[Killerconvic]

Cres and Muler summed it up pretty well.

Czechoslovakia

[Alpha-Weltall-2]

[Killerconvic]

[Raktor]

(Non-american)

I would personally choose Kerry. I haven't seen him in action before, and it would be a welcome change from Bush, who has an IQ of 70.....

The major issues would be the Iraq war, and how they handle it. There would also be the fact if they support Spain and other countries in their time of need, or plan on ditching them

[©allum]

The UN wasn't even founded when Hitler rose to power, so how could they have let him rise to power?

[Crescens]

The UN replaced the League of Nations, which let Hitler rise to power and build up, eventually conquering most of Europe. Saddam's attempts to build up were stopped by the United States, otherwise they would very well have continued.

[Muler]

[Killerconvic]

[Crescens]

If the League of Nations had been willing to act sooner, Hitler could have been stopped sooner. Instead, countries like England and France wanted only to look out for their own skin, and let Hitler build up, move into the Rhineland, and invade Czechoslavakia (I still can't spell it). If they'd been willing to make a stand against Hitler, which even when attacked themselves, the French failed to do, he could have been stopped or weakened much sooner. Instead, the Russians had to suffer through a lot until the US and UK got their rears in gear and came in for D-Day.

[Killerconvic]

Soviets, not Russians

Poland was the first country to be invaded, and we were completely run over in a matter of days. Given better organization, this might not have happened.

[©allum]

[Krescenz at Skhool]

Czecol...whatever, I can't spell it, and a few other areas were actually invaded before Poland. The Rhineland had been demilitarized, but Hitler moved his troops into there anyway. Several things happened before Poland was invaded, and the European powers (and the US) decided to appease Hitler until Poland was invaded, then they actually decided to fight. The US joined in later, and was pretty much the only country other than the UK in there on D-Day, striking the decisive blow against Hitler. However, people greatly underestimate the Soviet accomplishments for the cause. If Hitler hadn't been fighting on multiple fronts, he could have easily conquered Britain and other standing powers in Western Europe. However, the Soviets were able to endure Hitler's invasion and weaken his forces.

As for France's accomplishments in World War II, let me remind everyone that they had an even stronger standing army at the beginning of World War II, but much less of a navy. However, the French pretty much sat there when Hitler waltzed in, and were easily conquered due to "lowered morale." They could have made a much stronger stand, but really didn't.

[©allum]

I know that France did just sit there as Hitler walked to the Eiffel Tower, but after a few years they started a resistance and sabotaged many German Airfields and Supply Depots.

And the Soviet achievments in the war are highly underrated. If it wasnt for the Soviets, we would all be speaking German (and maybe Italian and Japanese).

[Killerconvic]

[©allum]

US still waited until they got attacked until they finally decided that all this Facsism and Japan was bad. Much like 9/11. People all over the world were getting bombed by terrorists and the US couldn't care less about it, like the Lockerbie bombing.