If the western powers had nipped Hitler`s raise to power in the bud at the start would we have still had ww2?

Question

As Islam now threatens world peace, and international domination, would it not be a good idea for the West to wake up and nip this threat in the bud while we still can, talk and sanctions don`t work against religious fervor.

Answer 1

Germany in the 30's is a terrible analogy for Middle Eastern problems.

Answer 2

Totally different situations. The rise of radical Islamics is a long time coming based on the the fact that the Arab and Persian worlds have been on the decline for many decades and while in a weak position visa via Western powers, and while the Middle Eastern powers have been abused and forced into further retreat by the West.
This of course is in the Middle Eastern view of reality, true or false, The West has looked down on them and militarily forced them into many unwanted compromises and so on. The Country of Iraq for example is an English creation, and lots of bad feeling s about the English are based on their past in the Middle East.
The Middle East is also a huge land mass with many Countries sharing regional beliefs and customs which is far from Hitlers Germany in scope and numbers of people involved. Besides, it was the Republican Party that would not deal with Hitler because the super rich business sector was heavily involved with Germany in the 1930's and even in the early1940's.
It was not until Pearl Harbor that the Republican Party got out of FDR's way and America went to direct and open war against Hitler's Germany. Look up the Lend-Lease Program instituted by FDR to assist England and Russia in resisting German expansion during the time that the Republicans did not see the writing on the wall, again, and again in history.

Answer 3

It is very easy to look back in hindsight and make such pronouncements.

One could argue that if Germany had not been humiliated by the Treaty of Versailles, Hitler would have become a politician at all.

Comparing the situation in Europe in the 1930's to the current situation a false analogy for countless reaons "Islam" isn't a country like Germany in 1933, it's a religion that has been around for 1500 years and has 1.75 billion followers, in dozens of countries -- and not just in the MIddle East. "Nipping in the bud" is not an option -- I really have no idea what that is supposed to mean in terms of the current situation.

Answer 4

Islam doesn't 'threaten world peace', proportionally small amounts of extremists hijack it for their own ends which have more to do with politics than religion.

I'm interested to know what you would think constitutes nipping this particular threat in the bud. I'd say the roots of current unrest were sowed long before two planes crashed into the world trade centre.

As somebody said above, Nazism is a terrible analogy for the present situation.

Answer 5

No WW2.

Yes. Democracy in the Middle East is our last chance to avert a future world war. What's happening now is just like pre-WW2, people want peace so badly, they would rather settle for a temporary peace now than last one that will take alot more effort and sacrifice to pull off.

Did you you know the Muslims have a future prophecy that one day a great leader will rise to unite them and conquer the world. The radical Islamics will take advantage of this, and if you think a world war in the future is too far off guess again what will happen should radical Islam take over the entire Middle East. All it took was one great leader to unite Germany and start a world war.

Answer 6

Don't you think more the question is: Shouldn't the rest of the world nipped Bush in the nuts...er buds...before he became the next Hitler?

Although, I seriously don't consider Bush to be like Hitler at all--Hitler was smart!

By the way, islam is not a threat to world peace. Islam is only a religion. The threat to world peace is the neo-con run American government who have nosed into the Middle East where they don't belong.

Answer 7

There was still Japan and Italy, but it would have been smaller and a whole lot easier to win. Radical Islamo-Fascists see anything that doesn't result in direct retaliation as a weakness. I'm all for Squashing the leadership of countries that support terrorists one by one like cockroaches. With not a single care or concern more than wiping the shoe that did it.

Answer 8

I think we created Hitler by penalizing Germany so harshly following WWI. We decimated their economy and left it impossible for them to return to normal life after the war. This situation left a giant opening for a charismatic leader to step in to "lead the country" out of the terrible times it was undergoing. Hitler was only too happy to fill that bill. If we wanted to prevent WWII, we needed to find a way to impose sanctions that didn't create such unbearable sanctions that the residents' resentment continued to grow exponentially. We did a much better job coming out of WWII with Japan. Their country was allowed to flourish economically, and in fact become one of the world's economic super powers.

Is there a lesson to be learned from this episode in history with what we're doing in Iraq right now? I think so. We are seeing the terrorists within the borders of Iraq gain more supporters, instead of turning people off. Much like what happened with Hitler. If we don't want a repeat, we need to find a way out of this situation where we aren't seen as the ultimate bad guys, and we provide the opportunity for the people of Iraq to return to a more normal life.

Answer 9

The republican administration of Hoover et al completely missed Hitler's rise to power.

Roosevelt and everyone else knew that under republican "leadership" the country's economy was in a depression and this country was unable to defend itself. The US supplied increasing aid to England and ramped up its production capacity largely through government work programs (the republicans at the time claimed that getting American production back on track by virtue of government contract was 'socialism").

When the Japanese attacked in 1941, they had the assurance from republicans in congress that America had neither the will nor the capacity to wage war.

But by spring-summer of 1942 production of war materials put the Japanese and the Germans both in a box.

Big differences between then and now. But one similarity remains. Hitler should have been disposed of in 1930 but the republican administration failed to act.
bin-Laden should have been disposed of in 2002 but the Republican administration failed to act.

Answer 10

Yeah, it's not too late to stop it, but every western nation will have to participate fully. I mean 110%. as Germany has just realised!. BEFORE Iran gets the Nuke that it is ferventlly praying to Allah for. Stop dithering and just "Go for it".