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Entry: Buchanan, Kennan, and the "Good War" Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/buchanan_kennan_and_the_good_war#28519 Post contents: The seemingly perplexing idea that England and the US might have considered which tyrant was more brutal before enthusiastically siding with Stalin against Hitler comes up retrospectively in Buchanan's book. Toward the end of the book, Pat calls into question the moral and geopolitical value of fighting a bloody war that left Stalin in control of Eastern and much of Central Europe. My response is to note that from England's point of view, it was Nazi Germany and not Stalinist Russia that in 1939 represented the greater threat. Moreover, contrary to what John Lukacs blithely treats as inevitable, the Soviets did not have to be given so much territory as the price of getting rid of Hitler. Once in the European war, the US behaved as an inflexible servant of the Soviet will and as an implacable avenging angel against the Axis countries. Sent at: 2008 12 02