Or when the “free world” sat back and let the anarchists lose the Spanish civil war because anarchism was scarier than fascism to them?
This one is more understandable though. It’s always iffy to meddle in the internal affairs of other countries. Even if the anarchists had won they would be seen as less legitimate if they had outside help. And if they had helped the anarchists and they lost anyway the relations would be way worse.
Nazi Germany helped the Spanish fascists and Franco’s rule even continued after Hitler’s fall. And the big threat after fascism threatened the freedom of the world? The communists that did most of the hard work and dying to defeat fascism.
The crisis of legitimacy would have come from the ruling classes of the world feeling threatened by the change in social order, not because aid was given to a side in an internal conflict.
If your countrymen are trying to kill you and foreigners who support your position help you defeat them, people who complain about who helped get it done are just more supporters of that defeated side trying to play victim and position for their next run for power.
This one is more understandable though. It’s always iffy to meddle in the internal affairs of other countries. Even if the anarchists had won they would be seen as less legitimate if they had outside help. And if they had helped the anarchists and they lost anyway the relations would be way worse.
Like liberal democracy in America, getting help from France?
While I do see your point I don’t know if I like that comparison. The world was heck of a lot more connected in the 30’s than the 1700’s.
Nazi Germany helped the Spanish fascists and Franco’s rule even continued after Hitler’s fall. And the big threat after fascism threatened the freedom of the world? The communists that did most of the hard work and dying to defeat fascism.
The crisis of legitimacy would have come from the ruling classes of the world feeling threatened by the change in social order, not because aid was given to a side in an internal conflict.
If your countrymen are trying to kill you and foreigners who support your position help you defeat them, people who complain about who helped get it done are just more supporters of that defeated side trying to play victim and position for their next run for power.