• IndustryStandard@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    The did not just “take too long”. They did not respond period.

    The Nazis were very clearly gearing up and the rest of Europe was too stuck with politicians refusing to war up because it was not popular after ww1. The Soviets knew what was up.

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      1 day ago

      What? There was multiple back and forth discussions. It was an ongoing process for a long time.

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        23 hours ago

        Which discussion are you talking about right now?

        The USSR signed the pact with the Nazis because they literally got no response and were not going to wait on games.

        They knew the West were glad to have the Nazis fight the Soviets. So by simply stalling the West could heavily disadvantage the Soviets and rake up big casualties on both sides.

        Now, if the West sent a letter accepting the Soviets request and the to fight the Nazis, and then the Soviets ditched them, you would have a point. But this did not happen.

        What Europe did during WW2 was infinitely worse than the Soviets. The hypocrisy is off the charts.