in the wrong direction. Traditions are constantly thrown out the window; America today looks a lot less like America of 1930, which looked nothing like America of 1830. Bavaria today looks a lot more like Bavaria of 1830 than America of today looks like America of even 1980. Sent at: 2008 11 23